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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... received an impetus from the tone and quality of the matured and pre- meditated composition , retained that impetus after the im . pelling cause had died away . " Though successful in extricating Stockdale from the per- secution of a ...
... received an impetus from the tone and quality of the matured and pre- meditated composition , retained that impetus after the im . pelling cause had died away . " Though successful in extricating Stockdale from the per- secution of a ...
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... receiving the pay . " Delegates from the society for constitutional information in London presented a glowing address to the National Con- vention of France , and sealed the alliance in French fashion , with a kiss of fraternity ...
... receiving the pay . " Delegates from the society for constitutional information in London presented a glowing address to the National Con- vention of France , and sealed the alliance in French fashion , with a kiss of fraternity ...
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... received . So strongly prepossessed , we are told , were the multitude in favour of the innocence of the prisoner , that , when Erskine had finished his speech , an irrepressible acclamation pervaded the court , and reached to an ...
... received . So strongly prepossessed , we are told , were the multitude in favour of the innocence of the prisoner , that , when Erskine had finished his speech , an irrepressible acclamation pervaded the court , and reached to an ...
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... not sufficiently qualified , the ready politician exclaimed : " I beg the Attorney - General will ob- serve that : I moderated the moderator . " Having elicited that he was generally received at public meetings 26 LIFE OF LORD ERSKINE .
... not sufficiently qualified , the ready politician exclaimed : " I beg the Attorney - General will ob- serve that : I moderated the moderator . " Having elicited that he was generally received at public meetings 26 LIFE OF LORD ERSKINE .
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... received with disapprobation . " As an instance of his ready assurance , Horne Tooke used to relate , that he was once asked at a levee by George the Third , whether he played at cards , and answered , “ I don't know a king from a knave ...
... received with disapprobation . " As an instance of his ready assurance , Horne Tooke used to relate , that he was once asked at a levee by George the Third , whether he played at cards , and answered , “ I don't know a king from a knave ...
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