Speeches on Social and Political Subjects: Military floggingRichard Griffin, 1857 - Great Britain |
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... not the words employed . According to the notions in those days entertained of the law of libel , it could excite no surprise that the government prosecuted the author and publisher ; Sir Vicary Gibbs 4 MILITARY FLOGGING .
... not the words employed . According to the notions in those days entertained of the law of libel , it could excite no surprise that the government prosecuted the author and publisher ; Sir Vicary Gibbs 4 MILITARY FLOGGING .
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Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux. government prosecuted the author and publisher ; Sir Vicary Gibbs , then Attorney - General , having frequently filed informations for remarks , as calm and temperate as these were coarse and ...
Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux. government prosecuted the author and publisher ; Sir Vicary Gibbs , then Attorney - General , having frequently filed informations for remarks , as calm and temperate as these were coarse and ...
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... government in this country . There seemed to prevail a general anxiety and alarm , lest , by the discussion , feelings of a dangerous kind should be ex- cited in the soldiery . A mysterious awe hung over men's minds , and forbade them ...
... government in this country . There seemed to prevail a general anxiety and alarm , lest , by the discussion , feelings of a dangerous kind should be ex- cited in the soldiery . A mysterious awe hung over men's minds , and forbade them ...
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... Government to adopt at all times : -Whether a per- son , devoted to the interests of his country , warm in his attachment to its cause , vehemently impelled by a love of its happiness and glory , has a right to endea- vour , by his own ...
... Government to adopt at all times : -Whether a per- son , devoted to the interests of his country , warm in his attachment to its cause , vehemently impelled by a love of its happiness and glory , has a right to endea- vour , by his own ...
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... government of this country has been directed ( at times , indeed , to the exclusion of all other con- siderations ) towards the improvement of our military establishment . It would be endless , and it would be unnecessary for me to ...
... government of this country has been directed ( at times , indeed , to the exclusion of all other con- siderations ) towards the improvement of our military establishment . It would be endless , and it would be unnecessary for me to ...
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