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... respect of Demosthenes and Cicero - Mansfield , Erskine , Pinckney , and others -Every man has his weak hour - Instance of firmness of Erskine in case of the Dean of St. Asaph - Great superiority of St. Paul - His fearlessness and ...
... respect of Demosthenes and Cicero - Mansfield , Erskine , Pinckney , and others -Every man has his weak hour - Instance of firmness of Erskine in case of the Dean of St. Asaph - Great superiority of St. Paul - His fearlessness and ...
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... respect and esteem , " I am , dear sir , your affectionate friend , " W. RAWLE . " March 31st , 1828 . " TO DAVID PAUL BROWN , Esq . " But we have wandered from our task - let us return : At the age of fifteen , in the year 1810 , the ...
... respect and esteem , " I am , dear sir , your affectionate friend , " W. RAWLE . " March 31st , 1828 . " TO DAVID PAUL BROWN , Esq . " But we have wandered from our task - let us return : At the age of fifteen , in the year 1810 , the ...
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... respect , Mr. Brown is entitled to the highest praise , for he goes for his client through and through - his client first , his client last , his client always . " A word of his industry ; and if this BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR . lxv.
... respect , Mr. Brown is entitled to the highest praise , for he goes for his client through and through - his client first , his client last , his client always . " A word of his industry ; and if this BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR . lxv.
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... respect to the passengers and crew ; he finally became the only one whose energies and hopes were not prostrated ; and it was through his means that the remnant of the crew and passengers were saved . The case was con- ducted for the ...
... respect to the passengers and crew ; he finally became the only one whose energies and hopes were not prostrated ; and it was through his means that the remnant of the crew and passengers were saved . The case was con- ducted for the ...
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... respect and deference to the learned counsel , that it was an abuse of the patience and time of the court and jury , to press so elaborately upon us , the very equivocal and somewhat meretricious attractions of a private mad - house . I ...
... respect and deference to the learned counsel , that it was an abuse of the patience and time of the court and jury , to press so elaborately upon us , the very equivocal and somewhat meretricious attractions of a private mad - house . I ...
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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.