The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select, Volume 14G. Berger, 1868 - Anecdotes |
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... observed it ? A. I must have observed it . Cross - examined by Mr. Law ( afterwards Lord Ellenborough ) . Q. You have said you saw Lord Thanet going towards the judges , as if he was going to complain ; did you hear him make any ...
... observed it ? A. I must have observed it . Cross - examined by Mr. Law ( afterwards Lord Ellenborough ) . Q. You have said you saw Lord Thanet going towards the judges , as if he was going to complain ; did you hear him make any ...
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... observed farther , that it was the intention , and not the act , which made a thing criminal ; aud he had always consulted the prosperity of the nation , though it was true he had been proclaimed a traitor in all the great towns in ...
... observed farther , that it was the intention , and not the act , which made a thing criminal ; aud he had always consulted the prosperity of the nation , though it was true he had been proclaimed a traitor in all the great towns in ...
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... observed to him , that ' men of his profession were apt to stretch the prerogative of the crown too far , and injure liberty ; but charged him , if he ever came to any eminence in his profession , never to sacrifice the laws and liberty ...
... observed to him , that ' men of his profession were apt to stretch the prerogative of the crown too far , and injure liberty ; but charged him , if he ever came to any eminence in his profession , never to sacrifice the laws and liberty ...
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