The Forum: Or, Forty Years Full Practice at the Philadelphia Bar, Volume 1R. H. Small, 1856 |
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... Equal to his uncle - Judge Hopkin- son's eulogy - Case of the Atlantic - Dispute of the counsel - Rebuke of the judge Strange occurrence in court - Alienation of mind - Judge Washington's deportment - Trial of Lieutenant Hand , for ...
... Equal to his uncle - Judge Hopkin- son's eulogy - Case of the Atlantic - Dispute of the counsel - Rebuke of the judge Strange occurrence in court - Alienation of mind - Judge Washington's deportment - Trial of Lieutenant Hand , for ...
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... equal to the advocate - Died 31st of Octo- ber , 1822 , aged seventy - three - Left a great name - Succeeded by emi- nent sons - The Ingersolls great lawyers , and accomplished advocates- Will be remembered while the Philadelphia bar is ...
... equal to the advocate - Died 31st of Octo- ber , 1822 , aged seventy - three - Left a great name - Succeeded by emi- nent sons - The Ingersolls great lawyers , and accomplished advocates- Will be remembered while the Philadelphia bar is ...
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... equal to that of the little sufferer , than to have been called upon to utter those frightful , those appaling words : ' May it please your Honor . ' " What could be done ? There is something in the helplessness of childhood , that ...
... equal to that of the little sufferer , than to have been called upon to utter those frightful , those appaling words : ' May it please your Honor . ' " What could be done ? There is something in the helplessness of childhood , that ...
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... ant was convicted . " This may be said to be a strange world - there is nothing in romance equal to the realities of life . My office , which , as I have said , before that time was deserted , now , xlviii BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR .
... ant was convicted . " This may be said to be a strange world - there is nothing in romance equal to the realities of life . My office , which , as I have said , before that time was deserted , now , xlviii BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR .
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... equal dexterity , the blow himself would aim . With all this , he has the high merit of self - possession , which he retains at all times , in the midst even of a torrent in which other men would be lost . He speaks a good deal like ...
... equal dexterity , the blow himself would aim . With all this , he has the high merit of self - possession , which he retains at all times , in the midst even of a torrent in which other men would be lost . He speaks a good deal like ...
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Page 163 - What's Hecuba to him or he to Hecuba That he should weep for her? What would he do Had he the motive and the cue for passion That I have? He would drown the stage with tears, And cleave the general ear with horrid speech, Make mad the guilty and appal the free, Confound the ignorant, and amaze indeed The very faculties of eyes and ears.
Page 174 - When your lordships look at the papers transmitted us from America, when you consider their decency, firmness, and wisdom, you cannot but respect their cause, and wish to make it your own.
Page 181 - And he answered, and said unto them, My mother and my brethren are these, which hear the word of God, and do it.
Page 497 - All murder, which shall be perpetrated by means of poison, or by lying in wait, or by any other kind of wilful, deliberate, and premeditated killing, or which shall be committed in the perpetration, or attempt to perpetrate, any arson, rape, robbery, or burglary, shall be deemed murder of the first degree; and all other kinds of murder shall be deemed murder of the second degree.
Page 176 - Warren Hastings has not left substance enough in India to nourish such another delinquent. My lords, is it a prosecutor you want? You have before you the Commons of Great Britain as prosecutors; and, I believe, my lords, that the sun, in his...
Page 304 - ... and if, in the Legislature so next chosen as aforesaid, such proposed amendment or amendments shall be agreed to by a majority of all the members elected to each House, then it shall be the duty of the Legislature to submit such proposed amend-ment or amendments to the people in such manner and at such time as the Legislature shall prescribe...
Page 182 - Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order to the churches of Galatia, even so do ye. Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.
Page 566 - The primogenitive and due of birth, Prerogative of age, crowns, sceptres, laurels, But by degree, stand in authentic place ? Take but degree away, untune that string, And hark, what discord follows...
Page 183 - When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it : it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow : that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands.
Page 373 - Probable cause" has been defined as a reasonable ground of suspicion supported by circumstances sufficiently strong in themselves to warrant a cautious man in the belief that the person accused is guilty of the offense with which he is charged.