The safety of Jersey; being a familiar illustration of the forms, practice, and privileges of the royal court1841 |
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... companion as diffidence or that kind of distrust in oneself , which for all worldly advan- tages , would be better displaced by what is understood by the word " brass . " I look upon it as the greatest misfortune which can attend a man ...
... companion as diffidence or that kind of distrust in oneself , which for all worldly advan- tages , would be better displaced by what is understood by the word " brass . " I look upon it as the greatest misfortune which can attend a man ...
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... not absolutely despotic , from vexatious litigation . ' Pray , Sir , do the enjoined prescriptions to which you refer , ' asked my companion with well affected gravity , provide D 6 against the possibility of such offence , as that with 25.
... not absolutely despotic , from vexatious litigation . ' Pray , Sir , do the enjoined prescriptions to which you refer , ' asked my companion with well affected gravity , provide D 6 against the possibility of such offence , as that with 25.
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... companion . On the issue of the trial , ' returned the tall gentleman . Well , what will it be , think ye ? ' Why , that the defendant's cast . ' Ah ! what makes think so ? ' you ' Never mind - will you bet ? -yes or no - that's all ...
... companion . On the issue of the trial , ' returned the tall gentleman . Well , what will it be , think ye ? ' Why , that the defendant's cast . ' Ah ! what makes think so ? ' you ' Never mind - will you bet ? -yes or no - that's all ...
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... companion ( warming with that poetic fire which the contemplation of a good painting never fails to kindle in the breast of the virtuoso ) , I love to look on pictures such as that , where the least attractive object is the costume ...
... companion ( warming with that poetic fire which the contemplation of a good painting never fails to kindle in the breast of the virtuoso ) , I love to look on pictures such as that , where the least attractive object is the costume ...
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... companion . 6 ‹ There can be no doubt of it , ' I replied , and yet ( continued my enthusiastic friend , though in an altered tone , which seemed at once to express that a change had suddenly come over the spirit of his admiration ) ...
... companion . 6 ‹ There can be no doubt of it , ' I replied , and yet ( continued my enthusiastic friend , though in an altered tone , which seemed at once to express that a change had suddenly come over the spirit of his admiration ) ...
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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.