The Speeches of the Hon. T. Erskine (now Lord Erskine): When at the Bar, on Subjects Connected with Liberty of the Press, and Against Constructive Treasons, Volume 2James Ridgway J. Ridgway, 1813 - Freedom of the press |
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... passages contained in the Inform- ation , has prefaced the following Speech of Mr. Erskine for the Defendant with a copy of the Inform- ation itself , including the charges of their evil tend- ency , which were confirmed by the verdict ...
... passages contained in the Inform- ation , has prefaced the following Speech of Mr. Erskine for the Defendant with a copy of the Inform- ation itself , including the charges of their evil tend- ency , which were confirmed by the verdict ...
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... passages replete with most scurrilous matter against the King and Prince of Wales , which we have pur- posely avoided printing , as they formed no part of the charge which the Jury had to try . The effect of the following trial upon ...
... passages replete with most scurrilous matter against the King and Prince of Wales , which we have pur- posely avoided printing , as they formed no part of the charge which the Jury had to try . The effect of the following trial upon ...
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... passages which I have selected , and leaving it entirely to your judgment . But , Gentlemen , it so happens that the accumulated mischief which has arisen from the particular book that is now before you , and the consequences , which ...
... passages which I have selected , and leaving it entirely to your judgment . But , Gentlemen , it so happens that the accumulated mischief which has arisen from the particular book that is now before you , and the consequences , which ...
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... passages which I shall read to you , I impute this to him also , that he uses an artifice gross to those who can observe it , but dangerous in the extreme to those whose minds per- haps are not sufficiently cultivated and habituated to ...
... passages which I shall read to you , I impute this to him also , that he uses an artifice gross to those who can observe it , but dangerous in the extreme to those whose minds per- haps are not sufficiently cultivated and habituated to ...
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... passages , which I have selected to you , first describing a little what those passages are . I have thought it much more becoming , much more beneficial to the public , than any other course that I could take , to select six or seven ...
... passages , which I have selected to you , first describing a little what those passages are . I have thought it much more becoming , much more beneficial to the public , than any other course that I could take , to select six or seven ...
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Page 179 - ... I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks. Methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam, purging and unsealing her...
Page 179 - Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks...
Page 24 - King there inhabiting and being, in contempt of our said Lord the King and his laws, to the evil example of all others in the like case offending, and against the peace of our said Lord the King, his crown and dignity.
Page 178 - ... devout prayer to that eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim, with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases...
Page 200 - And all the rule, one empire; only add Deeds to thy knowledge answerable; add faith, Add virtue, patience, temperance ; add love, By name to come call'd charity, the soul Of all the rest: then wilt thou not be loth To leave this Paradise, but shalt possess A paradise within thee, happier far.
Page 18 - An Act declaring the rights and liberties of the Subject and settling the Succession of the Crown...
Page 397 - The liberty of the press is indeed essential to the nature of a free state ; but this consists in laying no previous restraints upon publication, and not in freedom from censure for criminal matter when published. Every freeman has an undoubted right to lay what sentiments he pleases before the public ; to forbid this is to destroy the freedom of the press ; but if he publishes what is improper, mischievous, or illegal, he must take the consequences of his own temerity.
Page 199 - Lost," the rest from his finished labors, and the ultimate hope, expectation, and glory of the world. " A virgin is his mother, but his sire, The power of the Most High ; he shall ascend The throne hereditary, and bound his reign With earth's wide bounds, his glory with the heavens.
Page 62 - That it is the right of the subjects to petition the king ; and all commitments and prosecutions for such petitioning are illegal.
Page 178 - ... is so sprightly up, as that it has, not only wherewith to guard well its own freedom and safety, but to spare and to bestow upon the solidest and sublimest points of controversy and new invention, it...