The Speeches of the Hon. Thomas Erskine: (now Lord Erskine), when at the Bar : on Subjects Connected with the Liberty of the Press, and Against Constructive Treasons, Volume 3J. Ridgway, 1813 - Freedom of the press |
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... Gentlemen , what I have most to fear upon this occasion ; I know the vigour and energy of the mind of my learned friend . - I have long felt and admired the powerful effect of his various talents ; I know the ingenious sophistry by ...
... Gentlemen , what I have most to fear upon this occasion ; I know the vigour and energy of the mind of my learned friend . - I have long felt and admired the powerful effect of his various talents ; I know the ingenious sophistry by ...
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... Gentlemen , it is not for me to say , that it was unjust or impolitic in Parliament to reject the appli- cation ; but surely I may without offence suggest , that it was hardly a fit subject of triumph , that a great number of fellow ...
... Gentlemen , it is not for me to say , that it was unjust or impolitic in Parliament to reject the appli- cation ; but surely I may without offence suggest , that it was hardly a fit subject of triumph , that a great number of fellow ...
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... Gentlemen , this society continued with these ob- jects in view until the issuing of the proclamation against Republicans and Levellers , calling upon the magistrates to exert themselves throughout the king- dom to avert some danger ...
... Gentlemen , this society continued with these ob- jects in view until the issuing of the proclamation against Republicans and Levellers , calling upon the magistrates to exert themselves throughout the king- dom to avert some danger ...
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... gentlemen and tradesmen , whose good principles he was acquainted with , -who had been wantonly opposed by this ... gentleman and his associates , as they are called , to justice , yet not one magistrate , -no man of property or figure ...
... gentlemen and tradesmen , whose good principles he was acquainted with , -who had been wantonly opposed by this ... gentleman and his associates , as they are called , to justice , yet not one magistrate , -no man of property or figure ...
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... Gentlemen , one of those societies , called the Re- formation Society , met to exercise this undoubted privilege ... gentleman upon the Jury who has been carefully taking notes of the evidence , will have the goodness to refer to them ...
... Gentlemen , one of those societies , called the Re- formation Society , met to exercise this undoubted privilege ... gentleman upon the Jury who has been carefully taking notes of the evidence , will have the goodness to refer to them ...
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Page 493 - England worship freedom, they will turn their faces toward you. The more they multiply, the more friends you will have ; the more ardently they love liberty, the more perfect will be their obedience. Slavery they can have anywhere. It is a weed that grows in every soil. They may have it from Spain, they may have it from Prussia. But until you become lost to all feeling of your true interest and your natural dignity, freedom they can have from none but you.
Page 493 - ... is in the close affection which grows from common names, from kindred blood, from similar privileges, and equal protection. These are ties, which, though light as air, are as strong as links of iron. Let the colonies always keep the idea of their civil rights associated with your government; — they will cling and grapple to you ; and no force under heaven will be of power to tear them from their allegiance.
Page 81 - Queen, or of their eldest son and heir; or if a man do violate the King's companion, or the King's eldest daughter unmarried, or the wife of the King's eldest son and heir; or if a man do levy war against our lord the King in his realm...
Page 494 - It is a weed that grows in every soil. They may have it from Spain, they may have it from Prussia. But until you become lost to all feeling of your true interest and your natural dignity, freedom they can have from none but you. This is the commodity of price of which you have the monopoly.
Page 399 - Whatever alterations time and the necessary accommodation of business may have introduced, this character can never be sustained, unless the House of Commons shall be made to bear some stamp of the. actual disposition of the people at large.
Page 56 - King, not having the fear of God in their hearts, nor weighing the duty of their allegiance, but being moved and seduced by the instigation of the devil, as false traitors against our said Lord the King...
Page 415 - Whatsoever cannot but be acknowledged to be of advantage to the society and people in general, upon just and lasting measures, will always, when done, justify itself; and whenever the people shall choose their representatives upon just and undeniably equal measures, suitable to the original frame of the government, it cannot be doubted to be the will and act of the society, whoever permitted or caused them so to do.
Page 80 - ... when a man doth compass or imagine the death of our lord the king, or of our lady the queen, or of their eldest son and heir...
Page 402 - The power of the Crown, almost dead and rotten as prerogative, has grown up anew, with much more strength and far less odium, under the name of influence.
Page 413 - To what gross absurdities the following of custom when reason has left it may lead, we may be satisfied when we see the bare name of a town, of which there remains not so much as the ruins, where scarce so much housing as a...