The British Plutarch [by T. Mortimer].Samuel Archer, 1808 |
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... Lord - Chief - Justice of the Court of King's Bench ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... The Life of Gilbert Burnet , Bishop of Salisbury ... 1 ... 14 The Life of Matthew Prior ... ... ... ... ... ... 27 ... The Life of John Churchill , the ...
... Lord - Chief - Justice of the Court of King's Bench ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... The Life of Gilbert Burnet , Bishop of Salisbury ... 1 ... 14 The Life of Matthew Prior ... ... ... ... ... ... 27 ... The Life of John Churchill , the ...
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... Lord Anson ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 219 219 ... 252 ... 264 276 The Life of Philip Yorke , Earl of Hardwicke , Lord - Chancellor of England ... ... ... ... • The Life of Sir John Barnard , Knight ... ... ... ... ... 285 ...
... Lord Anson ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 219 219 ... 252 ... 264 276 The Life of Philip Yorke , Earl of Hardwicke , Lord - Chancellor of England ... ... ... ... • The Life of Sir John Barnard , Knight ... ... ... ... ... 285 ...
Pagina 2
... lord - chief - justice Hale's time , that bench had not been so well filled as it was by him . During the time lord - chief - justice Holt presided in the court of king's - bench , many cases of the utmost importance , and highly ...
... lord - chief - justice Hale's time , that bench had not been so well filled as it was by him . During the time lord - chief - justice Holt presided in the court of king's - bench , many cases of the utmost importance , and highly ...
Pagina 3
... lord - chief justice Holt delivered his most excellent argument in the famous cause of lord Banbury . The case was , that an indictment had been found at Hick's - hall against the defendant , lord Banbury , by the name of Charles ...
... lord - chief justice Holt delivered his most excellent argument in the famous cause of lord Banbury . The case was , that an indictment had been found at Hick's - hall against the defendant , lord Banbury , by the name of Charles ...
Pagina 4
... lords has no jurisdiction in an original cause , because that supreme court is the last resort . If the parliament ... Lord - chief - justice Holt was afterwards summoned to give his reasons for this judgement to the house of peers ...
... lords has no jurisdiction in an original cause , because that supreme court is the last resort . If the parliament ... Lord - chief - justice Holt was afterwards summoned to give his reasons for this judgement to the house of peers ...
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Pagina 157 - ... truth. He has dissipated the prejudice that had long connected gaiety with vice, and easiness of manners with laxity of principles. He has restored virtue to its dignity, and taught innocence not to be ashamed. This is an elevation of literary character, " above all Greek, above all Roman fame.
Pagina 157 - ... though his station made him conspicuous, and his activity made him formidable, the character given him by his friends was never contradicted by his enemies: of those, with whom interest or opinion united him, he had not only the esteem, but the kindness; and of others, whom the violence of opposition drove against him, though he might lose the love, he retained the reverence.
Pagina 6 - If the plaintiff has a right, he must of necessity have a means to vindicate and maintain it, and a remedy if he is injured in the exercise or enjoyment of it; and indeed it is a vain thing to imagine a right without a remedy; for want of right and want of remedy are reciprocal.
Pagina 288 - A bill for regulating elections within the city of London, and for preserving the peace, good order, and government of the said city.
Pagina 376 - The bottom is paved with simple pebble, as is also the adjoining walk up the wilderness to the temple, in the natural taste, agreeing not ill with the little dripping murmur, and the aquatic idea of the whole place. It wants nothing to complete it, but a good statue with an inscription...
Pagina 330 - ... the poor author, the proprietor I should say, cannot perhaps dine till he has found out and agreed with a purchaser : yet before he can propose to seek for a purchaser, he must patiently submit to have his goods rummaged at this new excise-office...
Pagina 432 - Those aims alone are worthy of spirits truly great ; and such I therefore hope will be yours. Resentment indeed may remain, perhaps cannot be quite extinguished in the noblest minds; but revenge never will harbour there ; higher principles than those of the first, and better principles than those of the latter, will infallibly influence men whose thoughts and whose hearts are enlarged, and cause them to prefer the whole to any part of mankind, especially to so small a part as one's single self. Believe...
Pagina 65 - ... tis a soul like thine, a soul supreme, in each hard instance tried, above all pain, all passion and all pride, the rage of power, the blast of public breath, the lust of lucre and the dread of death.
Pagina 466 - And what if the Pretender should Come ? or, some Considerations of the Advantages and real Consequences of the Pretender's possessing the Crown of Great Britain.
Pagina 330 - I must look upon this bill as a most dangerous encroachment upon liberty in general. Nay, farther, my lords, it is not only an encroachment upon liberty, but it is likewise an encroachment upon property. Wit, my...