The Forum: Or, Forty Years Full Practice at the Philadelphia Bar, Volume 1R. H. Small, 1856 |
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... honors achieved by him — Enters col- lege , ( Princeton ) -Friendship with Madison - Correspondence between them - Degree of Bachelor of Arts - Master of Arts - Enters the office of Edward Shippen , afterwards Chief Justice - Enters ...
... honors achieved by him — Enters col- lege , ( Princeton ) -Friendship with Madison - Correspondence between them - Degree of Bachelor of Arts - Master of Arts - Enters the office of Edward Shippen , afterwards Chief Justice - Enters ...
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... honors to his paternal home , feebler in body than at the time of his departure , but strength- ened and enlarged in mind . Upon being received into his father's arms , that tender parent , unable to subdue his emotions , ex- claimed ...
... honors to his paternal home , feebler in body than at the time of his departure , but strength- ened and enlarged in mind . Upon being received into his father's arms , that tender parent , unable to subdue his emotions , ex- claimed ...
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... honor , Dr. Rush died , and as the attachment was rather to the physician than the science , an entire revolution in the career of our subject was at once produced . Prior to this , some doubts of the pro- priety of the selection ...
... honor , Dr. Rush died , and as the attachment was rather to the physician than the science , an entire revolution in the career of our subject was at once produced . Prior to this , some doubts of the pro- priety of the selection ...
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... Honor . ' " What could be done ? There is something in the helplessness of childhood , that appeals most strongly to the heart . I was not a parent , it is true , but nature ever prepares us for those affections which , when they arrive ...
... Honor . ' " What could be done ? There is something in the helplessness of childhood , that appeals most strongly to the heart . I was not a parent , it is true , but nature ever prepares us for those affections which , when they arrive ...
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... honor of recording my own name as the prosecutor , and thereby at once removing all preliminary questions upon our right to proceed . This was partly sincere , no doubt , but I dare say it was chiefly attributable to my having , at the ...
... honor of recording my own name as the prosecutor , and thereby at once removing all preliminary questions upon our right to proceed . This was partly sincere , no doubt , but I dare say it was chiefly attributable to my having , at the ...
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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.