Select Speeches, Forensick and Parliamentary: With Prefatory Remarks, Volume 2Nathaniel Chapman Hopkins and Earle, 1808 - 2337 pages |
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... reason to believe that it was not published by the dean with a wicked intention . It is true , that if a paper con- taining seditious and libellous matter be published , the publisher is prima facie guilty of sedition ; the bad ...
... reason to believe that it was not published by the dean with a wicked intention . It is true , that if a paper con- taining seditious and libellous matter be published , the publisher is prima facie guilty of sedition ; the bad ...
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... reason to suspect him of sedition or disaffection ; and saw and believed it to be , what I at this hour believe , and have represented it to you , a plain , easy manner of showing the people the great interest they had in petitioning ...
... reason to suspect him of sedition or disaffection ; and saw and believed it to be , what I at this hour believe , and have represented it to you , a plain , easy manner of showing the people the great interest they had in petitioning ...
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... reason or law , it would not affect me in the present instance , since all that it would amount to , would be , that my lord , and not you , would deliver that opinion which would guide the present verdict . But what I am afraid of upon ...
... reason or law , it would not affect me in the present instance , since all that it would amount to , would be , that my lord , and not you , would deliver that opinion which would guide the present verdict . But what I am afraid of upon ...
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... reason of this dis- tinction is obvious . The rights of property depend upon various intri- cate rules , which require much learning to adjust , and much precision to give them stability ; but crimes consist wholly in intention ; and of ...
... reason of this dis- tinction is obvious . The rights of property depend upon various intri- cate rules , which require much learning to adjust , and much precision to give them stability ; but crimes consist wholly in intention ; and of ...
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... reason from a fact or facts established , may , and ought to be col- lected by the jury , with the judge's assistance . Be- cause the act charged , though established as a fact in a trial on the general issue , does not necessarily and ...
... reason from a fact or facts established , may , and ought to be col- lected by the jury , with the judge's assistance . Be- cause the act charged , though established as a fact in a trial on the general issue , does not necessarily and ...
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Page 325 - to draw from his guilt the means of relief to the company's distresses." His determination " to make him pay largely for his pardon, or to execute a severe vengeance for past delinquency.
Page 58 - It would be a most unhappy case for the Judge himself, if the prisoner's fate depended upon his directions : — unhappy also for the prisoner ; for if the Judge's opinion must rule the verdict, the trial by jury would be useless.
Page 369 - He is doing, indeed, a great good ; such as rarely falls to the lot, and almost as rarely coincides with the desires, of any man. Let him use his time. Let him give the whole length of the reins to his benevolence. He is now on a great eminence, where the eyes of mankind are turned to him. He may live long, he may do much ; but here is the summit. He never can exceed what he does this day.
Page 209 - Those things which are not practicable are not desirable. There is nothing in the world really beneficial that does not lie within the reach of an informed understanding and a welldirected pursuit. There is nothing that God has judged good for us that He has not given us the means to accomplish, both in the natural and the moral world. If we cry, like children, for the moon, like children we must cry on.
Page 308 - ... abuse of power upon the power itself. If hoards were made by violence, and tyranny, they were still domestic hoards ; and domestic profusion, or the rapine of a more powerful and prodigal hand, restored them to the people. With many disorders, and with few political checks...
Page 260 - And this soothing hope I draw from the dearest and tenderest recollections of my life, from the remembrance of those attic nights and those refections of the gods which we have spent with those admired and respected and beloved companions who have gone before us; — over whose ashes the most precious tears of Ireland have been shed...
Page 351 - ... shining part of our reports, from whence we have all learned our lessons, if we have learned any good ones ; this man, from whose materials those gentlemen who have least acknowledged it have yet spoken as from a brief; this man, driven from his employment, discountenanced by the directors, has had no other reward, and no other distinction, but that inward " sunshine of the soul," which a good conscience can always bestow upon itself.
Page 369 - He will remember, that obloquy is a necessary ingredient in the composition of all true glory : he will remember, that it was not only in the Roman customs, but it is in the nature and constitution of things, that calumny and abuse are essential parts of triumph.