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LIBEL IN ENGLAND AND AMERICA BY THE HON . WILLIAM J. GAYNOR Mayor of New York , late Judge of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York - Drawn by Alfred Brennan THE JIMMYNESS OF JIM BY. IN N the whole range of ...
LIBEL IN ENGLAND AND AMERICA BY THE HON . WILLIAM J. GAYNOR Mayor of New York , late Judge of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York - Drawn by Alfred Brennan THE JIMMYNESS OF JIM BY. IN N the whole range of ...
Page 825
... libel is very poorly enforced , and in most localities , especially in large cities , scarcely at all . If the individual be not protected by gov- ernment in his character and reputation , government fails at an essential point . It is ...
... libel is very poorly enforced , and in most localities , especially in large cities , scarcely at all . If the individual be not protected by gov- ernment in his character and reputation , government fails at an essential point . It is ...
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that is to say , the greater may be the libel , -is as true and as much a part of the law of criminal libel now as it ever was , al- though superficial persons may think it obsolete . The moral philosopher Paley says the malicious ...
that is to say , the greater may be the libel , -is as true and as much a part of the law of criminal libel now as it ever was , al- though superficial persons may think it obsolete . The moral philosopher Paley says the malicious ...
Page 827
... libel at the in- stance of the king . And yet the question of the meaning and intent and of the truth of the petition all went to the jury with- out objection from the bench of four judges or any of the eminent lawyers who appeared for ...
... libel at the in- stance of the king . And yet the question of the meaning and intent and of the truth of the petition all went to the jury with- out objection from the bench of four judges or any of the eminent lawyers who appeared for ...
Page 828
... libel in publishing that the King's troops mur- dered the Americans at Lexington , Lord Mansfield allowed the jury to judge of the meaning of the publication , —whether it was a libel or not , -of the motive of the defendant , and of ...
... libel in publishing that the King's troops mur- dered the Americans at Lexington , Lord Mansfield allowed the jury to judge of the meaning of the publication , —whether it was a libel or not , -of the motive of the defendant , and of ...
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Page 512 - Twere now to be most happy, for I fear My soul hath her content so absolute That not another comfort like to this Succeeds in unknown fate.
Page 147 - Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondsman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said, "The judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.
Page 746 - If ye love me, keep my commandments. And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
Page 516 - I'll not shed her blood, Nor scar that whiter skin of hers than snow, And smooth as monumental alabaster. Yet she must die, else she'll betray more men. Put out the light, and then put out the light.
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Page 132 - battlements that on their restless fronts bore stars " — might have been copied from my architectural dreams, for it often occurred. We hear it reported of Dryden, and of Fuseli in modern times, that they thought proper to eat raw meat for the sake of obtaining splendid dreams: how much better, for such a purpose, to have eaten opium, which yet I do not remember that any poet is recorded to have done, except the dramatist Shadwell...
Page 307 - mid work of his own hand he lies, Fretted by sallies of his mother's kisses, With light upon him from his father's eyes!
Page 512 - It is the cause, it is the cause, my soul — Let me not name it to you, you chaste stars ! — It is the cause.
Page 454 - They declared against superstition on the one hand, and enthusiasm on the other. They loved the constitution of the Church, and the Liturgy, and could well live under them: But they did not think it unlawful to live under another form. They wished that things might have been carried with more moderation. And they continued to keep a good correspondence with those who had differed from them in opinion, and allowed a great freedom both in philosophy and in divinity: From whence they were called men...