Contributions to the North British and Edinburgh reviews, 1844-1874 [by J. Moncreiff. 21 extracts to which a gen. title and contents have been prefixed]. |
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Pàgina 257
... ground for worthier and manlier occupants . The device which they bore upon their shield , " Judex damnatur dum nocens absolvitur , " carried as much terror as ever a war - cry did over a field of chivalry . Spurred by the defying ...
... ground for worthier and manlier occupants . The device which they bore upon their shield , " Judex damnatur dum nocens absolvitur , " carried as much terror as ever a war - cry did over a field of chivalry . Spurred by the defying ...
Pàgina 265
... ground so smoothly , but he is in- finitely better worth loitering with . His choice of words is un- bounded , and his felicity of expression , to the most impalpable shade of discrimination , almost miraculous . Playful , lively , and ...
... ground so smoothly , but he is in- finitely better worth loitering with . His choice of words is un- bounded , and his felicity of expression , to the most impalpable shade of discrimination , almost miraculous . Playful , lively , and ...
Pàgina 224
... ground , against such rivals , with firmness and success . His practice was considerable , his apprehension quick , and his strong grasp of reason and common sense often supplied the place and got the better of the pro- founder ...
... ground , against such rivals , with firmness and success . His practice was considerable , his apprehension quick , and his strong grasp of reason and common sense often supplied the place and got the better of the pro- founder ...
Pàgina 228
... ground on which we are about to enter , we shall not follow in his track , nor shall we imitate him in attributing these ignorant productions of an anonymous slanderer to the pen of Lord Brougham . held up to public reprobation , as ' a ...
... ground on which we are about to enter , we shall not follow in his track , nor shall we imitate him in attributing these ignorant productions of an anonymous slanderer to the pen of Lord Brougham . held up to public reprobation , as ' a ...
Pàgina 232
... ground that Abercromby was then Chief Baron of Exchequer in Scotland . An old almanack would have told him that Abercromby was Judge Advo- cate in 1827 , and was not Chief Baron till 1830. Again : the informant ' tells the Times ' that ...
... ground that Abercromby was then Chief Baron of Exchequer in Scotland . An old almanack would have told him that Abercromby was Judge Advo- cate in 1827 , and was not Chief Baron till 1830. Again : the informant ' tells the Times ' that ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 265 - A neutral Government is bound — First, to use due diligence to prevent the fitting out, arming, or equipping, within its jurisdiction, of any vessel which it has reasonable ground to believe is intended to cruise or to carry on war against a Power with which it is at peace...
Pàgina 582 - Secondly, not to permit or suffer either belligerent to make use of its ports or waters as the. base of naval operations against the other, or for the purpose of the renewal or augmentation of military supplies or arms, or the recruitment of men. Thirdly, to exercise due diligence in its own ports and waters, and, as to all persons within its jurisdiction, to prevent any violation of the foregoing obligations and duties.
Pàgina 250 - With public zeal to cancel private crimes: How safe is treason and how sacred ill, Where none can sin against the people's will ! Where crowds can wink, and no offence be known, Since in another's guilt they find their own.
Pàgina 265 - Queen, and the others respectively by the President of the United States, the King of Italy, the President of the Swiss Confederation, and the Emperor of Brazil.
Pàgina 582 - But there is nothing in our laws, or in the law of nations, that forbids our citizens from sending armed vessels, as well as munitions of war, to foreign ports for sale. It is a commercial adventure which no nation is bound to prohibit, and which only exposes the persons engaged in it to the penalty of confiscation.
Pàgina 262 - That Prelacy, and the superiority of any office in the Church above Presbyters, is, and hath been, a great and insupportable grievance and trouble to this nation, and contrary to the inclinations of the generality of the people, ever since the Reformation, they having been reformed from Popery by Presbyters, and, therefore, ought to be abolished.
Pàgina 272 - due diligence" referred to in the first and third of the said rules ought to be exercised by neutral governments in exact proportion to the risks to which either of the belligerents may be exposed, from a failure to fulfil the obligations of neutrality on their part...
Pàgina 184 - Sir, God hath taken away your eldest son by a cannonshot. It brake his leg. We were necessitated to have it cut off, whereof he died.
Pàgina 209 - His eyes vacant and spiritless ; and the corpulence of his whole person was far better fitted to communicate the idea of a turtle-eating alderman than of a refined philosopher.
Pàgina 279 - Europe have reason to be thankful, that he ' went on refining, And thought of convincing, while they thought of dining...