Raising the Veil: Or, Scenes in the CourtsJ. French, 1856 - 288 Seiten |
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 249 - O curse of marriage, That we can call these delicate creatures ours, And not their appetites ! I had rather be a toad, And live upon the vapour of a dungeon, Than keep a corner in the thing I love For others
Seite 42 - Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him. Let him know, that he which converteth a sinner from the error of his ways, shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins...
Seite 280 - Can such things be, And overcome us like a summer's cloud, Without our special wonder?
Seite 39 - Those who come in contact with him in business matters, and more especially in matters pertaining to courts, must expect that he will reel off more line from the end of his tongue in fifteen minutes than any ordinary man could accomplish in four times that space. Those who do not know him can hardly comprehend his character and style of language, by any description that can be written. . . . 3 I visited the house of John the philanthropist, whose surname was Augustus. The house literally swarmed...
Seite 32 - Who is that fidgety old fellow, whose skin looks like a piece of brown parchment? He's here, there, and everywhere. A few moments ago I saw him wrangling with one of the officers. Now he is in earnest conversation with those females ..." 'That ... is John Augustus, the philanthropist." 'What position or office does he hold in this court 1
Seite 51 - To this he never yielded for an instant. Alas, in this age numbers of men are setting up to be their own inspired writers. I have been told that every man who is his own lawyer has a fool for his client...
Seite 195 - No, thank you. A horse, a horse! My kingdom for a horse! EXECUTIONER. Sir Thomas More, you have been found guilty of the charge of High Treason. The sentence of the court is that you be taken to the Tower of London, thence to the place of execution, and there your head shall be stricken from your body, and may God have mercy on your soul.
Seite 70 - So much from th'understanding of himself, or, to use Hamlet's own words, to sound him from the lowest note to the top of his compass and to pluck out the heart of his mystery. This is how the King argues why Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are so suitable for this task: I entreat you both, That, being of so young days brought up with him And sith so neighboured to his youth and haviour, That you vouchsafe your rest here in our court Some...
Seite 27 - The unfortunates are called up to the prisoners' bar, and sometimes the Clerk will read the complaint to them, and sometimes he will omit it, simply holding the document' in his hand, and saying to the prisoner : ' c You was brought here for being drunk, last night ! Was you drunk ?" If the prisoner says
Seite 283 - There are but few men to be found who would, if they had been placed in precisely his situation, have stood the ordeal of public opinion of those who stand high in the community as the most charitable and beneficent citizens. I believe that whenever and wherever he has made mistakes, in his impetuous zeal in laboring for the good of others, it has been the fault of the head, and not the heart.