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... thing lawful and honest , be- fore one or more that hath lawful authority , for advancement of truth and right ; calling upon God to witness that his testimony is true . " -- LORD COKE . BY THOMAS H. CORNISH , ESQ . , OF GRAY'S INN ...
... thing lawful and honest , be- fore one or more that hath lawful authority , for advancement of truth and right ; calling upon God to witness that his testimony is true . " -- LORD COKE . BY THOMAS H. CORNISH , ESQ . , OF GRAY'S INN ...
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... thing in the heavens above or in the earth beneath a pure and unadulterated Deism , in the absence of the Christian dispensation . His principal studies were directed to antiquity , which his doctrines tended to bring into notice among ...
... thing in the heavens above or in the earth beneath a pure and unadulterated Deism , in the absence of the Christian dispensation . His principal studies were directed to antiquity , which his doctrines tended to bring into notice among ...
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... things lose much of their value in their own esteem , and some- times become totally insipid . 66 When we consider the number and variety of evils , almost intolerable , in the life of man , we should learn to esteem every disaster ...
... things lose much of their value in their own esteem , and some- times become totally insipid . 66 When we consider the number and variety of evils , almost intolerable , in the life of man , we should learn to esteem every disaster ...
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... thing ; " such , at least , as could carry us further than can easily be imagined ; but it is only the proper exercise of those powers which gives us ability and skill in any thing , and leads us to- wards perfection .. Let us hope ...
... thing ; " such , at least , as could carry us further than can easily be imagined ; but it is only the proper exercise of those powers which gives us ability and skill in any thing , and leads us to- wards perfection .. Let us hope ...
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... thing that renders human actions either praiseworthy or culpable . 17. Every public offence is a private wrong . 18. No man can adjudge his own cause . 19. In every instance " crime " includes an injury . 20. A fixed design or will to ...
... thing that renders human actions either praiseworthy or culpable . 17. Every public offence is a private wrong . 18. No man can adjudge his own cause . 19. In every instance " crime " includes an injury . 20. A fixed design or will to ...
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Page 168 - Will you solemnly promise and swear to govern the people of this kingdom of England, and the dominions thereto belonging, according to the statutes in parliament agreed on, and the laws and customs of the same ? — The king or queen shall say, I solemnly promise so to do.
Page 141 - All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good, and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.