The Romance of the Forum, Or, Narratives, Scenes, and Anecdotes from Courts of JusticeCornish, Lamport & Company, 1853 - Всего страниц: 308 |
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... to insinuate himself into the good graces of some of the clerks in the public offices , trusting through their means to gain intelligence of what was transacted concerning naval and mili- tary TWO SINGULAR CASES OF ISOLATED TREASON . 7.
... to insinuate himself into the good graces of some of the clerks in the public offices , trusting through their means to gain intelligence of what was transacted concerning naval and mili- tary TWO SINGULAR CASES OF ISOLATED TREASON . 7.
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... means he got acquainted with many particulars , even while , to many in authority , they remained secrets . is confidently asserted , that it was resolved in council , so late as the 24th of July , 1758 , to attack Rochefort , and that ...
... means he got acquainted with many particulars , even while , to many in authority , they remained secrets . is confidently asserted , that it was resolved in council , so late as the 24th of July , 1758 , to attack Rochefort , and that ...
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... means of preventing the success of the expedition to Rochefort would be to make a pow- erful diversion upon the coast of England with a considerable force ; that by thus attacking the British in their very vitals , they might be engaged ...
... means of preventing the success of the expedition to Rochefort would be to make a pow- erful diversion upon the coast of England with a considerable force ; that by thus attacking the British in their very vitals , they might be engaged ...
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... means of direct- ing all the important information to his ( Dr. Hensey's ) brother , who served in the double capacity of Chaplain and Under- Secretary to the Spanish Minister at the Hague . These directions Hensey closely followed , as ...
... means of direct- ing all the important information to his ( Dr. Hensey's ) brother , who served in the double capacity of Chaplain and Under- Secretary to the Spanish Minister at the Hague . These directions Hensey closely followed , as ...
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... mean ? -Yes . answer , " You must not be a loser . " Mr. Pitt , I believe , made Mr. Curran . - What was the sum you ... means , as you put it . Yet that was a very likely way to put it out of danger ? — I did not think Mr. Jackson would ...
... mean ? -Yes . answer , " You must not be a loser . " Mr. Pitt , I believe , made Mr. Curran . - What was the sum you ... means , as you put it . Yet that was a very likely way to put it out of danger ? — I did not think Mr. Jackson would ...
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Стр. 31 - O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in thee.
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Стр. 293 - And, long since then, of bloody men, Whose deeds tradition saves; Of lonely folk cut off unseen, And hid in sudden graves; Of horrid stabs in groves forlorn, And murders done in caves...
Стр. 290 - Now, my lord, having endeavoured to show that the whole of this process is altogether repugnant to every part of my life ; that it is inconsistent with my condition of health about that time ; that no rational inference can be drawn that a person is dead who suddenly disappears ; that hermitages were the constant repositories of the bones of the recluse ; that the proofs of this...
Стр. 293 - He told how murderers walk the earth Beneath the curse of Cain, — With crimson clouds before their eyes, And flames about their brain : For blood has left upon their souls Its everlasting stain! "And well...
Стр. 294 - Two sudden blows with a ragged stick, And one with a heavy stone, One hurried gash with a hasty knife, — And then the deed was done; There was nothing lying at my foot But lifeless flesh and bone!
Стр. 289 - ... chance exposed ? And might not a place where bones lay be mentioned by a person by chance as well as found by a labourer by chance? Or is it more criminal accidentally to name where bones lie than accidentally to find where they lie?
Стр. 110 - ... procured him an advocate of rank too great to be rejected unheard, and of virtue too eminent to be heard without being believed. His merit and his calamities happened to reach the ear of the countess of Hertford, who engaged in his support with all the tenderness that is excited by pity, and all the zeal which is kindled by generosity...
Стр. 295 - And now from forth the frowning sky, from the heaven's topmost height, I heard a voice — the awful voice of the blood-avenging sprite : ' Thou guilty man, take up thy dead, and hide it from my sight...
Стр. 288 - About the same time, and in another field, almost close to this borough, was discovered also, in searching for gravel, another human skeleton ; but the piety of the same worthy gentleman ordered both pits to be filled up again, commendably unwilling to disturb the dead.