The Trials with the Defences at Large of Mrs. Jane Carlile ...: Being the Persons who Were Prosecuted for Selling the Publications of Richard Carlile in His Various ShopsR. Carlile, 1825 - Freedom of the press |
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... called on for her defence , when the following was read by the Clerk of the Court . Gentlemen of the Jury , You have heard the distortion of the contents of the record , now submitted to your judgment by Mr. Solicitor General : but ...
... called on for her defence , when the following was read by the Clerk of the Court . Gentlemen of the Jury , You have heard the distortion of the contents of the record , now submitted to your judgment by Mr. Solicitor General : but ...
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... called profane , but I shall stop here , and draw your attention to the books of Holy Writ , to the Sacred Volume itself , for similar authorities , after which , I shall feel assured , that your oath will not allow you to find me ...
... called profane , but I shall stop here , and draw your attention to the books of Holy Writ , to the Sacred Volume itself , for similar authorities , after which , I shall feel assured , that your oath will not allow you to find me ...
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... called in prosecutions of this kind libels . You are sitting there to try this charge as an offence by the common law of the land . The Defendant is accused of having committed an act in the nature of a nuisance ; and you are to judge ...
... called in prosecutions of this kind libels . You are sitting there to try this charge as an offence by the common law of the land . The Defendant is accused of having committed an act in the nature of a nuisance ; and you are to judge ...
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... called upon by this Association to de- liver over to punishment the publisher of this paper , whilst the law officers of the crown ( who neglect their duty , if they do not prosecute offences against the state ) have thought it of a ...
... called upon by this Association to de- liver over to punishment the publisher of this paper , whilst the law officers of the crown ( who neglect their duty , if they do not prosecute offences against the state ) have thought it of a ...
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... called for , has done no more than a hundred other writers , and among them Locke , have done before him . Locke proceeding still with the discussion of the question , whether oppressive governments may be opposed by the people , and ...
... called for , has done no more than a hundred other writers , and among them Locke , have done before him . Locke proceeding still with the discussion of the question , whether oppressive governments may be opposed by the people , and ...
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Page 70 - Hath not the potter power over the clay; of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour and another unto dishonour? What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction: and that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory, even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?
Page 35 - And I said unto them , If ye think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver.
Page 33 - ... that it is time enough for the rightful purposes of Civil Government for its officers to interfere when principles break out into overt acts against peace and good order...
Page 90 - Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.
Page 33 - Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels? But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?
Page 29 - Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles. 19 He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets.
Page 23 - Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, saying, "Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.
Page 34 - But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.
Page 20 - Have they not sped? have they not divided the prey ; to every man a damsel or two ; to Sisera a prey of divers colours, a prey of divers colours of needlework, of divers colours of needlework on both sides, meet for the necks of them that take the spoil?
Page 70 - Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations. For one believeth that he may eat all things ; another, who is weak, eateth herbs. Let not him that eateth, despise him that eateth not ; and let not him which eateth not, judge him that eateth; for God hath received him.