The American Jurist: And Law Magazine, Volumen26Freeman & Bolles, 1843 |
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... whole question was one which the jury had the sole cognizance of , and the bench no part in . In Owen's case the jury adopted his view of the matter , and found an unqualified verdict of " not guilty , " to which they adhered in spite ...
... whole question was one which the jury had the sole cognizance of , and the bench no part in . In Owen's case the jury adopted his view of the matter , and found an unqualified verdict of " not guilty , " to which they adhered in spite ...
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... whole power in the hands of those by whom a system of policy more uniformly objectionable would have been pursued without condition or restraint ; - an excuse too much akin to that of the delinquent school - boy , who robs an orchard on ...
... whole power in the hands of those by whom a system of policy more uniformly objectionable would have been pursued without condition or restraint ; - an excuse too much akin to that of the delinquent school - boy , who robs an orchard on ...
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... whole progress of the ill - advised struggle with America , lord Camden opposed the fatal measures of impo- tent and wanton exasperation which were successively pro- posed , with a force and fervor second only to those of his ...
... whole progress of the ill - advised struggle with America , lord Camden opposed the fatal measures of impo- tent and wanton exasperation which were successively pro- posed , with a force and fervor second only to those of his ...
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... whole life bore testimony : - " I remember his saying to me one night , when the chancellor ( Thurlow ) was speaking con- trary ; as I thought , to his own conviction , " There now , I could not do that ; he is supporting what he does ...
... whole life bore testimony : - " I remember his saying to me one night , when the chancellor ( Thurlow ) was speaking con- trary ; as I thought , to his own conviction , " There now , I could not do that ; he is supporting what he does ...
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... whole , a mass of litigated business altogether too great for the shoulders of a single judge . At the November term there were twenty - one causes in the fourth class on the calendar , though the vice chancellor had given out pre ...
... whole , a mass of litigated business altogether too great for the shoulders of a single judge . At the November term there were twenty - one causes in the fourth class on the calendar , though the vice chancellor had given out pre ...
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Página 363 - But power to do good is the true and lawful end of aspiring. For good thoughts (though God accept them) yet towards men are little better than good dreams, except they be put in act; and that cannot be without power and place, as the vantage and commanding ground.
Página 110 - He is the freeman whom the truth makes free, And all are slaves beside. There's not a chain That hellish foes, confederate for his harm, Can wind around him, but he casts it off With as much ease as Samson his green withes.
Página 16 - He made an administration so checkered and speckled ; he put together a piece of joinery so. crossly indented and whimsically dove-tailed ; a cabinet so variously inlaid ; such a piece of diversified mosaic, such a tesselated pavement without cement ; here a bit of black stone, and there a bit of white...
Página 259 - If this state of his country had been foretold to him, would it not require all the sanguine credulity of youth, and all the fervid glow of enthusiasm, to make him believe it ? Fortunate man, he has lived to see it ! Fortunate, indeed, if he lives to see nothing that shall vary the prospect, and cloud the setting of his day ! Excuse me, Sir, if turning from such thoughts I resume this comparative view once more.
Página 369 - From the moment that any advocate can be permitted to say, that he will or will not stand between the Crown and the subject arraigned in the Court where he daily sits to practise, from that moment the liberties of England are at an end.
Página 258 - It is good for us to be here. We stand where we have an immense view of what is, and what is past. Clouds, indeed, and darkness, rest upon the future. Let us, however, before we descend from this noble eminence, reflect that this growth of our national prosperity has happened within the short period of the life of man. It has happened within sixty-eight years. There are those alive whose memory might touch the two extremities. For instance, my Lord Bathurst might remember all the stages of the progress....
Página 379 - That palter with us in a double sense ; That keep the word of promise to our ear, And break it to our hope.
Página 403 - It has given me great pleasure to observe, that till this point • — the proportion of representation — came before us, our debates were carried on with great coolness and temper. If any thing of a contrary kind has on this occasion appeared, I hope it will not be repeated ; for we are sent here to consult, not to contend, with each other ; and declarations of a fixed opinion, and of determined resolution never to change it, neither enlighten nor convince us.
Página 376 - I hold every man a debtor to his profession; from the which, as men of course do seek to receive countenance and profit, so ought they of duty to endeavor themselves, by way of amends, to be a help and ornament thereunto.
Página 357 - For men have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge, sometimes upon a natural curiosity and inquisitive appetite; sometimes to entertain their minds with variety and delight; sometimes for ornament and reputation; and sometimes to enable them to victory of wit and contradiction; and most times for lucre and profession...