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I answered coldly , in these very words : -Mr . Attorney , I respect you : I fear you
not ; and the less you speak of your own greatness , the more I will think of it . ' “
He replied , ' I think scorn to stand upon terms of greatness towards you , who are
...
I answered coldly , in these very words : -Mr . Attorney , I respect you : I fear you
not ; and the less you speak of your own greatness , the more I will think of it . ' “
He replied , ' I think scorn to stand upon terms of greatness towards you , who are
...
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occasions would have precluded all chance of his promotion ; and still less did it
seem probable , that he should owe that promotion to the suggestion of his rival ,
Sir Francis . Bacon . That ambitious and crafty man , who still eagerly desired to ...
occasions would have precluded all chance of his promotion ; and still less did it
seem probable , that he should owe that promotion to the suggestion of his rival ,
Sir Francis . Bacon . That ambitious and crafty man , who still eagerly desired to ...
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In his judicial character , Sir Edward Coke was scarcely less deserving of
commendation . At a period when corruption was so much more common than it
has been in later times , that the stain which it impressed upon the character was
of a ...
In his judicial character , Sir Edward Coke was scarcely less deserving of
commendation . At a period when corruption was so much more common than it
has been in later times , that the stain which it impressed upon the character was
of a ...
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... preferment , to abandon even his ease , much less his integrity . The affairs of
the kingdom were now fast tending to a crisis ; and Selden , with the more
moderate men of both parties , witnessed with dismay the approaching appeal to
arms .
... preferment , to abandon even his ease , much less his integrity . The affairs of
the kingdom were now fast tending to a crisis ; and Selden , with the more
moderate men of both parties , witnessed with dismay the approaching appeal to
arms .
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1 of prerogative with less distaste . In forming the scheme of his conduct at this
difficult period of his life , he is said to have proposed to himself as a model the
character of Atticus , who , amidst the turbulence of contending factions , met with
...
1 of prerogative with less distaste . In forming the scheme of his conduct at this
difficult period of his life , he is said to have proposed to himself as a model the
character of Atticus , who , amidst the turbulence of contending factions , met with
...
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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 cyclopędia. 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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