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... bench , he had the very well - known , though not very eloquent , Henry Hunt before him , who , in mitigation of some expected sentence , spoke of some who " complained of his dan- gerous eloquence . " " They do you great injustice ...
... bench , he had the very well - known , though not very eloquent , Henry Hunt before him , who , in mitigation of some expected sentence , spoke of some who " complained of his dan- gerous eloquence . " " They do you great injustice ...
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... as to treat your honourable bench with disrespect ; he is extremely penitent , and you will kindly ascribe his unintentional insult to his ignorance . You must see at once that B it did originate in that . He said he was.
... as to treat your honourable bench with disrespect ; he is extremely penitent , and you will kindly ascribe his unintentional insult to his ignorance . You must see at once that B it did originate in that . He said he was.
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... bench table , among whom was Mr. Talbot , the Lord Chancellor's eldest son . A large gallery was built over the screen , and was filled with ladies ; the music was placed in the little gallery , at the upper end of the hall , and played ...
... bench table , among whom was Mr. Talbot , the Lord Chancellor's eldest son . A large gallery was built over the screen , and was filled with ladies ; the music was placed in the little gallery , at the upper end of the hall , and played ...
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... Bench , by a warrant from that execrable Judge Jefferies , who treated this worthy man at his trial in the most brutal manner , and reproached him with having written a cart - load of books , " every one as full of sedition and treason ...
... Bench , by a warrant from that execrable Judge Jefferies , who treated this worthy man at his trial in the most brutal manner , and reproached him with having written a cart - load of books , " every one as full of sedition and treason ...
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... bench , " Good heavens ! every judgment of this court is a mere toss - up . " " But heads seldom win , " observed a learned barrister sitting behind him . On another occasion , this wit proposed the following riddle for solution ...
... bench , " Good heavens ! every judgment of this court is a mere toss - up . " " But heads seldom win , " observed a learned barrister sitting behind him . On another occasion , this wit proposed the following riddle for solution ...
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