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Page 147
In the next place , the matter of the charge must be the breach of some known
and standing law ; the violation of some positive duty . If our constitutions of
government have not secured this , they have done very little indeed for the
security of ...
In the next place , the matter of the charge must be the breach of some known
and standing law ; the violation of some positive duty . If our constitutions of
government have not secured this , they have done very little indeed for the
security of ...
Page 159
The offence , in this article , whatever it be , instead of being charged and stated
in ordinary legal language , is thrown into the form of a narrative . A story , taken
from the mouth of a heated , angry , and now contradicted witness , is written ...
The offence , in this article , whatever it be , instead of being charged and stated
in ordinary legal language , is thrown into the form of a narrative . A story , taken
from the mouth of a heated , angry , and now contradicted witness , is written ...
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before him , unrecorded ; this came forward , as a new charge : and for
convenience and to save labor , it was inserted among other charges , without a
new draught ; and this is all the interlineation there is in the case . I now ask you ,
sir - I put ...
before him , unrecorded ; this came forward , as a new charge : and for
convenience and to save labor , it was inserted among other charges , without a
new draught ; and this is all the interlineation there is in the case . I now ask you ,
sir - I put ...
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DISCOURSE in Commemoration of the Lives and Services of John Adams | 71 |
Speech delivered at a Meeting of Citizens of Boston held in Faneuil Hall | 97 |
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| Title | Speeches and Forensic Arguments, Volume 1 Speeches and Forensic Arguments, Daniel Webster |
| Author | Daniel Webster |
| Edition | 8 |
| Publisher | Tappan & Dennet, 1843 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 8 Oct 2007 |
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