Hortensius; or, The advocate, an historical essay1874 |
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... Confession of Thomas Woodstock , Duke of Glou- cester . The piebald Language of the Law formerly . — Noble Address of Chief Justice Crewe . - Contrast of lay Speeches with Discourses of Divines . - Bishop Burnet and his Hour - glass ...
... Confession of Thomas Woodstock , Duke of Glou- cester . The piebald Language of the Law formerly . — Noble Address of Chief Justice Crewe . - Contrast of lay Speeches with Discourses of Divines . - Bishop Burnet and his Hour - glass ...
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... confessing and avoiding them , or pleading in mitigation of damages . Upon this the plaintiff replied , and the defendant rejoined . This seems to have been the limit to the counter - allegations , and without straying into the regions ...
... confessing and avoiding them , or pleading in mitigation of damages . Upon this the plaintiff replied , and the defendant rejoined . This seems to have been the limit to the counter - allegations , and without straying into the regions ...
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... confess . 2 Although to the honour of the English law , it was decided by all the judges in the case of Felton , who assassi- nated the Duke of Buckingham , that " he ought not by the law to be tortured by the rack , for no such ...
... confess . 2 Although to the honour of the English law , it was decided by all the judges in the case of Felton , who assassi- nated the Duke of Buckingham , that " he ought not by the law to be tortured by the rack , for no such ...
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... confession before the council ? To these he declared his absolute and utter ignorance , and adhered to his refusing to subscribe . When nothing could be expiscate by this , they ordered the old boot to be brought , alleging the new one ...
... confession before the council ? To these he declared his absolute and utter ignorance , and adhered to his refusing to subscribe . When nothing could be expiscate by this , they ordered the old boot to be brought , alleging the new one ...
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... confessed that he was unable to compose . We now come to the name of Servius Sulpicius , which is so associated in our minds with that of Cicero- " The Roman friend of Rome's least mortal mind . " His celebrated and beautiful letter to ...
... confessed that he was unable to compose . We now come to the name of Servius Sulpicius , which is so associated in our minds with that of Cicero- " The Roman friend of Rome's least mortal mind . " His celebrated and beautiful letter to ...
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الصفحة 93 - If you have tears, prepare to shed them now. You all do know this mantle : I remember The first time ever Caesar put it on : 'Twas on a summer's evening, in his tent; That day he overcame the " Nervii: Look, in this place ran Cassius...
الصفحة 170 - But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question.
الصفحة 201 - Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters ? 3 Know ye not that we shall judge angels ? how much more things that pertain to this life?
الصفحة 376 - From the moment that any advocate can be permitted to say, that he will or will not stand between the Crown and the subject arraigned in the Court where he daily sits to practise, from that moment the liberties of England are at an end.
الصفحة 83 - Graced as thou art with all the power of words, So known, so honour'd, at the house of lords; Conspicuous scene ! another yet is nigh, (More silent far) where kings and poets lie; Where Murray (long enough his country's pride) Shall be no more than Tully or than Hyde...
الصفحة 227 - For he was of that stubborn crew Of errant saints, whom all men grant To be the true church militant ; Such as do build their faith upon The holy text of pike and gun ; Decide all controversies by Infallible artillery ; And prove their doctrine orthodox By apostolic blows and knocks...
الصفحة 368 - It is likewise to be observed, that this society has a peculiar cant and jargon of their own, that no other mortal can understand, and wherein all their laws are written, which they take special care to multiply ; whereby they have wholly confounded the very essence of truth and falsehood, of right and wrong; so that it will take thirty years to decide, whether the field left me by my ancestors for six generations, belongs to me, or to a stranger three hundred miles off.
الصفحة 63 - Equity is a roguish thing; for law we have a measure, know what to trust to ; equity is according to the conscience of him that is chancellor, and as that is larger or narrower, so is equity.
الصفحة 131 - And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient...
الصفحة 10 - I returned and saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.