Essays Critical and NarrativeLongmans, Green, 1874 - 462 էջ |
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... character of forensic oratory at the present day is far below what might be expected from the education , the oppor- tunities , and the intellectual vigour of the age . Nor is the state of things much better in the House of Commons . We ...
... character of forensic oratory at the present day is far below what might be expected from the education , the oppor- tunities , and the intellectual vigour of the age . Nor is the state of things much better in the House of Commons . We ...
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... character which , although on a memorable occasion he could thunder forth - Contempsi Catilina gladios , non pertimescam tuos- caused him , in the strife of contending factions , painfully to oscillate between his regard for Pompey and ...
... character which , although on a memorable occasion he could thunder forth - Contempsi Catilina gladios , non pertimescam tuos- caused him , in the strife of contending factions , painfully to oscillate between his regard for Pompey and ...
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... character which , although on a memorable occasion he could thunder forth - Contempsi Catilina gladios , non pertimescam tuos- caused him , in the strife of contending factions , painfully to oscillate between his regard for Pompey and ...
... character which , although on a memorable occasion he could thunder forth - Contempsi Catilina gladios , non pertimescam tuos- caused him , in the strife of contending factions , painfully to oscillate between his regard for Pompey and ...
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... character which , although on a memorable occasion he could thunder . forth - Contempsi Catilinæ gladios , non pertimescam tuos- caused him , in the strife of contending factions , painfully to oscillate between his regard for Pompey ...
... character which , although on a memorable occasion he could thunder . forth - Contempsi Catilinæ gladios , non pertimescam tuos- caused him , in the strife of contending factions , painfully to oscillate between his regard for Pompey ...
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... character or capa- city - could , in point of law , be the possible subjects of a libel , so as to enable them to be the relators in a criminal informa- tion . But the rule was granted , and Williams was defended before a Durham jury by ...
... character or capa- city - could , in point of law , be the possible subjects of a libel , so as to enable them to be the relators in a criminal informa- tion . But the rule was granted , and Williams was defended before a Durham jury by ...
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Էջ 301 - ... in the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning ! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.
Էջ 149 - Nothing could stop that astonishing infantry. No sudden burst of undisciplined valour, no nervous enthusiasm weakened the stability of their order, their flashing eyes were bent on the dark columns in their front, their measured tread shook the ground, their dreadful volleys swept away the head of every formation, their deafening shouts overpowered the dissonant cries that broke from all parts of the tumultuous crowd, as slowly and with a horrid carnage it was pushed by the incessant vigour of the...
Էջ 105 - Full oft within the spacious walls, When he had fifty winters o'er him, My grave Lord-Keeper led the brawls ; The seals and maces danc'd before him. His bushy beard, and shoe-strings green, His high-crown'd hat and satin doublet, Mov'd the stout heart of England's Queen, Though Pope and Spaniard could not trouble it.
Էջ 357 - The guarded gold : so eagerly the Fiend O'er bog or steep, through strait, rough, dense, or rare, With head, hands, wings, or feet, pursues his way, And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies.
Էջ 8 - ... his duties; and he must not regard the alarm, the suffering, the torment, the destruction which he may bring upon any other. Nay, separating even the duties of a patriot from those of an advocate and casting them if need be to the wind he must go on reckless of the consequences, if his fate it should unhappily be to involve his country in confusion for his client's protection.
Էջ 253 - ... the sole trade and commerce of all those seas, straits, bays, rivers, lakes, creeks and sounds, in whatsoever latitude they shall be, that lie within the entrance of the straits, commonly called Hudson's Straits, together with all the lands, countries and territories upon the coasts and confines of the seas, straits, bays, lakes, rivers, creeks and sounds, aforesaid, which are not now actually possessed by any of our subjects, or by the subjects of any other Christian Prince or State.
Էջ 11 - Tell me not of rights — talk not of the property of the planter in his slaves. I deny the right — I acknowledge not the property.
Էջ 11 - I pray and exhort you not to reject this measure. By all you hold most dear, by all the ties that bind every one of us to our common order, and our common country, I solemnly adjure you, I warn you, I implore you, yea, on my bended knees (he kneels) I supplicate you, reject not this Bill...
Էջ 8 - Lordships — which was unnecessary, but there are many whom it may be needful to remind — that an advocate, by the sacred duty which he owes his client, knows, in the discharge of that office, but one person in the world, that client and none other.
Էջ 287 - Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia, Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Gyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes, Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God.