...find that at least half of his manuscript, if printed, would subject him to the law of libel. " No thief e'er felt the halter draw, With good opinion of the law ;" and no wolf or fox would have a better estimate of a trap; — but an honest man may, nevertheless,...

...who will not be dangerous to them. Free and easy citizens do not admire stern disciplinarians. " No thief e'er felt the halter draw With good opinion of the law." And if thieves have the privilege of aiding in the selection of the man who is to manage the rope,...

...themselves to invective and general terms, is pregnant reason to believe that little injustice was done. " What thief e'er felt the halter draw, With good opinion of the law? " We shall have occasion to speak of the conspiracy that broke out in December, 1825, against the emperor's...

...charters ; 'Even the wild outlaw in his forest walk, Keeps yet some touch of civil discipline. 11. No thief e'er felt the halter draw, With good opinion of the law. TRUMBCLL'S McFingal. 12. Are not our laws alike for high and low? Or shall we bind the poor man in...

...charters ; Even the wild outlaw in his forest walk, Keeps yet some touch of civil discipline. 11. No thief e'er felt the halter draw, With good opinion of the law. TRCMBULL'S McFtngal. 12. Are not our laws alike for high and low? Or shall we bind the poor man in...

...pressed her hand tenderly; "you should remember, in language of the quaint old satirist, Butler, ' No thief e'er felt the halter draw, With good opinion of the law;' and although I would not apply the bitter couplet to my little Jeanie in its full force, yet she must...

...the member from Pennsylvania is disgusted with the clamor over the Helper publication . Very likely. What " Thief e'er felt the halter draw, With good opinion of the law?" Detected in a clandestine scheme of attack on the sanctity of the Constitution and the peace of the...

...who will not be dangerous to them. Free and easy citizens do not admire stern disciplinarians. " No thief e'er felt the halter draw With good opinion of the law." And if thieves have the privilege of aiding in the selection of the man who is to manage the rope,...

...is complaint that this extreme right is a dangerous power, and improperly exercised, but " No rogue e'er felt the halter draw, With good opinion of the law." It is the disloyal citizen—disloyal in whole or in part; and I hold the disloyal in part to be far more...

...hopeless minority and out of'power, ever rejoiced in the bonds of 'the glorious Union;' just as no man 'e'er felt the halter draw, with good opinion of the law.' It was, indeed, under such circumstances, that the States of New England conceived the design of breaking...