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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... applied . This he would do on the trial of a misdemeanour ; this he would do in a case of felony ; and of how much more importance , therefore , did a rule of this nature become on a question of high trea- son , or what was but ...
... applied . This he would do on the trial of a misdemeanour ; this he would do in a case of felony ; and of how much more importance , therefore , did a rule of this nature become on a question of high trea- son , or what was but ...
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... applied in joke to Schiavini , and that he did not recollect whether he applied to others . Their lordships recollected the manner too of this wit- ness . He showed some flourishing and figure- " I would rather eat grass than go again ...
... applied in joke to Schiavini , and that he did not recollect whether he applied to others . Their lordships recollected the manner too of this wit- ness . He showed some flourishing and figure- " I would rather eat grass than go again ...
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Joseph Nightingale. that he could not afterwards swear that he had not applied to others to be taken back ? Here then was the mystery unravelled of Majochi's Non mi ricordo . His testimony was false , either one way or the other ; he ...
Joseph Nightingale. that he could not afterwards swear that he had not applied to others to be taken back ? Here then was the mystery unravelled of Majochi's Non mi ricordo . His testimony was false , either one way or the other ; he ...
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... applied what formerly had been said of the Greeks - tribuo illis litteras , do multarum artium dis- ciplinam , non adimo sermonis leporem , ingeniorum acumen , dicendi copiam denique etiam , siqua sibi alia sumunt , non repugno ...
... applied what formerly had been said of the Greeks - tribuo illis litteras , do multarum artium dis- ciplinam , non adimo sermonis leporem , ingeniorum acumen , dicendi copiam denique etiam , siqua sibi alia sumunt , non repugno ...
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... applied . Nothing was more re markable than the general character and appearance of the witnesses . Their employments were generally of the lowest description , and , after all the pains which had been taken to give them a respectable ...
... applied . Nothing was more re markable than the general character and appearance of the witnesses . Their employments were generally of the lowest description , and , after all the pains which had been taken to give them a respectable ...
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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...