 | Frederick Knight Hunt - 1850 - 318 pages
...Mackintosh appealed forcibly to former examples where juries had vindicated the freedom of the press. " In the court where we are now met, Cromwell twice...two successive juries rescued the intrepid satirist* from his fangs, and sent out with defeat and disgrace the usurper's Attorney General from what he had... | |
 | 1851 - 560 pages
...despised the threats of a foreign tyrant, as their ancestors braved the power of oppression at home. In the court where we are now met, Cromwell twice...libeller ; and in this court, almost in sight of the scaflbld streaming with the blood of his sovereign, within hearing of the clash of his bayonets which... | |
 | Sir James Mackintosh - 1853 - 528 pages
...outraged even more than his oratorical taste by an unseasonable self-display. " Lincoln's Inn, Tuesday. u DEAR MACKINTOSH, — It gives me very sincere pleasure...two successive juries rescued the intrepid satirist t from his fangs, and sent out, with defeat and disgrace, the Usurper's Attorney General from what... | |
 | George Godfrey Cunningham - 1853 - 534 pages
...peroration of this noble burst of oratory : " In the court where we are now met," said Mr Mackintosh, " Cromwell twice sent a satirist on his tyranny to be...and in this court, almost in sight of the scaffold streammg with the blood of his sovereign, within hearing of the clash of his bayonets which drove out... | |
 | John Frost - 1855 - 462 pages
...despised the threats of a foreign tyrant, as their ancestors braved the power of op pression at home. In the court where we are now met, Cromwell twice...hearing of the clash of his bayonets which drove out parliament with contumely, two successive juries rescued the intrepid satirist from his fangs, and... | |
 | Orator - 1864 - 186 pages
...despised the threats of a foreign tyrant, as their ancestors braved the power of oppression at home. In the court where we are now met, Cromwell twice...hearing of the clash of his bayonets which drove out Parliament with contumely, two successive juries rescued the intrepid satirist * from his fangs, and... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1862 - 610 pages
...SPIRIT OF BRITISH LIBERTY. SIR JAMES HACEINTC8H. 1. In the court where we have now met, gentlemen, Cromwell twice sent a satirist on his tyranny to be convicted and punished as a libeler, and in this court,—almost in sight of the scaffold streaming with the blood of his Sovereign,—within... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1876 - 622 pages
...gentlemen, Cromwell twice sent a satirist on his tyranny to be convicted and punished as a libeler, and in this court, — almost in sight of the scaffold...clash of his bayonets which drove out Parliaments with scorn and contumely, — a jury twice rescued the intrepid satirist from his fangs, and sent out with... | |
 | William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - 1880 - 552 pages
...despised the threats of a foreign tyrant, as their ancestors braved the power of oppression at home. In the court where we are now met, Cromwell twice...hearing of the clash of his bayonets which drove out parliament with contumely, two successive juries rescued the intrepid satirist from his fangs, and... | |
 | 1871 - 892 pages
...a teacher of depravity and barbarity. If anywhere, as has heretofore happened, a tyrant should send a satirist on his tyranny to be convicted and punished as a libeller, in a uourc of justice, a Mason, if a juror in such a case, though iu iight of the scaffold streaming... | |
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In the court where we are now met, Cromwell twice sent a satirist on his tyranny to be convicted and punished as a libeller ; and in this court, almost in sight of the scaffold streaming with the blood of his sovereign, within hearing of the clash of... 
