The Letters of JuliusW. Sams, 1821 - 188 pages |
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... criminal . Then for the dumb assent of undeceived prejudice , and half- grin , half - scowl , with which hardened depra- vity attempts to brave detection . Retreating from this scene , with what countenance will you tolerate the ...
... criminal . Then for the dumb assent of undeceived prejudice , and half- grin , half - scowl , with which hardened depra- vity attempts to brave detection . Retreating from this scene , with what countenance will you tolerate the ...
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... criminal as he who stabs him , and is known and seen to stab him . " - What is this but daring Parliament to exert its : privileges ? Force ! brute force ! is the cry ; resist the arm of the law ! And this call of blood is re - echoed ...
... criminal as he who stabs him , and is known and seen to stab him . " - What is this but daring Parliament to exert its : privileges ? Force ! brute force ! is the cry ; resist the arm of the law ! And this call of blood is re - echoed ...
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... criminal nor dangerous . They well knew , if they could thus blind us to the true nature and effect of such primers of treason , they might catechize with success the Jacobin creed of Liberty and Equality , and consummate their hopes 119.
... criminal nor dangerous . They well knew , if they could thus blind us to the true nature and effect of such primers of treason , they might catechize with success the Jacobin creed of Liberty and Equality , and consummate their hopes 119.
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... that baulks them of blood . In this view of our state , it were criminal in the loyal to be fool- hardy , or to subject a whole community to the debilitating , unmanning horrors , of contem- plating the frightful 138.
... that baulks them of blood . In this view of our state , it were criminal in the loyal to be fool- hardy , or to subject a whole community to the debilitating , unmanning horrors , of contem- plating the frightful 138.
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... men to imagine that a CRIMINAL charge either might or ought to be set aside by a recriminatory de- fence ? I hold that true religion knows nothing of that maudlin sensitiveness which engenders scruples pernicious to PREFACE vii.
... men to imagine that a CRIMINAL charge either might or ought to be set aside by a recriminatory de- fence ? I hold that true religion knows nothing of that maudlin sensitiveness which engenders scruples pernicious to PREFACE vii.
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Page 118 - Separating the duty of a patriot from that of an advocate, he must go on, reckless of consequences, though it should be his unhappy fate to involve his country in confusion.
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Page 86 - Justice would be to calumniate that sacred name ; and for me to suppress an expression of my opinion on the subject, would be tacitly to lend myself to my own destruction, as well as to an imposition upon the nation and the world. In the House of Commons I can discover no better grounds of security.
Page 180 - Middlesex, baronet, being a seditious, malicious, and ill-disposed person, and unlawfully and maliciously devising and intending to raise and excite discontent, disaffection, and sedition among the liege subjects of our lord the present king, and amongst the soldiers of our said lord the king, and to move and excite the liege subjects of our said lord the king...
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Page 16 - Commons had pronounced the measure " disappointing to the hopes of parliament, derogatory to the dignity of the crown, and injurious to the best interests of the empire...
Page 120 - My lords, I call upon you to pause. You stand on the brink of a precipice. You may go on in your precipitate career — you may pronounce against your Queen, but it will be the last judgment you ever will pronounce.
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Page 121 - Queen, but it will he the last judgment you will ever pronounce. Her persecutors will fail in their object, and the ruin with which they seek to cover the Queen, will return to overwhelm themselves. Save the country, my Lords, from the horrors that await it— save yourselves from impending...