The Manual of Liberty, Or, Testimonies in Behalf of the Rights of Mankind; Selected from the Best Authorities, in Prose and Verse, and Methodically ArrangedH. D. Symonds, 1795 - 406 pages |
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Page 84
... great a crime as high - treason . In the court of Nero , a person of learning , of unquestionable merit , and of unsuspected loyalty , was put to death for no other reason than that he had a pedantic countenance which displeased the ...
... great a crime as high - treason . In the court of Nero , a person of learning , of unquestionable merit , and of unsuspected loyalty , was put to death for no other reason than that he had a pedantic countenance which displeased the ...
Page 137
... high treason , only for having dropped a free word concerning the mis- tress of the raja's first valet de chambre ; a third shall take away from the farmer half his harvest , and dispute the remainder with him ; and what is worse than ...
... high treason , only for having dropped a free word concerning the mis- tress of the raja's first valet de chambre ; a third shall take away from the farmer half his harvest , and dispute the remainder with him ; and what is worse than ...
Page 155
... high treasurer , Lintoc the general , Lalcon the chamberlain , and Balmuff the grand justiciary , have prepared ar- ticles of impeachment against you for treason and other capital crimes . This preface made me so impatient , being con ...
... high treasurer , Lintoc the general , Lalcon the chamberlain , and Balmuff the grand justiciary , have prepared ar- ticles of impeachment against you for treason and other capital crimes . This preface made me so impatient , being con ...
Page 156
... high treason : notwithstanding the said Quimbus Flestrin , in open breach of the said law , under colour of extinguishing the fire kindled in the apartment of his majesty's most dear imperial consort , did maliciously , traiterously ...
... high treason : notwithstanding the said Quimbus Flestrin , in open breach of the said law , under colour of extinguishing the fire kindled in the apartment of his majesty's most dear imperial consort , did maliciously , traiterously ...
Page 163
... great alacrity and readiness have submitted to so easy a punishment . SWIFT . Gulliver's Travels , part i . ch . vii . In common crimes the laws of England are fa- vourable to the accused ; but in cases of high- treason they are against ...
... great alacrity and readiness have submitted to so easy a punishment . SWIFT . Gulliver's Travels , part i . ch . vii . In common crimes the laws of England are fa- vourable to the accused ; but in cases of high- treason they are against ...
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