The Life of William, Lord Russell: With Some Account of the Times in which He Lived, Том 2Longmans, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1820 |
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... matter of courtesy between the city and its chief magistrate . The Court , however , made use of this custom as an engine to impose , not only one , but both sheriffs of their own party . Sir John Moore , the Lord Mayor , a very weak ...
... matter of courtesy between the city and its chief magistrate . The Court , however , made use of this custom as an engine to impose , not only one , but both sheriffs of their own party . Sir John Moore , the Lord Mayor , a very weak ...
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... . This was the apprehension and confession of Lord Howard . At first , he had talked of the whole matter with scorn and contempt ; and solemnly professed • that he knew nothing which could hurt Lord Russell 26 THE LIFE OF.
... . This was the apprehension and confession of Lord Howard . At first , he had talked of the whole matter with scorn and contempt ; and solemnly professed • that he knew nothing which could hurt Lord Russell 26 THE LIFE OF.
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... matter against him , and he had not strength of mind to meet the occasion . A warrant was now issued against him , on the evidence of West ; and he was taken , after a long search , concealed in a chimney of his own house . He ...
... matter against him , and he had not strength of mind to meet the occasion . A warrant was now issued against him , on the evidence of West ; and he was taken , after a long search , concealed in a chimney of his own house . He ...
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... matter off , as if he only wished to explain something he had said before the council . Lord Clarendon was satisfied that he had nothing farther to communicate . * After this he sent another message to his wife , that he was much calmer ...
... matter off , as if he only wished to explain something he had said before the council . Lord Clarendon was satisfied that he had nothing farther to communicate . * After this he sent another message to his wife , that he was much calmer ...
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... matter of fact laid against him , in order that he might know how to answer it ; but being told nothing could be granted until he should plead , he pleaded , Not Guilty . The usual question then being asked , how he would be tried ...
... matter of fact laid against him , in order that he might know how to answer it ; but being told nothing could be granted until he should plead , he pleaded , Not Guilty . The usual question then being asked , how he would be tried ...
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Страница 252 - He appeared very ambitious to learn to write; and one of the attorneys got a board knocked up at a window on the top of a staircase; and that was his desk where he sat and wrote after copies of court and other hands the clerks gave him. He made himself so expert a writer that he took in business and earned some pence by hackney-writing. And thus by degrees he pushed his faculties and fell to forms, and, by books that were lent him, became an exquisite entering clerk; and by the same course of improvement...
Страница 252 - And thus, by degrees, he pushed his faculties, and fell to forms, and, by books that were lent him, became an exquisite entering clerk; and by the same course of improvement of himself, an able counsel, first in special pleading, then, at large.
Страница 128 - ... be above the smiles and frowns of it. And when I have done the remnant of the work appointed me on earth, then joyfully wait for the heavenly perfection in God's good time, when by his infinite mercy I may be accounted worthy to enter into the same place of rest and repose where he is gone, for whom only I grieve I do a fear.
Страница 64 - Queen or of their eldest son and heir; or if a man do violate the King's companion, or the King's eldest daughter unmarried, or the wife of the King's eldest son and heir; or if a man do levy war against our lord the King in his realm...
Страница 257 - When he was in temper and matters indifferent came before him, he became his seat of justice better than any other I ever saw in his place. He took a pleasure in mortifying fraudulent attorneys, and would deal forth his severities with a sort of majesty.
Страница 255 - ... king's business ; and had the part of drawing, and perusal of almost all indictments and informations that were then to be prosecuted, with the pleadings thereon, if any were special ; and he had the settling of the large pleadings in the quo warranto against London.
Страница 99 - ... sat for a long while in his prison talking of her goodness. Hearing the rain fall fast at that time, he calmly said, " Such a rain to-morrow will spoil a great show, which is a dull thing on a rainy day.
Страница 101 - He said there was a signal providence of God in giving him such a wife, where there was birth, fortune, great understanding, great religion, and great kindness to him ; but her carriage in this extremity was beyond all.
Страница 177 - The People can seldom agree to move together against a Government, but they can to sit still and let it be undone.
Страница 254 - Silenus to the Boys, as, in this Place, I may term the Students of the Law, to make them merry whenever they had a Mind to it. He had nothing of rigid or austere in him. If any, near him at the Bar, grumbled at his Stench, he ever converted the Complaint into Content and Laughing with the Abundance of his Wit. As to his ordinary Dealing, he was as honest as the driven Snow was white ; and why not, having no Regard for Money, or Desire to be rich ? And for good Nature and Condescension there was not...