Report of the Proceedings Before the House of Lords, on a Bill of Pains and Penalties Against Her Majesty, Caroline Amelia Elizabeth, Queen of Great Britain, and Consort of King George the Fourth, Volume 2J. Robins and Company, 1821 - Great Britain |
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... appeared to him indispensa❤ ble , if a foundation was to be laid for future investi- gation . This first step , he thought , would be but jus tice to Colonel Browne , as well as to the parties in the present case . If , therefore , any ...
... appeared to him indispensa❤ ble , if a foundation was to be laid for future investi- gation . This first step , he thought , would be but jus tice to Colonel Browne , as well as to the parties in the present case . If , therefore , any ...
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... appeared to be in favour of the motion , he should not oppose it . The Marquis of Lansdown thought that the objection of the noble earl would be somewhat more reasonable if he had opposed the granting of an account of the ex- penses on ...
... appeared to be in favour of the motion , he should not oppose it . The Marquis of Lansdown thought that the objection of the noble earl would be somewhat more reasonable if he had opposed the granting of an account of the ex- penses on ...
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... appeared to them for the change , that Bergami was no longer to sleep in that part of the house where he had slept the night preceding ; but that it was her Majesty's pleasure that he should sleep in a room from which there was a free ...
... appeared to them for the change , that Bergami was no longer to sleep in that part of the house where he had slept the night preceding ; but that it was her Majesty's pleasure that he should sleep in a room from which there was a free ...
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... appeared in evidence at their own bar . Now then , when he ventured to allude to what was called on the other side minute and circumstantial evidence when he approached that subject of all delicacy - those points on which the Attorney ...
... appeared in evidence at their own bar . Now then , when he ventured to allude to what was called on the other side minute and circumstantial evidence when he approached that subject of all delicacy - those points on which the Attorney ...
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... appeared that witnesses ( designed originally for that distinguishable character ) had been on divers occasions transformed into messen- gers ; he would not call them by any harsher name . Keeping , as this their new capacity enabled ...
... appeared that witnesses ( designed originally for that distinguishable character ) had been on divers occasions transformed into messen- gers ; he would not call them by any harsher name . Keeping , as this their new capacity enabled ...
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Page 452 - The other shape, If shape it might be call'd, that shape had none Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb, Or substance might be call'd that shadow seem'd, For each seem'd either ; black it stood as night, Fierce as ten furies, terrible as hell, And shook a dreadful dart ; what seem'd his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on.
Page 8 - ... [A]n advocate, in the discharge of his duty, knows but one person in all the world, and that person is his client. To save that client by all means and expedients, and at all hazards and costs to other persons, and...
Page 79 - Our inclinations are not in our power, nor should either of us be held answerable to the other because nature has not made us suitable to each other. Tranquil and comfortable society is, however, in our power ; let our intercourse, therefore, be restricted to that...
Page 79 - I shall not infringe the terms of the restriction by proposing, at any period, a connection of a more particular nature. I shall now finally close this disagreeable correspondence, trusting that, as we have completely explained ourselves to each other, the rest of our lives will be passed in uninterrupted tranquillity. " I am, madam, with great truth, Very sincerely yours, , (Signed) «
Page 79 - I shall endeavour to explain myself upon that head, with as much clearness, and with as muck eclir propriety, as the nature of the subject will admit. Our inclinations are not in our power, nor should either of us be held answerable to the other, because nature has not made us suitable to each other. Tranquil and comfortable society is, however, in our...
Page 132 - ... rank, and office and title, and all the solemn plausibilities of the world...
Page 80 - ... its kindred throne! You have said, my lords, you have willed — the Church and the king have willed — that the queen should be deprived of its solemn service. She...
Page 551 - ... to examine CD as a witness to prove that AB had offered a bribe to EF in order to induce him to give testimony touching the matter in the indictment, EF not being...
Page 355 - From the manner that the hatchway was open, and all the doors below, there was no mystery in it whatever.' 'As you are a married man, would you have any objection, or conceive it improper that Mrs. Hownam should so sleep in a tent in the dark with a male person?' — 'I trust that every man looks upon his wife without making any comparison or exception; I never made the comparison.
Page 86 - If the attack were made at the time when the offence was alleged to have been committed...