The Speeches of the Hon. Thomas Erskine (now Lord Erskine): When at the Bar, on Subjects Connected with the Liberty of the Press, and Against Constructive Treasons, Volume 4 |
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Page 145 - King there 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 149 - Justice of our said Lord the King, assigned to hold pleas before the King himself...
Page 152 - 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 111 - However, these gentlemen at the bar say they speak for the commonwealth, and they believe so ; yet, under favour, it is I who, in this particular, speak for the commonwealth. Precedents, like those which are...
Page 419 - ... it is time enough for the rightful purposes of civil government, for its officers to interfere when principles break out into overt acts against peace and good order...
Page 419 - ... truth is great and will prevail if left to herself, that she is the proper and sufficient antagonist to error, and has nothing to fear from the conflict, unless by human interposition disarmed of her natural weapons, free argument and debate, errors ceasing to be dangerous when it is permitted freely to contradict them.
Page 43 - The virtue, spirit, and essence of a House of Commons consists in its being the express image of the feelings of the nation. It was not instituted to be a control upon the people, as of late it has been taught, by a doctrine of the most pernicious tendency. It was designed as a control for the people.
Page 110 - Christians did their books of curious arts, and betake yourselves to the plain letter of the statute, which tells you where the crime is, and points out to you the path by which you may avoid it. "Let us not, to our own destruction, awake those sleeping lions, by rattling up a company of old records, which have lain for so many ages, by the wall, forgotten and neglected. To all my afflictions, add not this, my lords, the most severe...
Page 134 - On the contrary, though not implicated himself in the alleged conspiracy, he has charged me to waste and destroy my strength to prove that no such guilt can be brought home to others. I rejoice in having been made the humble instrument of so much good — my heart was never so much in a cause.
Page 141 - Clive, the said lord the king would have to be one) to inquire (by the oath of good and lawful men of the county...
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| Title | The Speeches of the Hon. Thomas Erskine (now Lord Erskine): When at the Bar, on Subjects Connected with the Liberty of the Press, and Against Constructive Treasons, Volume 4 The Speeches of the Hon. Thomas Erskine (now Lord Erskine): When at the Bar, on Subjects Connected with the Liberty of the Press, and Against Constructive Treasons, Thomas Erskine Baron Erskine |
| Author | Thomas Erskine Baron Erskine |
| Editor | James Ridgway |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | J. Ridgway, 1810 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 2 Mar 2007 |
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