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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... habit of ex- amination than either that illustrious person , or the witnesses from whom you have heard this account , yet I well remember ( indeed I never can forget it ) , that since the noble and learned judge has presided in this ...
... habit of ex- amination than either that illustrious person , or the witnesses from whom you have heard this account , yet I well remember ( indeed I never can forget it ) , that since the noble and learned judge has presided in this ...
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... habit of exerting , believed himself to be the Lord and Saviour of mankind , not merely at the time of his confinement , which was alone necessary for my defence , but during the whole time that he had been triumphing over every attempt ...
... habit of exerting , believed himself to be the Lord and Saviour of mankind , not merely at the time of his confinement , which was alone necessary for my defence , but during the whole time that he had been triumphing over every attempt ...
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... habit of hearing every noble lord express his sentiments ; but it was particularly indecorous and indiscreet in that illus- trious personage to smile at a panegyric on the trial by jury . Trial by jury was the means of placing the ...
... habit of hearing every noble lord express his sentiments ; but it was particularly indecorous and indiscreet in that illus- trious personage to smile at a panegyric on the trial by jury . Trial by jury was the means of placing the ...
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... habits , more meanly than thousands , who had but a moment before beheld them with salutary awe . This cannot be ... habit in court as would be lost by the spectacle of the long robe in our streets . The literary pursuits of Erskine ...
... habits , more meanly than thousands , who had but a moment before beheld them with salutary awe . This cannot be ... habit in court as would be lost by the spectacle of the long robe in our streets . The literary pursuits of Erskine ...
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... habit of taking opium , that he might overcome by artificial spirits that sinking of the heart , which the consciousness of a ruined fortune and dimmed reputation could not but occasion . At length that release came , which his best ...
... habit of taking opium , that he might overcome by artificial spirits that sinking of the heart , which the consciousness of a ruined fortune and dimmed reputation could not but occasion . At length that release came , which his best ...
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