Speeches of Thomas Lord Erskine, Band 2Reeves & Turner, 1870 |
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... question was made , has in the state and constitution of this country . Gentlemen , the power of the state , by which I mean the power of making laws , and enforcing the execution of them when made , is vested in the King ; enacting ...
... question was made , has in the state and constitution of this country . Gentlemen , the power of the state , by which I mean the power of making laws , and enforcing the execution of them when made , is vested in the King ; enacting ...
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... question of compassing the King's death is this - Whether the jury are fully satisfied , con- scientiously satisfied , that they have that evidence by which they find that the acts laid as overt acts of compassing the 20 THE ATTORNEY ...
... question of compassing the King's death is this - Whether the jury are fully satisfied , con- scientiously satisfied , that they have that evidence by which they find that the acts laid as overt acts of compassing the 20 THE ATTORNEY ...
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... question it is , the conspiracy to levy war . I do not mean constructive war . This I state , without question , to be an overt act of compassing the King's death . A rising to oblige the King to alter his measures of government amounts ...
... question it is , the conspiracy to levy war . I do not mean constructive war . This I state , without question , to be an overt act of compassing the King's death . A rising to oblige the King to alter his measures of government amounts ...
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... question the soundness of : nay , gentlemen , it is not to be expected by you that counsel at the bar should be able to state to you in all cases , law , which men of grave character and excellent understandings , of great reason and ...
... question the soundness of : nay , gentlemen , it is not to be expected by you that counsel at the bar should be able to state to you in all cases , law , which men of grave character and excellent understandings , of great reason and ...
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... question may be pur- sued . I shall not pursue it by observations upon every overt act in this indictment . Now , gentlemen , my answer to this is a short one . I think it will be proved to your satisfaction , that , as they meant , in ...
... question may be pur- sued . I shall not pursue it by observations upon every overt act in this indictment . Now , gentlemen , my answer to this is a short one . I think it will be proved to your satisfaction , that , as they meant , in ...
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acquitted aforesaid appears Arthur O'Connor assembled attention Attorney-General authority bishop Bishop of Bangor Bow Street officers called cause charge compassing conduct considered conspiracy Constitutional Society convention counsel court crime criminal Crown declaration defendants delegates depose the King discharged duty effect endeavouring England ERSKINE evidence existence express fact Fergusson France Fugion Gentlemen Grindley guilty Hardy high treason honour House of Commons imputed indictment intention John Horne Tooke Judges judgment jury Justice Buller kingdom learned friend letter liberty London Corresponding Society Lord Coke Lord Thanet lord the King lordship Maidstone means ment mind nation never O'Brien O'Coigly O'Connor object observe offence overt act Parliament person principles prisoner proceedings prosecution prove purpose recollect reform resolutions riot Rivett Robert Fergusson Scotland Sheffield Sir Francis Burdett statute stick supposed tion traitorous trial universal suffrage verdict violence whole witnesses
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Seite 222 - ... 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 445 - OH for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more.
Seite 357 - King there being, in contempt of our said lord the King and his laws, to the evil example of all others in the like case offending, and against the peace of our said lord the King, his crown and dignity.
Seite 222 - As long as you have the wisdom to keep the sovereign authority of this country as the sanctuary of liberty, the sacred temple consecrated to our common faith, wherever the chosen race and sons of 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.
Seite 222 - My hold of the colonies 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 strong as links of iron.
Seite 177 - 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 176 - 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 5 - M'Farlane, being subjects of our said Lord the 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 47 - A constitution is not a thing in name only, but in fact. It has not an ideal, but a real existence ; and wherever it cannot be produced in a visible form, there is none.
Seite 510 - Take no heed for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, or wherewithal ye shall be clothed ; but seek ye first the kingdom of God, and all these things shall be added unto you.