The safety of Jersey; being a familiar illustration of the forms, practice, and privileges of the royal court1841 |
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... called into action my natural curiosity - as it is , the evil you have done will be scarcely less immortal than your fame . Had I never read your history , it is more than probable I should never have perpetrated this , as it is , under ...
... called into action my natural curiosity - as it is , the evil you have done will be scarcely less immortal than your fame . Had I never read your history , it is more than probable I should never have perpetrated this , as it is , under ...
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... called the bay of St. Aubin's . People comes specifically from London to see that ere bay , Sir , - which the people in Jersey says is the finest bay in the world . ' ' Oh ! indeed - did you ever hear talk of the bay of Naples , John ...
... called the bay of St. Aubin's . People comes specifically from London to see that ere bay , Sir , - which the people in Jersey says is the finest bay in the world . ' ' Oh ! indeed - did you ever hear talk of the bay of Naples , John ...
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... called the Po - lice Gazette- it being the one hundred ass power engine of that municipal body - of which the little fellow you see there is the acknow- ledged agent , stoker , and chief engineer . ' Better still thinks I to myself ...
... called the Po - lice Gazette- it being the one hundred ass power engine of that municipal body - of which the little fellow you see there is the acknow- ledged agent , stoker , and chief engineer . ' Better still thinks I to myself ...
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... called Jersey - it's a mistake surely , I thought it was one of the privileged isles . ' ' Well , and have you not just had evidence that it is so ? " enquired Lieutenant Bulfinch . 6 Why surely , not the place which I have read of , as ...
... called Jersey - it's a mistake surely , I thought it was one of the privileged isles . ' ' Well , and have you not just had evidence that it is so ? " enquired Lieutenant Bulfinch . 6 Why surely , not the place which I have read of , as ...
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Page 54 - Every freeman has an undoubted right to lay what sentiments he pleases before the public ; to forbid this is to destroy the freedom of the press ; but if he publishes what is improper, mischievous, or illegal, he must take the consequence of his own temerity.
Page 8 - cheap defence," like the immortal Falstaff, who was not only witty himself, but the cause of wit in others...
Page 45 - The oath administered to the witness is not only that what he deposes shall be true, but that he shall also depose the whole truth: so that he is not to conceal any part of what he knows, whether interrogated particularly to that point or not.
Page 26 - I'recedents.—The precedents of the Royal Court are overwhelmingly numerous, and are so often unjust and contradictory, that they may be compared to papers in so many pigeon holes, from which some may be taken out to suit every occasion.