 ... of those happily constituted intellects which, across labyrinths of sophistry, and through masses of immaterial facts, go straight to the true point. Of his intellect, however, he seldom had the full use. Even in civil causes his malevolent and despotic...  The New Monthly Belle Assemblée - Sivu 105Koko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1871 - 582 sivua
...full use. Even in civil causes his malevolent and despotic temper perpetually disordered his judgment. To enter his court was to enter the den of a wild...beast, which none could tame, and which was as likely lo be roused to rage by caresses as by attacks. He frequently poured forth on plaintiffs and defendants,... | |
 | Frederick Perry - 1873 - 540 sivua
...notorious Jeffreys. He might have disputed with Ajax the unenviable honour of being best at abuse. To enter his court was to enter the den of a wild...to be roused to rage by caresses as by attacks. He poured forth torrents of frantic abuse, intermixed with oaths and curses. Not the least odious of his... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1876 - 506 sivua
...use. Even in civil causes, his malevolent and despotic temper perpetually disordered his judgment. To enter his court was to enter the den of a wild...and jurymen, torrents of frantic abuse, intermixed 1 Chiffinch was a confidential servant of Charles the Second. N with oaths and curses. His looks and... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1876 - 508 sivua
...use. Even in civil causes, his malevolent and despotic temper perpetually disordered his judgment. To enter his court was to enter the den of a wild...and jurymen, torrents of frantic abuse, intermixed 1 Chiffinch was a confidential servant of Charles t\\e N with oaths and curses. His looks and tones... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay - 1877 - 738 sivua
...full use. Even in civil causes his malevolent and despotic temper perpetually disordered his judgment. To enter his court was to enter the den of a wild...caresses as by attacks. He frequently poured forth on plaintiff's and defendants, barristers and attorneys, witnesses and jurymen, torrents of frantic abuse,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1877 - 498 sivua
...use. Even in civil causes, his malevolent and despotic temper perpetually disordered his judgment. To enter his court was to enter the den of a wild beast, which none conld tame, and which was as (') Chiffinch was a confidential servant of Charles the Second. likely... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1882 - 1136 sivua
...full use. Even in civil causes his malevolent and despotic temper perpetually disordered his judgment. To enter his court, was to enter the den of a wild...which none could tame, and which was as likely to be ronsed to rage by caresses as by attacks. He frequently poured forth on plaintiffs and defendants,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1889 - 568 sivua
...full use. Even in civil causes his malevolent and despotic temper perpetually disordered his judgment. To enter his court was to enter the den of a wild...frantic abuse, intermixed with oaths and curses. His looka and tones had inspired terror when he was merely a young advocate struggling into practice. Now... | |
 | Henry Clay Sheldon - 1894 - 630 sivua
...terrorism by which the accused, whether innocent or guilty, might be confounded and overwhelmed. " To enter his court was to enter the den of a wild beast." Yet this man was a chosen agent of James, and was assigned a chief part in the administration of the... | |
 | Brooks Adams - 1913 - 270 sivua
...treason. Jeffreys used simple means. Usually drunk, his court resembled the den of a wild beast. He poured forth on "plaintiffs and defendants, barristers...frantic abuse, intermixed with oaths and curses." The law required proof of an overt act of treason. Many years before Sidney had written a philosophical... | |
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