Speeches of Thomas Lord Erskine, Volume 2Reeves & Turner, 1870 - Freedom of the press |
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aforesaid appears Arthur O'Connor assembled attention Attorney-General authority bishop Bishop of Bangor Bishop of Landaff Bow Street officers called cause charge compassing conduct considered conspiracy conspired Constitutional Society convention counsel court crime criminal Crown Cuthell declaration defendants delegates Dennis O'Brien depose the King discharged duty effect endeavouring England Erskine evidence existence express fact Fergusson France Fugion Gentlemen Grindley guilty Hardy high treason honour House of Commons imputed indictment intention Judge judgment jury King's death kingdom learned friend legislature letter libel liberty London Corresponding Society Lord Coke Lord Thanet lord the King lordship Maidstone means ment mind nation never O'Brien O'Connor object observed offence overt act Parliament person principles prisoner proceedings prosecution prove purpose recollect reform resolutions riot Rivett Robert Fergusson Scotland Sheffield Sir Francis Burdett statute supposed tion traitorous trial verdict whole witnesses
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Page 206 - ... is in the close affection which grows from common names, from kindred blood, from similar privileges, and equal protection. These are ties, which, though light as air, are as strong as links of iron. Let the colonies always keep the idea of their civil rights associated with your government ; they will cling and grapple to you ; and no force under heaven will be of power to tear them from their allegiance.
Page 343 - King there inhabiting and being, in contempt of our said Lord the King and his laws, to the evil example of all others in the like case offending, and against the peace of our said Lord the King, his crown and dignity.
Page 408 - OH for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumor of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more...
Page 206 - As long as you have the wisdom to keep the sovereign authority of this country as the sanctuary of liberty, the sacred temple consecrated to our common faith, wherever the chosen race and sons of England worship Freedom, they will turn their faces toward you.* The more they multiply, the more friends you will have. The more ardently they love liberty, the more perfect will be their obedience.
Page 206 - My hold of the colonies is in the close affection which grows from common names, from kindred blood, from similar privileges, and equal protection. These are ties which, though light as air, are strong as links of iron.
Page 161 - The power of the Crown, almost dead and rotten as Prerogative, has grown up anew, with much more strength, and far less odium, under the name of Influence.
Page 472 - Take no heed for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, or wherewithal ye shall be clothed ; but seek ye first the kingdom of God, and all these things shall be added unto you.
Page 16 - ... when a man doth compass or imagine the death of our lord the king, or of our lady the queen, or of their eldest son and heir...
Page 207 - It is the love of the people; it is their attachment to their government from the sense of the deep stake they have in such a glorious institution, which gives you your army and your navy, and infuses into both that liberal obedience, without which your army would be a base rabble, and your navy nothing but rotten timber.
Page 3 - M'Farlane, being subjects of our said Lord the King, not having the fear of God in their hearts, nor weighing the duty of their allegiance, but being moved and seduced by the instigation of the devil, as false traitors against our said Lord the King...