The safety of Jersey; being a familiar illustration of the forms, practice, and privileges of the royal court1841 |
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... effect of the good things he uttered , upon his audience , they were seldom lost upon himself . Now , Mr. Jenks being one of those stolidly determined philosophers not easily driven from an opinion in defence of which they once take ...
... effect of the good things he uttered , upon his audience , they were seldom lost upon himself . Now , Mr. Jenks being one of those stolidly determined philosophers not easily driven from an opinion in defence of which they once take ...
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... effects of a heavy lurch , and the eloquence with which she was proceeding to descant on the superiority of her theory over that of her husband , was here interrupted in a manner unnecessary to describe , but which , it is sufficient to ...
... effects of a heavy lurch , and the eloquence with which she was proceeding to descant on the superiority of her theory over that of her husband , was here interrupted in a manner unnecessary to describe , but which , it is sufficient to ...
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... effect upon me . I don't know how it is , but though accustomed all my life to large towns , I always feel awkward in a small one , particularly on my first appearance . I fancy there is ever something in the look or manner of a ...
... effect upon me . I don't know how it is , but though accustomed all my life to large towns , I always feel awkward in a small one , particularly on my first appearance . I fancy there is ever something in the look or manner of a ...
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... effect . One old Gentleman , ere I had got as far as ' pray can you inform me , ' turned upon his heel with a grunt , as much as to say , No , Sir , I can't ; ' thus repulsed , I made no further personal application , but without asking ...
... effect . One old Gentleman , ere I had got as far as ' pray can you inform me , ' turned upon his heel with a grunt , as much as to say , No , Sir , I can't ; ' thus repulsed , I made no further personal application , but without asking ...
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... centenier is notorious for his brusquerie - and that , accustomed to deal with blackguards ( or words to that effect ) , he forgets himself before gentlemen . ' 6 That's very likely . ' But that which astonished the Court the most , ' 28.
... centenier is notorious for his brusquerie - and that , accustomed to deal with blackguards ( or words to that effect ) , he forgets himself before gentlemen . ' 6 That's very likely . ' But that which astonished the Court the most , ' 28.
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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.