The Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England: From the Earliest Times Till the Reign of King George IV.J. Murray, 1845 - Judges |
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... appears to have been by far the most active of the six Commissioners , and next to him , at a long in- terval , came Oliver St. John , who was an able lawyer , but devoted much of his time to politics . One of the noble Lords ...
... appears to have been by far the most active of the six Commissioners , and next to him , at a long in- terval , came Oliver St. John , who was an able lawyer , but devoted much of his time to politics . One of the noble Lords ...
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... appear ) with- A. D. 1619. out a degree , he was placed in chambers in the Middle Temple , and commenced the arduous course of study necessary to fit him for the bar . His father was his instructor , and , together with the sound maxims ...
... appear ) with- A. D. 1619. out a degree , he was placed in chambers in the Middle Temple , and commenced the arduous course of study necessary to fit him for the bar . His father was his instructor , and , together with the sound maxims ...
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... appears to have been a very disagreeable service , although they had a safe conduct . At the inn where they were stationed during the negotiation , a great bustle being heard in the hall , it was found that some of the officers of the ...
... appears to have been a very disagreeable service , although they had a safe conduct . At the inn where they were stationed during the negotiation , a great bustle being heard in the hall , it was found that some of the officers of the ...
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... appears always to have taken the lead , and he now thus began his address to the new Judge : - " Mr. Serjeant Wilde , lock's ad- Serjeant Wilde , dress to when made Chief Baron of the Exche- quer . " The Lords and Commons in parliament ...
... appears always to have taken the lead , and he now thus began his address to the new Judge : - " Mr. Serjeant Wilde , lock's ad- Serjeant Wilde , dress to when made Chief Baron of the Exche- quer . " The Lords and Commons in parliament ...
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... appears by the oration of Piso , in the senate , men- tioned in Tacitus ; and in our nation , by the great examples of justice upon corrupt Judges , as in Edward I.'s time , when the Lord Chief Baron , among others , was ransomed at ...
... appears by the oration of Piso , in the senate , men- tioned in Tacitus ; and in our nation , by the great examples of justice upon corrupt Judges , as in Edward I.'s time , when the Lord Chief Baron , among others , was ransomed at ...
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Page 185 - ... a Liberty to Tender Consciences and that no man shall be disquieted or called in question for differences of opinion in matters of religion which do not disturb the peace of the kingdom...
Page 287 - Of these the false Achitophel was first, A name to all succeeding ages curst : For close designs and crooked counsels fit, Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit...
Page 534 - ... out of thy writing trade forty years ago it had been happy. Thou pretendest to be a preacher of the gospel of peace, and thou hast one foot in the grave ; it is time for thee to begin to think what account thou intendest to give; but leave thee to thyself and I see thou wilt go on as thou hast begun ; but, by the grace of God , I'll look after thee.
Page 539 - Lisle, be conveyed from hence to the place from whence you came, and from thence you are to be drawn on a hurdle to the place of execution, where your body is to be burnt alive till you be dead And the Lord have mercy on your soul...
Page 296 - Thing," as you will find there, is a bit of Parchment with these words engrossed on it: " I do hereby freely promise, and engage myself, to be true and faithful to the Lord Protector and the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland ; and shall not [according to the tenor of the Indenture whereby I am returned to serve in this present Parliament) propose, or give my consent, to alter the Government as it is settled in a Single Person and a Parliament."^ Sign that, or go home again to your countries.
Page 367 - One day as the king was walking in the Mall, and talking with Dryden, he said, ' If I was a poet, (and I think I am poor enough to be one,) I would write a poem on such a subject in the following manner,' and then gave him the plan for it.
Page 528 - THE terms of our recognizances were, that we should appear in the Court of King's Bench, on the first day of the ensuing Easter term, and not depart therefrom without the permission of the court.
Page 519 - Jack.pudding than with that gravity which beseems a Judge : he was mighty witty upon the prisoners at the bar ; he was very full of his jokes upon people that came to give evidence, not suffering them to declare what they had to say in their own way and method...
Page 215 - ... thereunto, through scruple and tenderness of misguided conscience, but modestly and without scandal perform their devotions in their own way...
Page 512 - A daring pilot in extremity; Pleas'd with the danger when the waves went high, He sought the storms; but, for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit.