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... whole pannel , and the co- roner must make a new one . The jury itfelf can not easily be corrupted , because the names of the whole number , being not lefs than forty - eight , nor more than feventy - two , are put into a box , and when ...
... whole pannel , and the co- roner must make a new one . The jury itfelf can not easily be corrupted , because the names of the whole number , being not lefs than forty - eight , nor more than feventy - two , are put into a box , and when ...
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... whole body of the peers , to fit upon the trial . Charles the IId thought by this means to facrifice Lord Clarendon . After the Revolution , the peers procured an act , invefting them alfo with the pri- vilege of Englishmen ; and now ...
... whole body of the peers , to fit upon the trial . Charles the IId thought by this means to facrifice Lord Clarendon . After the Revolution , the peers procured an act , invefting them alfo with the pri- vilege of Englishmen ; and now ...
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... whole world . They are fifted and tried , examined and cross - examined , by men of great experience , who , through long ha- bit , are become fkilful in drawing forth the truth from thofe who would conceal it . They are examined by men ...
... whole world . They are fifted and tried , examined and cross - examined , by men of great experience , who , through long ha- bit , are become fkilful in drawing forth the truth from thofe who would conceal it . They are examined by men ...
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... - nocent share the fate of the guilty ; the whole family , the husband , the wife , the children , are indifcriminately put to Montefq . B. xii , C. 14 . death . death . If there be any traces of this ini- AND PROCEEDINGS , 75.
... - nocent share the fate of the guilty ; the whole family , the husband , the wife , the children , are indifcriminately put to Montefq . B. xii , C. 14 . death . death . If there be any traces of this ini- AND PROCEEDINGS , 75.
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... whole of this mi- ferable system was overturned foon after the Restoration , having been endured by Englishmen for near fix hundred years . That we may fee in one point of view the full extent of our deliverance , I fhall fum up the ...
... whole of this mi- ferable system was overturned foon after the Restoration , having been endured by Englishmen for near fix hundred years . That we may fee in one point of view the full extent of our deliverance , I fhall fum up the ...
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Page 315 - And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the Lord: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears: But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth...
Page 316 - The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the falling together; and a little child shall lead them.
Page 310 - Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel ; and they said, Nay ; but we will have a king over us ; that we also may be like all the nations ; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.
Page 202 - This is the state of man : To-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon him; The third day comes a frost, a killing frost; And — when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening, — nips his root, And then he falls, as I do.
Page 202 - This many summers in a sea of glory ; But far beyond my depth ; my high-blown pride At length broke under me ; and now has left me, Weary, and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me.
Page 135 - Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a twoedged sword in their hand; 7 to execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people; ' to bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron; 'to execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints.
Page 309 - And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you : He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen ; and some shall run before his chariots.
Page 264 - ... and he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt.
Page 308 - And the Lord said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee ; for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.
Page 309 - And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants. And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.