The Miscellaneous Writings: Literary, Critical, Juridical, and Political of Joseph Story, Now First CollectedJ. Munroe, 1835 - 527 pages |
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... character . Few men have acquired so just a distinc- tion for unspotted integrity , fearless justice , consistent principles , high talents , and extensive literature . Still fewer possess the merit of having justified the public ...
... character . Few men have acquired so just a distinc- tion for unspotted integrity , fearless justice , consistent principles , high talents , and extensive literature . Still fewer possess the merit of having justified the public ...
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... Character of the Hon . Bushrod Washington , Associate Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of the United States , Sketch of the Character of the Hon . Isaac Parker , Chief Justice of the Su- preme Judicial Court of Massachusetts ...
... Character of the Hon . Bushrod Washington , Associate Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of the United States , Sketch of the Character of the Hon . Isaac Parker , Chief Justice of the Su- preme Judicial Court of Massachusetts ...
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... character painting , the practical instructions of Miss Edgeworth , THE GREAT KNOWN , standing , in her own department , by the side of THE GREAT UNKNOWN ? Another circumstance , illustrative of the character of our age , is the bold ...
... character painting , the practical instructions of Miss Edgeworth , THE GREAT KNOWN , standing , in her own department , by the side of THE GREAT UNKNOWN ? Another circumstance , illustrative of the character of our age , is the bold ...
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... character manifested in the criminal law . Harsh and vindictive punishments have been discountenanced or abolished . The sanguinary codes , over which humanity wept and philosophy shuddered , have felt the potent energy of reform , and ...
... character manifested in the criminal law . Harsh and vindictive punishments have been discountenanced or abolished . The sanguinary codes , over which humanity wept and philosophy shuddered , have felt the potent energy of reform , and ...
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... character of the age is perpetually pressing forward all sorts of objections to established truths in politics , and morals , and literature . In order to escape from the imputation of triteness , some authors tax their ingenuity to ...
... character of the age is perpetually pressing forward all sorts of objections to established truths in politics , and morals , and literature . In order to escape from the imputation of triteness , some authors tax their ingenuity to ...
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Page 150 - How small, of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.
Page 419 - Of law there can be no less acknowledged, than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world ; all things in heaven and earth do her homage, the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power...
Page 107 - O that I had wings like a dove : for then would I flee away, and be at rest.
Page 101 - And though it is said, this corruptible shall put on incorruption, and this mortal shall put on immortality...
Page 54 - ... we desire you would be pleased to take notice of the principals and body of our company, as those who esteem it our honor to call the Church of England, from whence we rise, our dear mother ; and cannot part from our native country, where she specially resideth, without much sadness of heart and many tears in our eyes, ever acknowledging that such hope and part as we have obtained in the common salvation, we have received it in her bosom, and sucked it from her breasts.
Page 72 - ... to the end that learning may not be buried in the graves of our forefathers in church and commonwealth, the Lord assisting our endeavors.
Page 441 - Prevent the long-aimed blow, And crush the tyrant while they rend the chain, — These constitute a State ; And sovereign law, that State's collected will, • O'er thrones and globes elate Sits empress, crowning good, repressing ill.
Page 116 - Soon shall thy arm, unconquered steam, afar Drag the slow barge or drive the rapid car ; Or, on wide-waving wings expanded, bear The flying chariot through the fields of air...
Page 184 - A stranger yet to pain! I feel the gales that from ye blow A momentary bliss bestow, As waving fresh their gladsome wing My weary soul they seem to soothe, And, redolent of joy and youth, To breathe a second spring.
Page 342 - THE vain titles of the victories of Justinian are crumbled into dust: but the name of the legislator is inscribed on a fair and everlasting monument. Under his reign, and by his care, the civil jurisprudence was digested in the immortal works of the CODE, the PANDECTS, and the INSTITUTES...