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... tion . " + Such was the whimsical style sanctioned by the taste of the day . It is gratifying to turn from scenes like these , where contumely and insult were added to the severe and in- human penalties which the law itself inflicted ...
... tion . " + Such was the whimsical style sanctioned by the taste of the day . It is gratifying to turn from scenes like these , where contumely and insult were added to the severe and in- human penalties which the law itself inflicted ...
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Henry Roscoe. occasions would have precluded all chance of his promo- tion ; 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 ...
Henry Roscoe. occasions would have precluded all chance of his promo- tion ; 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 ...
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... tion and constancy . A writer * , who seldom makes an assertion without a competent authority to sustain it , in reviewing the cha- racter of Sir Edward Coke , has termed him " a flat- terer and tool of the court till he obtained his ...
... tion and constancy . A writer * , who seldom makes an assertion without a competent authority to sustain it , in reviewing the cha- racter of Sir Edward Coke , has termed him " a flat- terer and tool of the court till he obtained his ...
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... tion of Coke refute the idea of his having ever acted the flatterer or the tool . Had he , indeed , possessed the capacity of thus shaping his conduct according to the necessities of his fortunes , he would scarcely have evinced that ...
... tion of Coke refute the idea of his having ever acted the flatterer or the tool . Had he , indeed , possessed the capacity of thus shaping his conduct according to the necessities of his fortunes , he would scarcely have evinced that ...
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... influence upon the manner in which the measure was received by the country at large . * Clarendon , Hist . Rebell . , vol . ii . p . 497. ed . 1826 . The king was much disturbed with the violent opposi- tion E 3 JOHN SELDEN . 53.
... influence upon the manner in which the measure was received by the country at large . * Clarendon , Hist . Rebell . , vol . ii . p . 497. ed . 1826 . The king was much disturbed with the violent opposi- tion E 3 JOHN SELDEN . 53.
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Page 285 - Who is it/ said the jealous ruler over the desert, encroached upon by the restless foot of English adventurers, ( 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 ? Who is it that rears up the shade of those lofty forests, and blasts them with the quick lightning at his pleasure ? The same Being who gave to you a country on the other side of the waters,...
Page 146 - Conspicuous scene ! another yet is nigh, (More silent far) where kings and poets lie; Where Murray (long enough his country's pride) Shall be no more than Tully or than Hyde...
Page 31 - Hyde was wont to say that he valued himself upon nothing more than upon having had Mr. Selden's acquaintance from the time he was very young, and held it with great delight as long as they were suffered to continue together in London ; and he was...
Page 17 - ... had it not been for Sir Edward Coke's Reports, (which though they may have errors, and some peremptory and extrajudicial resolutions more than are warranted ; yet they contain infinite good decisions, and rulings over of cases,) the law, by this time, had been almost like a ship without ballast ; for that the cases of modern experience are fled from those that are adjudged and ruled in former time.
Page 231 - That the influence of the Crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished"?
Page 269 - ... shelter, but I will not join in battle with them. Their vices, though screwed up to the highest pitch of human depravity, are not of dignity enough to vindicate the combat with me. I will drag him to light who is the dark mover behind this scene of iniquity. I assert that the Earl of...
Page 289 - But, at the conclusion of a ten years' war, how are we recompensed for the death of multitudes, and the expense of millions, but by contemplating the sudden glories of paymasters and agents, contractors and commissaries, whose equipages shine like meteors, and whose palaces rise like exhalations ! These are the men who, without virtue, labour, or hazard, are growing rich, as their country is impoverished ; they rejoice, when obstinacy or ambition adds another year to slaughter and devastation ; and...
Page 96 - I'll look after thee. I know thou hast a mighty party, and I see a great many of the brotherhood in corners, waiting to see what will become of their mighty Don, and a Doctor of the party (looking to Dr. Bates) at your elbow; but, by the grace of Almighty God, I'll crush you all.