The Lives of Twelve Eminent Judges of the Last and of the Present Century, Том 2Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1846 |
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... doubt the struggles of the wounded spirit as to a fact , which , while the heart wanted to disbelieve , his mind told him was but too true . He pronounced the passage from Othello with great effect , -an effect which nothing short of ...
... doubt the struggles of the wounded spirit as to a fact , which , while the heart wanted to disbelieve , his mind told him was but too true . He pronounced the passage from Othello with great effect , -an effect which nothing short of ...
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... doubt by a pious tenderness for national honour , and meant as a charitable covering for the crimes of our fathers . But it was a sin against posterity ; it was a treason against society ; for , instead of commanding them to be burnt ...
... doubt by a pious tenderness for national honour , and meant as a charitable covering for the crimes of our fathers . But it was a sin against posterity ; it was a treason against society ; for , instead of commanding them to be burnt ...
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... doubt and hesitation , yielded to this candid appeal , and their verdict , after a delay of more than two hours , was received , says a friendly witness , with a delirious scream of joy . The streets blazed with flambeaux , and Erskine ...
... doubt and hesitation , yielded to this candid appeal , and their verdict , after a delay of more than two hours , was received , says a friendly witness , with a delirious scream of joy . The streets blazed with flambeaux , and Erskine ...
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... doubt honestly rejected , because that most excellent prelate , Bishop Porteus , and many other honourable persons , were concerned in rejecting it ; but I had still a duty to perform , considering myself not as counsel for the Society ...
... doubt honestly rejected , because that most excellent prelate , Bishop Porteus , and many other honourable persons , were concerned in rejecting it ; but I had still a duty to perform , considering myself not as counsel for the Society ...
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... doubt , that he had been active in inviting the French to invade Ireland . His principal associate was not so fortunate as himself . The sentence had no sooner been passed , than a scene occurred without precedent in a court of justice ...
... doubt , that he had been active in inviting the French to invade Ireland . His principal associate was not so fortunate as himself . The sentence had no sooner been passed , than a scene occurred without precedent in a court of justice ...
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