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Pagina 5
... taken away . In the course of the trial , some diffi- cult points of law being started , the jury brought in a special ver- dict . The case was several times argued at the bar ; and three of the judges were of opinion , that judgment ...
... taken away . In the course of the trial , some diffi- cult points of law being started , the jury brought in a special ver- dict . The case was several times argued at the bar ; and three of the judges were of opinion , that judgment ...
Pagina 8
... taken from him , but for a legal cause . " It is pretended , that acting legally is a breach of the privileges of the house of commons , and that we are not judges of it . This is impossible ; when the law by which the house of commons ...
... taken from him , but for a legal cause . " It is pretended , that acting legally is a breach of the privileges of the house of commons , and that we are not judges of it . This is impossible ; when the law by which the house of commons ...
Pagina 9
... taken upon this ; and ten of them , of whom Holt was one , agreed , that in civil matters , a petition for a writ of error was a petition of right , and not of grace . It was therefore thought a very strange thing , which might have ...
... taken upon this ; and ten of them , of whom Holt was one , agreed , that in civil matters , a petition for a writ of error was a petition of right , and not of grace . It was therefore thought a very strange thing , which might have ...
Pagina 12
... taken care of , eal- led for a room , and bespoke a supper , " and looked after his bed . He then strolled into the kitchen , where he saw a lass about thir- teen years old , shivering with an ague ; he enquired of his land- lady , a ...
... taken care of , eal- led for a room , and bespoke a supper , " and looked after his bed . He then strolled into the kitchen , where he saw a lass about thir- teen years old , shivering with an ague ; he enquired of his land- lady , a ...
Pagina 24
... taken ill of a violent cold , which soon turned to a pleu ritic fever . He was attended in it by his worthy friend and rela- tion , Dr. Cheyne , who treated him with the utmost care and skill ; but finding the distemper grew to a height ...
... taken ill of a violent cold , which soon turned to a pleu ritic fever . He was attended in it by his worthy friend and rela- tion , Dr. Cheyne , who treated him with the utmost care and skill ; but finding the distemper grew to a height ...
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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...