Journalism in the United States, from 1690-1872, Part 2 |
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... matter ended there . It is probable that Franklin infused some of the boldness manifested in the Mer- | cury at this ... Matters of Fact , both Foreign and Domestick , as comes any way well Attested , for these 1 Seventeen Years and an ...
... matter ended there . It is probable that Franklin infused some of the boldness manifested in the Mer- | cury at this ... Matters of Fact , both Foreign and Domestick , as comes any way well Attested , for these 1 Seventeen Years and an ...
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... matter in hand , and ap - ¡ pointed a committee to consider what should be done with Frank- lin . Here is their report : The Committee appointed to consider of the paper called , The New - England Courant , published Monday the ...
... matter in hand , and ap - ¡ pointed a committee to consider what should be done with Frank- lin . Here is their report : The Committee appointed to consider of the paper called , The New - England Courant , published Monday the ...
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... matter up and ordered James Franklin before them . He " owned that he had published said paper . " The Council then " resolved that the said paragraph is a high affront to this government , " and that Franklin be imprisoned in the jail ...
... matter up and ordered James Franklin before them . He " owned that he had published said paper . " The Council then " resolved that the said paragraph is a high affront to this government , " and that Franklin be imprisoned in the jail ...
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... matters now stand , that their liberties and properties are precarious , and that slavery is like to be entailed on ... matter was ordered to be at the City Hall on the 23d . After a long debate on that day , the Chief Justice directed ...
... matters now stand , that their liberties and properties are precarious , and that slavery is like to be entailed on ... matter was ordered to be at the City Hall on the 23d . After a long debate on that day , the Chief Justice directed ...
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... matter to be true , and stated that he was only following precedents in cases of a similar character . But Pemberton permit- ted evidence to be given as to the truth of an alleged libel in pro- testing that Sir Edmondbury Godfrey had ...
... matter to be true , and stated that he was only following precedents in cases of a similar character . But Pemberton permit- ted evidence to be given as to the truth of an alleged libel in pro- testing that Sir Edmondbury Godfrey had ...
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Popular passages
Page 757 - Every citizen may freely speak, write, and publish his sentiments on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of that right; and no law shall be passed to restrain or abridge the liberty of speech or of the press.
Page 755 - That the printing presses shall be free to every person, who undertakes to examine the proceedings of the legislature or any branch of government: and no law shall ever be made to restrain the right thereof. The free communication of thoughts and opinions is one of the invaluable rights of man; and every citizen may freely speak, write and print on any subject, being responsible for the abuse of that liberty.
Page 756 - In all criminal prosecutions or indictments for libels, the truth may be given in evidence to the jury; and if it shall appear to the jury, that the matter charged as libelous is true, and was published with good motives, and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted; and the jury shall have the right to determine the law and the fact.
Page 338 - MID pleasures and palaces though we may roam, Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home!
Page 129 - LISTEN, my children, and you shall hear Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere, On the eighteenth of April, in Seventyfive ; Hardly a man is now alive Who remembers that famous day and year. He said to his friend, "If the British march By land or sea from the town to-night, Hang a lantern aloft in the belfry arch Of the North Church tower as a signal light, — One, if by land, and two, if by sea...
Page 755 - In prosecutions for the publication of papers investigating the official conduct of officers, or men in a public capacity, or where the matter published is proper for public information, the truth thereof may be given in evidence. And, in all indictments for libels, the jury shall have a right to determine the law and the facts under the direction of the court as in other cases.
Page 291 - Verily I say unto you ; There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's, but he shall receive an hundred-fold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions, and in the world to come eternal life.
Page xvii - After my death I wish no other herald, No other speaker of my living actions, To keep mine honour from corruption, But such an honest chronicler as Griffith.
Page 118 - That the General Assembly of this Colony have the only and sole exclusive right and power to lay taxes and impositions upon the inhabitants of this Colony...
Page 133 - And now I've closed my epic strain, I tremble as I show it, Lest this same warrior-drover, Wayne, Should ever catch the poet.