Selections from the Speeches and Writings of the Right Honourable Henry, Lord Brougham & Vaux, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain: With a Brief Memoir of His Lordship's Life |
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... better securing the liberty of the press . This Bill ( which he was ultimately obliged to abandon ) was intended to abolish the power of exhibiting ex officio informations for libel , or seditious words , to take away the right of the ...
... better securing the liberty of the press . This Bill ( which he was ultimately obliged to abandon ) was intended to abolish the power of exhibiting ex officio informations for libel , or seditious words , to take away the right of the ...
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... better education of the poor , by the establishment of parochial schools throughout the kingdom ; but this measure , in consequence of the opposition it met with , he ultimately abandoned . On the third day of Easter Term , he took his ...
... better education of the poor , by the establishment of parochial schools throughout the kingdom ; but this measure , in consequence of the opposition it met with , he ultimately abandoned . On the third day of Easter Term , he took his ...
Page 42
... better able to serve his " country . " In the House of Lords , he introduced a Bill for the establishment of Local Courts , similar to that brought into the Commons in the pre- ceding Session . He also introduced three Bills for ...
... better able to serve his " country . " In the House of Lords , he introduced a Bill for the establishment of Local Courts , similar to that brought into the Commons in the pre- ceding Session . He also introduced three Bills for ...
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... better . Even uproar , Gentlemen , is wholesome in England , while a whisper is fatal in France ! But you must take it with you , in deciding on the merits of this publication , that it is not upon our military system that the Defendant ...
... better . Even uproar , Gentlemen , is wholesome in England , while a whisper is fatal in France ! But you must take it with you , in deciding on the merits of this publication , that it is not upon our military system that the Defendant ...
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... better will the Author of all things be known , and the less will the people be " tossed to and fro by the sleight of men , and cunning craftiness , where- 66 66 by they lie in wait to deceive . " To tyrants , indeed , and bad rulers ...
... better will the Author of all things be known , and the less will the people be " tossed to and fro by the sleight of men , and cunning craftiness , where- 66 66 by they lie in wait to deceive . " To tyrants , indeed , and bad rulers ...
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