Memoirs of John Horne Tooke: Interspersed with Original Documents, Volumul 2J. Johnson, 1813 |
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Pagina 9
... produced by the attorney - general . ) And on the strength of these two precedents alone ( forgetting his own description and dis- tinction of the crime to the jury ) he decided against me . " I say , on the strength of these two prece ...
... produced by the attorney - general . ) And on the strength of these two precedents alone ( forgetting his own description and dis- tinction of the crime to the jury ) he decided against me . " I say , on the strength of these two prece ...
Pagina 13
... produced by drinking red wine , while residing within the precincts of the King's Bench . But , whatever might be the predis- posing cause , there is every reason to presume it completely falsified the proverb , " that gout and riches ...
... produced by drinking red wine , while residing within the precincts of the King's Bench . But , whatever might be the predis- posing cause , there is every reason to presume it completely falsified the proverb , " that gout and riches ...
Pagina 16
... produced a great change in the insti- tutions of almost every country in Europe . - The dignified clergy of that day immediately perceived how advantageous the adoption of the regulations of Justinian would prove to them ; and the popes ...
... produced a great change in the insti- tutions of almost every country in Europe . - The dignified clergy of that day immediately perceived how advantageous the adoption of the regulations of Justinian would prove to them ; and the popes ...
Pagina 32
... produce any radical change in the constitution of the house of commons , for no complaints appear to have been then made on this subject ; and the great grievance of that day , so frequently alluded to under the name of long parliaments ...
... produce any radical change in the constitution of the house of commons , for no complaints appear to have been then made on this subject ; and the great grievance of that day , so frequently alluded to under the name of long parliaments ...
Pagina 38
... produce a voucher from the exchequer , for at least eight thousand pounds , and for as much more ( exclusive of four hundred pounds ) as shall have been paid by the voters at his election . Instead of being jealous of the legitimate pii ...
... produce a voucher from the exchequer , for at least eight thousand pounds , and for as much more ( exclusive of four hundred pounds ) as shall have been paid by the voters at his election . Instead of being jealous of the legitimate pii ...
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Memoirs of John Horne Tooke: Interspersed with Original Documents, Volumul 2 Alexander Stephens Vizualizare completă - 1813 |
Memoirs of John Horne Tooke: Interspersed with Original Documents, Volumul 2 Alexander Stephens Vizualizare completă - 1813 |
Memoirs of John Horne Tooke: Interspersed with Original Documents, Volumul 2 Alexander Stephens Vizualizare completă - 1813 |
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Pagina 452 - O that men should put an enemy in their mouths, to steal away their brains ! that we should, with joy, revel, pleasure, and applause, transform ourselves into beasts ! lago.
Pagina 80 - I hope an everlasting one, with one great state; and I at least afforded the efficient means by which a peace, if not so durable, more seasonable at least, was accomplished with another. I gave you all; and you have rewarded me with confiscation, disgrace, and a life of impeachment...
Pagina 116 - They bear the mandate; they must sweep my way, And marshal me to knavery: Let it work; For 'tis the sport, to have the engineer Hoist with his own petar...
Pagina 158 - Parliament has removed all the decencies which used to prevail among gentlemen, and has given the commissioners (shrouded under the signature of their clerk) a right by law to tell me that they have reason to believe that I am a liar. They have also a right to demand from me upon oath the particular circumstances of my private situation. In obedience to the law, I am ready to attend upon this degrading occasion so novel to an Englishman, and give them every explanation which they may be pleased to...
Pagina 451 - Though I look old, yet I am strong and lusty : For in my youth I never did apply Hot and rebellious liquors to my blood ; Nor did not with unbashful forehead woo The means of weakness and debility ; Therefore my age is as a lusty winter, Frosty, but kindly...
Pagina 59 - The dominion of speech," he says,2 " is erected upon the downfall of interjections. Without the artful contrivances of language, mankind would have had nothing but interjections with which to communicate, orally, any of their feelings. The neighing of a horse, the lowing of a cow, the barking of a dog, the purring of a cat, sneezing, coughing, groaning, shrieking, and every other involuntary convulsion with oral sound, have almost as good a title to be called parts of speech, as interjections have.
Pagina 57 - You mean to say that the errors of Grammarians have arisen from supposing all words to be immediately either the signs of things or the signs of ideas; whereas in fact many words are merely abbreviations employed for dispatch, and are the signs of other words.
Pagina 282 - Petition of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the City of London, in Common Council assembled.
Pagina 395 - Tooke advocating the cause of this celebrated chancellor. His judgments, in his own court, he observed, were always dictated by equity, and never once complained of. The accusations against him were minute, frivolous, and vexatious ; while his sentence, " to be rendered for ever incapable of any place or employment, to be precluded from sitting in parliament, or coming within the verge of the court ; to be fined forty thousand pounds, and remain a prisoner in the Tower during the king's pleasure,"...
Pagina 34 - That leave be given to bring in a bill for a just and equal representation of the people of England in Parliament.