The Speeches of the Hon. T. Erskine (now Lord Erskine): When at the Bar, on Subjects Connected with Liberty of the Press, and Against Constructive Treasons, Volume 2James Ridgway J. Ridgway, 1813 |
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Pagina 49
... admit , but as explained and restored at the Revolution : -that system of government under which we this day live ; and if it shall be attacked by contemptuous ex- pressions , if by dogmatical dicta , if by ready- made propositions ...
... admit , but as explained and restored at the Revolution : -that system of government under which we this day live ; and if it shall be attacked by contemptuous ex- pressions , if by dogmatical dicta , if by ready- made propositions ...
Pagina 77
... admit to be upon every principle of the English law a libel . There- fore , if that should turn out to be the case , will your Lordship suffer the mind of the Jury to be en- • 9 P tirely put aside from that matter which is the IN THE ...
... admit to be upon every principle of the English law a libel . There- fore , if that should turn out to be the case , will your Lordship suffer the mind of the Jury to be en- • 9 P tirely put aside from that matter which is the IN THE ...
Pagina 78
... admit it . Mr. Attorney General . The letter is thus : . Paris , 11th of November , First Year of the Republic . " Sir , as there can be no personal resentment be- " tween two strangers , I write this letter to you , as " to a man ...
... admit it . Mr. Attorney General . The letter is thus : . Paris , 11th of November , First Year of the Republic . " Sir , as there can be no personal resentment be- " tween two strangers , I write this letter to you , as " to a man ...
Pagina 92
... admitting , that if by accident some , or all of you , were alienated in opinion and affection from the forms and ... admit that even if you were avowed enemies to monarchy , and de- voted to republicanism , you would be nevertheless ...
... admitting , that if by accident some , or all of you , were alienated in opinion and affection from the forms and ... admit that even if you were avowed enemies to monarchy , and de- voted to republicanism , you would be nevertheless ...
Pagina 93
... admit , with the Attorney General , that in every case where a Court has to estimate the quality of a writing , the mind and intention of the writer must be taken into the account the bona , or mala fides , as lawyers express it , must ...
... admit , with the Attorney General , that in every case where a Court has to estimate the quality of a writing , the mind and intention of the writer must be taken into the account the bona , or mala fides , as lawyers express it , must ...
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Pagina 179 - ... I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks. Methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam, purging and unsealing her...
Pagina 179 - Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks...
Pagina 24 - King there inhabiting and 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.
Pagina 178 - ... devout prayer to that eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim, with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases...
Pagina 200 - And all the rule, one empire; only add Deeds to thy knowledge answerable; add faith, Add virtue, patience, temperance ; add love, By name to come call'd charity, the soul Of all the rest: then wilt thou not be loth To leave this Paradise, but shalt possess A paradise within thee, happier far.
Pagina 18 - An Act declaring the rights and liberties of the Subject and settling the Succession of the Crown...
Pagina 397 - The liberty of the press is indeed essential to the nature of a free state ; but this consists in laying no previous restraints upon publication, and not in freedom from censure for criminal matter when published. Every freeman has an undoubted right to lay what sentiments he pleases before the public ; to forbid this is to destroy the freedom of the press ; but if he publishes what is improper, mischievous, or illegal, he must take the consequences of his own temerity.
Pagina 199 - Lost," the rest from his finished labors, and the ultimate hope, expectation, and glory of the world. " A virgin is his mother, but his sire, The power of the Most High ; he shall ascend The throne hereditary, and bound his reign With earth's wide bounds, his glory with the heavens.
Pagina 62 - That it is the right of the subjects to petition the king ; and all commitments and prosecutions for such petitioning are illegal.
Pagina 178 - ... is so sprightly up, as that it has, not only wherewith to guard well its own freedom and safety, but to spare and to bestow upon the solidest and sublimest points of controversy and new invention, it...