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Page 39
To him was the nation very principally indebted for that high and independent
tone in the debates of parliament which elevated the character of the commons ,
and enabled them to struggle so successfully against the arm of prerogative .
To him was the nation very principally indebted for that high and independent
tone in the debates of parliament which elevated the character of the commons ,
and enabled them to struggle so successfully against the arm of prerogative .
Page 69
... that assembly should authorize , but that the military power for the present
should reside in the protector . He likewise exerted himself as became his
character to moderate the wild designs which were brought forward by various
enthusiastic ...
... that assembly should authorize , but that the military power for the present
should reside in the protector . He likewise exerted himself as became his
character to moderate the wild designs which were brought forward by various
enthusiastic ...
Page 71
... the chancellor , Lord Clarendon , expressed in warm terms the singular esteem
he entertained for his character , telling him , “ that if the king could have found an
honester and fitter man for that employment , he would not have advanced him ...
... the chancellor , Lord Clarendon , expressed in warm terms the singular esteem
he entertained for his character , telling him , “ that if the king could have found an
honester and fitter man for that employment , he would not have advanced him ...
Page 83
... his intimate acquaintance with the transactions which he records , his stores of
anecdote relating to his contemporaries , and the indescribable naiveté ' of his
style , confer a peculiarly interesting character upon his book . To abridge such a
...
... his intimate acquaintance with the transactions which he records , his stores of
anecdote relating to his contemporaries , and the indescribable naiveté ' of his
style , confer a peculiarly interesting character upon his book . To abridge such a
...
Page 110
If in his public character Lord Guilford never rose above the prejudices and
feelings of the age , he did not , like many of ... prostitution in politics , and by that
abandoned corruption which darkened the characters of Sunderland and
Jefferies .
If in his public character Lord Guilford never rose above the prejudices and
feelings of the age , he did not , like many of ... prostitution in politics , and by that
abandoned corruption which darkened the characters of Sunderland and
Jefferies .
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Page 2 - God had endowed his Majesty with excellent science and great endowments of nature, but his Majesty was not learned in the laws of his realm of England ; and causes which concern the life or inheritance or goods or fortunes of his subjects are not to be decided by natural reason but by the artificial reason and judgment of law, which law is an act which requires long study and experience before that a man can attain to the cognizance of it...
Page 64 - That there were such creatures as witches he made no doubt at all ; For first, the scriptures had affirmed so much. Secondly the wisdom of all nations had provided laws against such persons, which is an argument of their confidence of such a crime. And such hath been the judgment of this kingdom, as appears by that act of parliament which hath provided punishments proportionable to the quality of the offence.
Page 274 - I can say, and will say, that as a peer of parliament, as speaker of this right honourable house, as keeper of the great seal, as guardian of his majesty's conscience, as lord high chancellor of England, nay, even in that character alone in which the noble duke would think it an affront to be considered...
Page 341 - said the jealous ruler over the desert, encroached upon by the restless foot of English adventure, "who is it that causes this river to rise in the high mountains, and to empty itself into the ocean? Who is it that causes to blow the loud winds of winter, and that calms them again in the summer?
Page 346 - 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 practice, from that moment the liberties of England are at an end.
Page 64 - That there were such creatures as witches, he 'made no doubt at all, For, first, the Scriptures had affirmed so much. Secondly, the wisdom of all nations had provided laws against such persons, which is an argument of their confidence of such a crime.
Page 194 - I pass over many anonymous letters I have received. Those in print are public, and some of them have been brought judicially before the court. Whoever the writers are. they take the wrong way ! I will do my duty unawed. What am I to fear? That "mendax infamia" from the press, which daily coins false facts and false motives?
Page 287 - That the influence of the Crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished"?
Page 274 - Seal, as guardian of his Majesty's conscience, as Lord High Chancellor of England — nay, even in that character alone in which the noble Duke would think it an affront to be considered...
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| Title | Eminent British Lawyers Volume 99 of The cabinet cyclopædia. Biography. [v. 99] cabinet of biography |
| Author | Henry Roscoe |
| Publisher | Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1830 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 7 Jun 2006 |
| Length | 428 pages |
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