 | David Hume - 1810 - 550 pages
...sentence, which the law requires to be pronounced against traitors. " Lord Russel," said he, " shall find, that I am ** possessed of that prerogative,...of lord " Stafford, he thought proper to deny me." As the fnry of the country party had rendered it impossible for the king, without the imminent danger... | |
 | David Hume - 1812 - 576 pages
...sentence, which the law requires to be pronounced against traitors. " Lord Russel," said he, " shall find, that I am possessed of that prerogative, " which, in the case of Lord Strafford, he thought 44 proper to deny me." As the fury of the country party had rendered it impossible... | |
 | Robert Charles Dallas - 1815 - 408 pages
...himself condemned, the king, in remitting the same part of the sentence for treason, said, "he shall find, that I am possessed of that prerogative, which,...case of lord Stafford, he thought proper to deny me." I cannot here refrain from contrasting the intelligence, the spirit, and the wisdom of that great and... | |
 | Earl John Russell Russell - 1819 - 368 pages
...that of beheading ; and upon this occasion he is said to have added, with a cool and cruel sarcasm, " Lord Russell shall now find that I am possessed of...case of Lord Stafford, he thought proper to deny me." This anecdote, which has been copied by Hume and Dalrymple, rests on the authority of Echard, and I... | |
 | 1823 - 858 pages
...remitted the ignominious part of the sentence, observed, " That his lordship would now fini he was possessed of that prerogative, which in the case of Lord Stafford he had denied him." One can hardly determine (at this distance frem those tuibulent times), which most... | |
 | Sir William Blackstone - 1825 - 576 pages
...remitted the ignominious part of the sentence, ob[ 406 ] served, " that his lordship would now find he was possessed " of that prerogative, which in the case of lord Stafford he " had denied him V One can hardly determine (at this distance from those turbulent times) which most... | |
 | sir William Blackstone - 1825 - 584 pages
...remitted the ignominious part of the sentence, obf406 ] served, " that his lordship would now find he was possessed .' " of that prerogative, which in the case of lord Stafford he " had denied him V One can hardly determine (at this distance from those turbulent times) which most... | |
 | David Hume, Tobias Smollett, William Jones - 1828 - 422 pages
...sentence, which the law requires to be pronounced against traitors. " Lord Russel," said he, " shall find, that I am possessed of that prerogative, which,...case of lord Stafford, he thought proper to deny me." As the fury of the country party had rendered it impossible for the king, without the imminent danger... | |
 | William Cobbett - 1829 - 538 pages
...family, remitted by the King, who, in yielding to their prayer, cuttingly said, u My Lord " Russell shall find, that I am possessed of that " prerogative, which, in the case of Lord Staf" ford, he thought fit to deny me." 384. As to SIDNEY, he had been one of the leading men in the... | |
 | Thomas Stephen - 1835 - 810 pages
...ignominious part of the sentence, sarcastically observed, that " his lordship would now find that he was possessed of that prerogative, which in the case of lord Stafford he had denied him." A common opinion prevails, that if after hanging the usual time, a person should be... | |
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shall find that I am possessed of that prerogative which, in the case of Lord Stafford, he thought proper to deny me. 
