The Pamphleteer, Volume 16Abraham John Valpy A.J. Valpy, 1820 - Great Britain |
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... render them deserving of its attention ; and I believe I may venture to affirm that , whatever other merit they may want , that of the utmost correctness will be found to belong to them . I can say in the very spirit of sincerity that I ...
... render them deserving of its attention ; and I believe I may venture to affirm that , whatever other merit they may want , that of the utmost correctness will be found to belong to them . I can say in the very spirit of sincerity that I ...
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... render them the objects of universal jealousy . There are not any nobility , properly speaking , in England ; that is to say , not in the precise sense in which we understand the word . Birth , excepting to those who are of the peerage ...
... render them the objects of universal jealousy . There are not any nobility , properly speaking , in England ; that is to say , not in the precise sense in which we understand the word . Birth , excepting to those who are of the peerage ...
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... rendered any essential service to the state , in whatsoever way it may happen to be . This title only descends to the eldest son , and the younger child- ren do not derive any advantage from it . The other titles are merely personal ...
... rendered any essential service to the state , in whatsoever way it may happen to be . This title only descends to the eldest son , and the younger child- ren do not derive any advantage from it . The other titles are merely personal ...
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... rendered of no avail , in consequence of the action of trespass ( or quasi debet ) which can be brought against him by the copy - holder , whenever he may offer to make use of it . This action is founded upon the right of the copy ...
... rendered of no avail , in consequence of the action of trespass ( or quasi debet ) which can be brought against him by the copy - holder , whenever he may offer to make use of it . This action is founded upon the right of the copy ...
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... render him amenable to punishment , criminal or otherwise . The recognisances imposed by the justices of peace are gene- rally from about twenty - five to forty pounds sterling , but sometimes they are much more considerable , according ...
... render him amenable to punishment , criminal or otherwise . The recognisances imposed by the justices of peace are gene- rally from about twenty - five to forty pounds sterling , but sometimes they are much more considerable , according ...
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Page 31 - God would gloriously display his power and love, in the fulfilment of his gracious promise that " the knowledge of the Lord shall cover the earth, as the waters cover the sea.
Page 279 - And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship, To devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, And in cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of timber, to work in all manner of workmanship.
Page 240 - And though a linguist should pride himself to have all the tongues that Babel cleft the world into, yet if he have not studied the solid things in them as well as the words and lexicons, he were nothing so much to be esteemed a learned man as any yeoman or tradesman competently wise in his mother dialect only.
Page 3 - If we travel still farther into antiquity, we shall find a direct contrary opinion and practice prevailing; and, if antiquity is to be authority, a thousand such authorities may be produced, successively contradicting each other. But if we proceed on, we shall at last come out right; we shall come to the time when man came from the hand of his Maker. What was he then? Man. Man was his high and only title, and a higher cannot be given him.
Page 7 - Will you be ready, with all faithful diligence, to banish and drive away all erroneous and strange doctrines, contrary to God's word...
Page 41 - ... them as they come to the book to " be sworn, before they are sworn, and you shall be heard.
Page 48 - ... truly try the issue joined between Our Sovereign Lord the King and the prisoner at the bar, and would a true verdict give according to the evidence, so help him God!
Page 47 - You shall well and truly try, and true deliverance make between our sovereign lord the king and the prisoner at the bar, whom you shall have in charge, and a true verdict give, according to the evidence. So help you God !" The juror repeats these words, and kisses the New Testament, and each of the eleven others does the same.
Page 22 - CD, and their fellows, justices of our said lord the King, assigned to keep the peace of our said lord the King...
Page 227 - Resolved, that the Commons of England, assembled in Parliament, being chosen by and representing the people, have the supreme authority of this nation.