The Speeches of the Hon. T. Erskine (now Lord Erskine): When at the Bar, on Subjects Connected with Liberty of the Press, and Against Constructive Treasons, Volume 2James Ridgway J. Ridgway, 1813 - Freedom of the press |
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... record against its author . Now , Gentlemen , permit me to state to you what it is that I impute to this book , and what is the intention that I impute to the writer of this book . Try it by every test that the human mind can possibly ...
... record against its author . Now , Gentlemen , permit me to state to you what it is that I impute to this book , and what is the intention that I impute to the writer of this book . Try it by every test that the human mind can possibly ...
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... record unnecessarily ) , of those passages that go to the very root of our constitution , that is the nature of the passages which I have selected ; and , Gentlemen , the first of them is in page 21 , where you will find this doctrine ...
... record unnecessarily ) , of those passages that go to the very root of our constitution , that is the nature of the passages which I have selected ; and , Gentlemen , the first of them is in page 21 , where you will find this doctrine ...
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... record ; -it had no existence for months after the work was composed and published ; -it was not written by the Defendant , if written by him at all , till after he had been in a manner insultingly ex- pelled from the country by the ...
... record ; -it had no existence for months after the work was composed and published ; -it was not written by the Defendant , if written by him at all , till after he had been in a manner insultingly ex- pelled from the country by the ...
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... the publisher ; such a writing , not libel- lous PER SE , cannot be arraigned as the author's work is arraigned upon the record before the Court . I maintain , without the hazard of contradiction , that the TRIAL OF THOMAS PAINE . 93.
... the publisher ; such a writing , not libel- lous PER SE , cannot be arraigned as the author's work is arraigned upon the record before the Court . I maintain , without the hazard of contradiction , that the TRIAL OF THOMAS PAINE . 93.
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... record states nothing else : the general charge of sedition in the introduction is notoriously paper and packthread ; because the innuendos cannot enlarge the sense , or natural construction of the text . - The record does not state any ...
... record states nothing else : the general charge of sedition in the introduction is notoriously paper and packthread ; because the innuendos cannot enlarge the sense , or natural construction of the text . - The record does not state any ...
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Page 179 - ... I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks. Methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam, purging and unsealing her...
Page 179 - Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks...
Page 24 - King there inhabiting and being, in contempt of our said Lord the King and his laws, to the evil example of all others in the like case offending, and against the peace of our said Lord the King, his crown and dignity.
Page 178 - ... devout prayer to that eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim, with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases...
Page 200 - And all the rule, one empire; only add Deeds to thy knowledge answerable; add faith, Add virtue, patience, temperance ; add love, By name to come call'd charity, the soul Of all the rest: then wilt thou not be loth To leave this Paradise, but shalt possess A paradise within thee, happier far.
Page 18 - An Act declaring the rights and liberties of the Subject and settling the Succession of the Crown...
Page 397 - The liberty of the press is indeed essential to the nature of a free state ; but this consists in laying no previous restraints upon publication, and not in freedom from censure for criminal matter when published. 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 consequences of his own temerity.
Page 199 - Lost," the rest from his finished labors, and the ultimate hope, expectation, and glory of the world. " A virgin is his mother, but his sire, The power of the Most High ; he shall ascend The throne hereditary, and bound his reign With earth's wide bounds, his glory with the heavens.
Page 62 - That it is the right of the subjects to petition the king ; and all commitments and prosecutions for such petitioning are illegal.
Page 178 - ... is so sprightly up, as that it has, not only wherewith to guard well its own freedom and safety, but to spare and to bestow upon the solidest and sublimest points of controversy and new invention, it...