The Speeches of the Hon. Thomas Erskine: (now Lord Erskine), when at the Bar : on Subjects Connected with the Liberty of the Press, and Against Constructive Treasons, Band 3J. Ridgway, 1813 |
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... According to Dunn's own account , Mr. Walker had not been at the first meeting , so that when he first saw Dunn he did not know either his person or his name ; he might have been a spy ( God knows there are enow of them ) , and at that ...
... According to Dunn's own account , Mr. Walker had not been at the first meeting , so that when he first saw Dunn he did not know either his person or his name ; he might have been a spy ( God knows there are enow of them ) , and at that ...
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... according to our own wholesome rules , by which our govern- ment was established , and by which it has been ever protected . Put yourselves , Gentlemen , in the place of the Defendants , and let me ask , if you were brought before your ...
... according to our own wholesome rules , by which our govern- ment was established , and by which it has been ever protected . Put yourselves , Gentlemen , in the place of the Defendants , and let me ask , if you were brought before your ...
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... according to the law and constitutional custom of England ; in the other case , executing the laws , when made , in subservience to the laws so made , and with the ad- vice , which the law and the constitution have as- signed to him in ...
... according to the law and constitutional custom of England ; in the other case , executing the laws , when made , in subservience to the laws so made , and with the ad- vice , which the law and the constitution have as- signed to him in ...
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... according to those laws , which are the birthright and inheritance of the subject , having upon him the care and protection of the community ; to him , in return , the allegiance of every individual is , according to the law of England ...
... according to those laws , which are the birthright and inheritance of the subject , having upon him the care and protection of the community ; to him , in return , the allegiance of every individual is , according to the law of England ...
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... according to the laws and statutes in Parlia- ment agreed upon , according to the laws and customs of the same , and no other . Gentlemen , addressing this Court , which is a court of law , in which you , the Jury , are sworn to make a ...
... according to the laws and statutes in Parlia- ment agreed upon , according to the laws and customs of the same , and no other . Gentlemen , addressing this Court , which is a court of law , in which you , the Jury , are sworn to make a ...
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Seite 493 - England worship freedom, they will turn their faces toward you. The more they multiply, the more friends you will have ; the more ardently they love liberty, the more perfect will be their obedience. Slavery they can have anywhere. It is a weed that grows in every soil. They may have it from Spain, they may have it from Prussia. But until you become lost to all feeling of your true interest and your natural dignity, freedom they can have from none but you.
Seite 493 - ... is in the close affection which grows from common names, from kindred blood, from similar privileges, and equal protection. These are ties, which, though light as air, are as strong as links of iron. Let the colonies always keep the idea of their civil rights associated with your government; — they will cling and grapple to you ; and no force under heaven will be of power to tear them from their allegiance.
Seite 81 - Queen, or of their eldest son and heir; or if a man do violate the King's companion, or the King's eldest daughter unmarried, or the wife of the King's eldest son and heir; or if a man do levy war against our lord the King in his realm...
Seite 494 - It is a weed that grows in every soil. They may have it from Spain, they may have it from Prussia. But until you become lost to all feeling of your true interest and your natural dignity, freedom they can have from none but you. This is the commodity of price of which you have the monopoly.
Seite 399 - Whatever alterations time and the necessary accommodation of business may have introduced, this character can never be sustained, unless the House of Commons shall be made to bear some stamp of the. actual disposition of the people at large.
Seite 56 - King, not having the fear of God in their hearts, nor weighing the duty of their allegiance, but being moved and seduced by the instigation of the devil, as false traitors against our said Lord the King...
Seite 415 - Whatsoever cannot but be acknowledged to be of advantage to the society and people in general, upon just and lasting measures, will always, when done, justify itself; and whenever the people shall choose their representatives upon just and undeniably equal measures, suitable to the original frame of the government, it cannot be doubted to be the will and act of the society, whoever permitted or caused them so to do.
Seite 80 - ... when a man doth compass or imagine the death of our lord the king, or of our lady the queen, or of their eldest son and heir...
Seite 402 - The power of the Crown, almost dead and rotten as prerogative, has grown up anew, with much more strength and far less odium, under the name of influence.
Seite 413 - To what gross absurdities the following of custom when reason has left it may lead, we may be satisfied when we see the bare name of a town, of which there remains not so much as the ruins, where scarce so much housing as a...