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Sivu iv
... Erskine for Lord George Gordon , 55. His successful cross - examina- tion of a witness , 55. His miserable speech to the jury , 56. Peril to the prisoner , 58. Glory of Erskine , 58. Kenyon Attorney - General to the Rockingham ...
... Erskine for Lord George Gordon , 55. His successful cross - examina- tion of a witness , 55. His miserable speech to the jury , 56. Peril to the prisoner , 58. Glory of Erskine , 58. Kenyon Attorney - General to the Rockingham ...
Sivu vi
... from his fame as counsel for Hastings , 190. He resents Lord Keynon's ill usage of him , 191. He is opposed to Erskine in Rex v . Walker , 192 . Prosecution of Redhead Yorke , 194. Law's triumph over Sheridan vi CONTENTS OF VOL . IV .
... from his fame as counsel for Hastings , 190. He resents Lord Keynon's ill usage of him , 191. He is opposed to Erskine in Rex v . Walker , 192 . Prosecution of Redhead Yorke , 194. Law's triumph over Sheridan vi CONTENTS OF VOL . IV .
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... Erskine , but he was for many years the first man at the bar among powerful com- petitors . Both before a jury in the common law courts , and addressing a single judge in the courts of equity , by the calm exertion of reason he won ...
... Erskine , but he was for many years the first man at the bar among powerful com- petitors . Both before a jury in the common law courts , and addressing a single judge in the courts of equity , by the calm exertion of reason he won ...
Sivu 14
... Erskine ever do anything at all commensurate to his forensic reputation . Thurlow prevailed more by the shagginess of his eyebrows and the loudness of his vociferation than by his sentiments or his expressions ; and the effect of ...
... Erskine ever do anything at all commensurate to his forensic reputation . Thurlow prevailed more by the shagginess of his eyebrows and the loudness of his vociferation than by his sentiments or his expressions ; and the effect of ...
Sivu 16
... Erskine , the most fearless and indepen- dent of men , addressing him in the case of the Dean of St. Asaph : orator , by one who had often listened to him : - " As a speaker in the House of Lords , where was his competitor ? The grace ...
... Erskine , the most fearless and indepen- dent of men , addressing him in the case of the Dean of St. Asaph : orator , by one who had often listened to him : - " As a speaker in the House of Lords , where was his competitor ? The grace ...
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Sivu 109 - Commander ; he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower ; his form had yet not lost All her original brightness, nor appeared Less than Archangel ruined, and the excess Of glory obscured...
Sivu 24 - Every man thinks meanly of himself for not having been a soldier, or not having been at sea." BOSWELL. " Lord Mansfield does not." JOHNSON. " Sir, if Lord Mansfield were in a company of General Officers and Admirals who have been in service, he would shrink ; he'd wish to creep under the table.
Sivu 245 - This cardinal, Though from an humble stock, undoubtedly Was fashion'd to much honour. From his cradle He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one ; Exceeding wise, fair spoken, and persuading : Lofty and sour to them that loved him not ; But, to those men that sought him, sweet as summer...
Sivu 217 - Of all monarchs, indeed, since the revolution, the successor of George the Third will have the finest opportunity of becoming nobly popular.
Sivu 35 - ... a single age or nation ; but the common property of all times and all countries. They are built upon the most comprehensive principles, and the most enlightened experience of mankind. He designed them to be of universal application ; considering, as he himself has declared, the maritime law to be, not the law of a particular country, but the general law of nations.
Sivu 325 - Justice told the jury that there were two questions for their consideration : First, whether the plaintiff had given value for the bill, of which there could be no doubt ; and, secondly, whether he took it under circumstances which ought to have excited the suspicion of a prudent and careful man.
Sivu 121 - ... being tampered with. But if an individual can break down any of those safeguards which the Constitution has so wisely and so cautiously erected, by poisoning the minds of the jury at a time when they are called upon to decide, he will stab the administration of justice in its most vital parts.
Sivu 124 - And turn the unwilling steeds another way ; Benighted wanderers, the forest o'er, Curse the saved candle and unopening door ; . While the gaunt mastiff, growling at the gate, Affrights the beggar whom he longs to eat.
Sivu 268 - Behold, brother Eichardson, that is the only human being I ever envied : when at school in this town we were candidates together for a chorister's place ; he obtained it : and if I had gained my wish, he might have been accompanying you as Chief Justice, and pointing me out as his old schoolfellow, the singing man.
Sivu 189 - I do not wish to be understood to blink any question ; and if I had been standing there, and been asked whether I should have pushed or stood aside, I should have had no objection to answer that question.