Opinions of Lord Brougham: On Politics, Theology, Law, Science, Education, Literature, &c., as Exhibited in His Parliamentary and Legal Speeches, and Miscellaneous Writing |
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... justice to , 155 . conduct to England towards , 155 . its character , physical and moral , 155 . " mode of quieting , 156 . calls of , 72 . neglected by the British Govern- ment , 178 . equal justice to , 189 . protestantism in , 231 ...
... justice to , 155 . conduct to England towards , 155 . its character , physical and moral , 155 . " mode of quieting , 156 . calls of , 72 . neglected by the British Govern- ment , 178 . equal justice to , 189 . protestantism in , 231 ...
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... justice , 94 . opinion of triennial , 233 , violence within and without , 246 . atheists and deists are admitted -qualifications of Members of , 278 . Parliamentary Reform , 54 . Sessions , conduct of members at the commencement and ...
... justice , 94 . opinion of triennial , 233 , violence within and without , 246 . atheists and deists are admitted -qualifications of Members of , 278 . Parliamentary Reform , 54 . Sessions , conduct of members at the commencement and ...
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... Justice Park , and Sir James Scarlett , took the lead . It was not long before he obtained a large share of the leading business . His family connections in the north of England , of course , much assisted in this ; but great talents ...
... Justice Park , and Sir James Scarlett , took the lead . It was not long before he obtained a large share of the leading business . His family connections in the north of England , of course , much assisted in this ; but great talents ...
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... Justice in Trinidad , and on that of Flogging in the Army . During this year 1811 , Mr. Brougham was also engaged in a legal cause , his mode of conducting which added much to his celebrity . A criminal information had been filed ...
... Justice in Trinidad , and on that of Flogging in the Army . During this year 1811 , Mr. Brougham was also engaged in a legal cause , his mode of conducting which added much to his celebrity . A criminal information had been filed ...
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... Justice of the Court of King's Bench ) , occupied forty - nine days , and ended on November 6th . The second reading of the bill was carried by a majority of 28 ; and the third by a majority of nine only . On the result of the third ...
... Justice of the Court of King's Bench ) , occupied forty - nine days , and ended on November 6th . The second reading of the bill was carried by a majority of 28 ; and the third by a majority of nine only . On the result of the third ...
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Page 107 - I once before took leave to remind your 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.
Page 104 - And though a linguist should pride himself to have all the tongues that Babel cleft the world into, yet if he have not studied the solid things in them as well as the words and lexicons, he were nothing so much to be esteemed a learned man, as any yeoman or tradesman competently wise in his mother dialect only.
Page 22 - ... upon that woolsack. What may follow your course of obstinacy, if persisted in, I cannot take upon me to predict, nor do I wish to conjecture. But this I know full well, that, as sure as man is mortal, and to err is human, justice deferred enhances the price at which you must purchase safety and peace ; nor can you expect to gather in another crop than they did who went before you, if you persevere in their utterly abominable husbandry of sowing injustice and reaping rebellion.
Page 166 - ... for proceeding by martial law, may be revoked and annulled; and that hereafter no commissions of like nature may issue forth to any person or persons whatsoever to be executed as aforesaid, lest by colour of them any of your Majesty's subjects be destroyed or put to death contrary to the laws and franchise of the land.
Page 295 - Scotland, in such outer darkness do they sit, that they support no cathedrals, maintain no pluralists, suffer no non-residence; nay, the poor benighted creatures are ignorant even of tithes. Not a sheaf, or a lamb, or a pig, or the value of a plough-penny do the hapless mortals render from year's end to year's end.
Page 339 - ... the present public seminaries must be enlarged; and some of the greater cities of the kingdom, especially the metropolis, must not be left destitute of the regular means within themselves of scientific education.
Page 22 - As your friend, as the friend of my order, as the friend of my country, as the faithful servant of my sovereign, I counsel you to assist with your uttermost efforts in preserving the peace, and upholding and perpetuating the constitution. Therefore, I pray and exhort you not to reject this measure.
Page 284 - ... perpendicular height, — saw the rocks excavated, and the gigantic power of man penetrating through miles of the solid mass, 'and gaining a great, a lasting, an almost perennial conquest over the powers of nature by his skill and...
Page 22 - It may even be the mace which rests upon that woolsack. What may follow your course of obstinacy, if persisted in, I cannot take upon me to predict, nor do I wish to conjecture. But this I know full well, that, as sure as man is mortal, and to err is human, justice deferred enhances the price at which you...