The safety of Jersey; being a familiar illustration of the forms, practice, and privileges of the royal court1841 |
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... further embargo on the public purse ; notwithstanding , to the mal - contents , he may say in the phraseology of Neddy Bray , their acceptance of this additional ornament " is quite hoptional . " Again ! as it is the writer's ambition ...
... further embargo on the public purse ; notwithstanding , to the mal - contents , he may say in the phraseology of Neddy Bray , their acceptance of this additional ornament " is quite hoptional . " Again ! as it is the writer's ambition ...
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... further personal application , but without asking any one , sat about asking every one ; that is to say , assuming an air of independent indifference , which I did not by any means feel , I sauntered up and down , muttering audibly , I ...
... further personal application , but without asking any one , sat about asking every one ; that is to say , assuming an air of independent indifference , which I did not by any means feel , I sauntered up and down , muttering audibly , I ...
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... further consequences of the system are , that there is a mutual dependence , a reciprocity of interests between all official parties in the state , demanding mutual protection and support - secure then in this protection , is it a ...
... further consequences of the system are , that there is a mutual dependence , a reciprocity of interests between all official parties in the state , demanding mutual protection and support - secure then in this protection , is it a ...
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... further serve to swell Mr. Le Cras ' list of precedents . ( 4 ) But hark , there goes the old cracked bell , worthy emblem of the cracked sculls to which it is the summons- we had better push on and secure a place in time — for depend ...
... further serve to swell Mr. Le Cras ' list of precedents . ( 4 ) But hark , there goes the old cracked bell , worthy emblem of the cracked sculls to which it is the summons- we had better push on and secure a place in time — for depend ...
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... further trial , and take my word for it , your patience and your justice , both , will be rewarded . ' 6 " The proper defendant , ' I continued ( still harping upon the apparent inconsistency of the result of the foregoing trial , as ...
... further trial , and take my word for it , your patience and your justice , both , will be rewarded . ' 6 " The proper defendant , ' I continued ( still harping upon the apparent inconsistency of the result of the foregoing trial , 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.