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 82
... I could not but receive them . Gentlemen , there is not perhaps in ' the world a more beneficial analogy , nor a finer rule to judge by 1 in public matters , than by assimilating them to what 82 THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S SPEECH.
... I could not but receive them . Gentlemen , there is not perhaps in ' the world a more beneficial analogy , nor a finer rule to judge by 1 in public matters , than by assimilating them to what 82 THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S SPEECH.
Pagina 89
... rule of justice , as it affects the author of The Rights of Man , that the letter should be wholly dismissed from your consideration . Gentlemen , the Attorney General has thought it necessary to inform you , that a rumour had been ...
... rule of justice , as it affects the author of The Rights of Man , that the letter should be wholly dismissed from your consideration . Gentlemen , the Attorney General has thought it necessary to inform you , that a rumour had been ...
Pagina 91
... can a Court , constituted by the authority of any government , and administering a positive sys- tem of law , under it , pronounce a decision against - the constitution which creates its authority ; or the rule TRIAL OF THOMAS PAINE . 91.
... can a Court , constituted by the authority of any government , and administering a positive sys- tem of law , under it , pronounce a decision against - the constitution which creates its authority ; or the rule TRIAL OF THOMAS PAINE . 91.
Pagina 92
... rule of action which its jurisdiction is to enforce ? - The common sense of the most uninformed person must revolt at such an absurd supposition . I have no difficulty , therefore , in admitting , that if by accident some , or all of ...
... rule of action which its jurisdiction is to enforce ? - The common sense of the most uninformed person must revolt at such an absurd supposition . I have no difficulty , therefore , in admitting , that if by accident some , or all of ...
Pagina 94
... any circumstances , or at any other time . The law of England then , both in its forms and substance , being the only rule by which the author or the work can be justified or condemned , and 94 MR . ERSKINE'S SPEECH ON THE.
... any circumstances , or at any other time . The law of England then , both in its forms and substance , being the only rule by which the author or the work can be justified or condemned , and 94 MR . ERSKINE'S SPEECH ON THE.
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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...