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... speaking , and general , instead of special , legal preparation - His great excellence in his art - Considers speech man's highest endowment— Eloquence , the perfection of speech - Its rarity - its character in modern times - Liberty ...
... speaking , and general , instead of special , legal preparation - His great excellence in his art - Considers speech man's highest endowment— Eloquence , the perfection of speech - Its rarity - its character in modern times - Liberty ...
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... speaking- Addressed the reason and judgment of his hearers - His great success at the bar - Superiority of his education - Foreign travel - Inner Tem- ple - Refinement and accomplishments - Delicacy and modesty - Avoids politics ...
... speaking- Addressed the reason and judgment of his hearers - His great success at the bar - Superiority of his education - Foreign travel - Inner Tem- ple - Refinement and accomplishments - Delicacy and modesty - Avoids politics ...
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... speaking , by A. - White witness to give color to case - Other amusing instances of his blunders , or his wit- Mr. Baize Newcomb - Argument of counsel - Best part of the case Repartees by Mr. Levy - Extraordinary sentences from his ...
... speaking , by A. - White witness to give color to case - Other amusing instances of his blunders , or his wit- Mr. Baize Newcomb - Argument of counsel - Best part of the case Repartees by Mr. Levy - Extraordinary sentences from his ...
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... speak of those occur- rences which he professes to describe . This motive is offered as a candid apology , for what otherwise , would have been properly , and willingly avoided . VOL . I. - 3 BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR OF DAVID PAUL BROWN ...
... speak of those occur- rences which he professes to describe . This motive is offered as a candid apology , for what otherwise , would have been properly , and willingly avoided . VOL . I. - 3 BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR OF DAVID PAUL BROWN ...
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... speak , and therefore leave you to find their subject by your learning . Her manner - and in this also she was governed by high authority — was more effective and intelligible than her matter , and directed by that , I was induced to ...
... speak , and therefore leave you to find their subject by your learning . Her manner - and in this also she was governed by high authority — was more effective and intelligible than her matter , and directed by that , I was induced to ...
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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.