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, Volumen 2James Ridgway J. Ridgway, 1813 |
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... indicted . We conceive , therefore , that we have the authority of Lord Erskine himself , to deny the application of ... Indictment ; - and the more so , as it is unnecessary to the under- standing the case . - It is sufficient to say ...
... indicted . We conceive , therefore , that we have the authority of Lord Erskine himself , to deny the application of ... Indictment ; - and the more so , as it is unnecessary to the under- standing the case . - It is sufficient to say ...
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... indictments for libels , than to assist in the prosecution of them ; but I feel no embarrassment from that recollection . -I shall not be found to - day to express a sentiment , or to utter an expression , inconsistent with those in ...
... indictments for libels , than to assist in the prosecution of them ; but I feel no embarrassment from that recollection . -I shall not be found to - day to express a sentiment , or to utter an expression , inconsistent with those in ...
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... indicted for having published this book , which I have only read from the obligations of professional duty , and which I rose from the reading of with astonishment and disgust . - Standing here with all the privileges be- longing to the ...
... indicted for having published this book , which I have only read from the obligations of professional duty , and which I rose from the reading of with astonishment and disgust . - Standing here with all the privileges be- longing to the ...
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... Indictment for your consideration and judgment . You are at liberty to connect them with every context and sequel , and to bestow upon them the mildest interpretation . Here Mr. Erskine read and commented upon several of the selected ...
... Indictment for your consideration and judgment . You are at liberty to connect them with every context and sequel , and to bestow upon them the mildest interpretation . Here Mr. Erskine read and commented upon several of the selected ...
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... Indictment . How any man can rationally vindicate the publication of such a book , in a country where the Christian religion is the very foundation of the law of the land , I am totally at a loss to conceive , and have no ideas for the ...
... Indictment . How any man can rationally vindicate the publication of such a book , in a country where the Christian religion is the very foundation of the law of the land , I am totally at a loss to conceive , and have no ideas for the ...
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Página 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...
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 18 - An Act declaring the rights and liberties of the Subject and settling the Succession of the Crown...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 62 - That it is the right of the subjects to petition the king ; and all commitments and prosecutions for such petitioning are illegal.
Página 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...