The Speeches of the Hon. Thomas Erskine: (now Lord Erskine), when at the Bar, on Subjects Connected with the Liberty of the Press, and Against Constructive Treasons, Volum 4J. Ridgway, 1810 |
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Side 5
... course , to persons in equal obscurity with himself ; yet , in his name and person , had to bear up against a pressure which no advocate in England ever before had to contend with , for the most fa- voured or powerful subject . I had to ...
... course , to persons in equal obscurity with himself ; yet , in his name and person , had to bear up against a pressure which no advocate in England ever before had to contend with , for the most fa- voured or powerful subject . I had to ...
Side 6
... course of my defence- prejudices not only propagated by honest , though mistaken zeal , but fomented in other quarters by wickedness beyond the power of language to express and all directed against the Societies of which the Prisoners ...
... course of my defence- prejudices not only propagated by honest , though mistaken zeal , but fomented in other quarters by wickedness beyond the power of language to express and all directed against the Societies of which the Prisoners ...
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... course as the advocate of others . I say the advocate of OTHERS : for my Client must forgive me if I almost lose sight of him in the de- termination of my duties . Indeed , I can hardly find him out in the mass of matter which has been ...
... course as the advocate of others . I say the advocate of OTHERS : for my Client must forgive me if I almost lose sight of him in the de- termination of my duties . Indeed , I can hardly find him out in the mass of matter which has been ...
Side 24
... people whom I never saw or heard of in the course of my existence . It is , besides , equally high treason to compass and imagine the death of the Heir Ap- 4 parent , as the death of the King ; and 24 MR . ERSKINE'S SPEECH ON THE.
... people whom I never saw or heard of in the course of my existence . It is , besides , equally high treason to compass and imagine the death of the Heir Ap- 4 parent , as the death of the King ; and 24 MR . ERSKINE'S SPEECH ON THE.
Side 42
... course of his former evidence , and which appears , throughout the whole cause , to have been THE VERY SCRIPTURE OF ALL THESE SOCIETIES . These , I doubt not , are His Grace's opinions still ; for though a man may change his sentiments ...
... course of his former evidence , and which appears , throughout the whole cause , to have been THE VERY SCRIPTURE OF ALL THESE SOCIETIES . These , I doubt not , are His Grace's opinions still ; for though a man may change his sentiments ...
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Side 147 - King there 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.
Side 151 - Justice of our said Lord the King, assigned to hold pleas before the King himself...
Side 154 - 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.
Side 113 - However, these gentlemen at the bar say they speak for the commonwealth, and they believe so ; yet, under favour, it is I who, in this particular, speak for the commonwealth. Precedents, like those which are...
Side 421 - ... it is time enough for the rightful purposes of civil government, for its officers to interfere when principles break out into overt acts against peace and good order...
Side 421 - ... truth is great and will prevail if left to herself, that she is the proper and sufficient antagonist to error, and has nothing to fear from the conflict, unless by human interposition disarmed of her natural weapons, free argument and debate, errors ceasing to be dangerous when it is permitted freely to contradict them.
Side 45 - The virtue, spirit, and essence of a House of Commons consists in its being the express image of the feelings of the nation. It was not instituted to be a control upon the people, as of late it has been taught, by a doctrine of the most pernicious tendency. It was designed as a control for the people.
Side 112 - Christians did their books of curious arts, and betake yourselves to the plain letter of the statute, which tells you where the crime is, and points out to you the path by which you may avoid it. "Let us not, to our own destruction, awake those sleeping lions, by rattling up a company of old records, which have lain for so many ages, by the wall, forgotten and neglected. To all my afflictions, add not this, my lords, the most severe...
Side 136 - On the contrary, though not implicated himself in the alleged conspiracy, he has charged me to waste and destroy my strength to prove that no such guilt can be brought home to others. I rejoice in having been made the humble instrument of so much good — my heart was never so much in a cause.
Side 143 - Clive, the said lord the king would have to be one) to inquire (by the oath of good and lawful men of the county...