Report of the proceedings before the House of lords, on a bill of pains and penalties against her majesty, Caroline Amelia Elizabeth, ed. by J. Nightingale. 3 vols. [issued in 83 pt. Wanting pt. 57,58, 67,68. Pt. 11 wants sheet 2i, and pt. 74 wants sig. 4a4].Joseph Nightingale 1821 |
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Page 8 - He had before stated to their lordships—but surely of that it was scarcely necessary to remind them—that an advocate, in the discharge of his duty, knows but one person in all the world, and that person is his client To save that client by all means and expedients, and at all hazards and costs to other persons, and, among them, to himself, is his first and only duty ; and in performing this duty he must not regard the alarm, the torments, the destruction which he may bring upon others.
Page 79 - MADAM, — As Lord Cholmondeley informs me, that you wish I would define, in writing, the terms upon which we are to live, I shall endeavour to explain myself upon that head, with as much clearness, and with as much propriety, as the nature of the subject will admit. Our inclinations are not in our power, nor should either of us be held answerable to the other, because nature has not made us suitable to each other. Tranquil and comfortable society is, however, in our power; let our intercourse, therefore...
Page 12 - Her child still lived, and was her friend ; her enemies were afraid to strike, for they, in the wisdom of the world, worshipped the rising sun. But when she lost that amiable and beloved daughter, she had no protector ; her enemies had nothing to dread. Innocent or guilty, there was no hope ; and she yielded to the entreaty of those who advised her residence out of this country. Who, indeed, could love persecution so steadfastly as to stay and brave its renewal and continuance, and harass the feelings...
Page 87 - These preliminary remarks were well suited to that temper of mind which he called upon their lordships, not as a matter of favour, but as a matter of right, to exhibit in their examination of the adverse case, and in their preparation for that which would be offered in reply to it by the accused party. In speaking of the whole case, and before he came to examine it in detail, it was impossible not to see, and...
Page 26 - England, not one was to be found wh.t had not gone through the discipline and drilling of a Milan tribunal. At that great receipt of perjury — (and he meant nothing disrespectful to any particular member of the commission) — but at that storehouse of false-swearing, and all iniquity, was every witness against her majesty the queen regularly initiated. How could it be regarded as necessary, with a view of purifying evidence, that it should first undergo a drill at Milan : However captious some...
Page 572 - AB, not examined as a witness, had been employed, by the party preferring the indictment, as an agent to procure and examine evidence and witnesses in support of the indictment, and the party indicted should propose, in the course of the defence, to examine CD as a witness to prove, that AB had offered a...
Page 460 - Prove to me who the party is, and I will not disturb the professional confidence of his agent. And who is the party? I know nothing about this shrouded, this mysterious being — this retiring phantom — this uncertain shape — If shape it might be called that shape had none Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb; Or substance might be called that shadow seemed.
Page 101 - ... I enumerated her great qualities, her rare talents, her mildness, her patience, her charity, in short, all the perfections which she possesses in so eminent a degree; how often, I say, have I not seen my hearers affected, and heard them exclaim, how unjust is the world to cause so much unhappiness to one who deserves it so little, and who is so worthy of being happy ! " You cannot think, Mariette, what a noise my little Journal has made.
Page 11 - Perceval, who became her best, her most undaunted and firmest protector. But no sooner had the hand of an assassin laid prostrate that Minister, than her Royal Highness felt the force of the blow, by the commencement of a renewed attack, though she had but just been borne through the last by Mr Perceval's skilful and powerful defence of her character. Mr Whitbread then undertook her protection, but soon that melancholy catastrophe happened which all good men of every political party in the state,...
Page 79 - I shall now finally close this disagreeable correspondence, trusting that as we have completely explained ourselves to each other, the rest of our lives will be passed in uninterrupted tranquillity. I am, Madam, With great truth Very sincerely yours, GEORGE P.