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, Band 2James Ridgway J. Ridgway, 1813 |
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... , although , in his own estimation , it may be very far indeed from that which is legitimate and proper discussion . Reprehensible as that book was , ex- tremely so , in my opinion , yet it was IN THE CASE OF THOMAS PAINE . 47.
... , although , in his own estimation , it may be very far indeed from that which is legitimate and proper discussion . Reprehensible as that book was , ex- tremely so , in my opinion , yet it was IN THE CASE OF THOMAS PAINE . 47.
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... opinion , yet it was ushered into the world under circumstances that led me to con- ceive that it would be confined to the judicious reader , and when confined to the judicious reader , it appeared to me that such a man would refute as ...
... opinion , yet it was ushered into the world under circumstances that led me to con- ceive that it would be confined to the judicious reader , and when confined to the judicious reader , it appeared to me that such a man would refute as ...
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... opinion upon this subject precisely similar ; to deliver it in plain words would exhaust the utmost of my powers , but I will borrow the words of a very able writer , who has most properly , for fear some ill impression should be made ...
... opinion upon this subject precisely similar ; to deliver it in plain words would exhaust the utmost of my powers , but I will borrow the words of a very able writer , who has most properly , for fear some ill impression should be made ...
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... opinion of this book ) , to rally " round the standard of this champion of revolu- ❝tions . I shall , therefore , now proceed to examine " the reasons ; " and so he goes on . Gentlemen , I would adopt , with your permission , a few ...
... opinion of this book ) , to rally " round the standard of this champion of revolu- ❝tions . I shall , therefore , now proceed to examine " the reasons ; " and so he goes on . Gentlemen , I would adopt , with your permission , a few ...
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... opinion . " Whether the sense of this nation is to be had in some pot - houses and coffee- houses in this town of his own choosing , is a mat- ter I leave to your judgment . " And I never yet " saw any company of twelve men that ...
... opinion . " Whether the sense of this nation is to be had in some pot - houses and coffee- houses in this town of his own choosing , is a mat- ter I leave to your judgment . " And I never yet " saw any company of twelve men that ...
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Seite 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...
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 18 - An Act declaring the rights and liberties of the Subject and settling the Succession of the Crown...
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 62 - That it is the right of the subjects to petition the king ; and all commitments and prosecutions for such petitioning are illegal.
Seite 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...