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Page 92
... judges of the mode of proceeding that will recommend them to the favor of their fellow - citizens . But I confess I should look rather awkward , if I had been the very first to produce the new copies of freedom , - if I had persisted in ...
... judges of the mode of proceeding that will recommend them to the favor of their fellow - citizens . But I confess I should look rather awkward , if I had been the very first to produce the new copies of freedom , - if I had persisted in ...
Page 103
... judge . Sir , Parliament , having an enlarged view of objects , made , during this interval , more frequent changes in their sentiments and their conduct than could be justified in a particular person upon the contracted scale of ...
... judge . Sir , Parliament , having an enlarged view of objects , made , during this interval , more frequent changes in their sentiments and their conduct than could be justified in a particular person upon the contracted scale of ...
Page 125
... judge of an ill principle in government only by an actual griev- ance ; here they anticipate the evil , and judge of the pressure of the grievance by the badness of the prin- ciple . They augur misgovernment at a distance , and snuff ...
... judge of an ill principle in government only by an actual griev- ance ; here they anticipate the evil , and judge of the pressure of the grievance by the badness of the prin- ciple . They augur misgovernment at a distance , and snuff ...
Page 129
... judges , without executive magistrates . How long it will continue in this state , or what may arise out of this unheard - of situation , how can the wisest of us . conjecture ? Our late experience has taught us that many of those ...
... judges , without executive magistrates . How long it will continue in this state , or what may arise out of this unheard - of situation , how can the wisest of us . conjecture ? Our late experience has taught us that many of those ...
Page 137
... judge . It is true , Sir . But I confess that the character of judge in my own cause is a thing that frightens me . Instead of filling me with pride , I am exceedingly humbled by it . I cannot proceed with a stern , assured judicial ...
... judge . It is true , Sir . But I confess that the character of judge in my own cause is a thing that frightens me . Instead of filling me with pride , I am exceedingly humbled by it . I cannot proceed with a stern , assured judicial ...
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