English nation, in which king, parliament, judges, juries, witnesses, prosecutors, have all their respective, though certainly not equal, shares. Witnesses — of such a character as not to deserve credit in the most trifling cause, upon the most immaterial... The Popish Plot: A Study in the History of the Reign of Charles II - Seite 314von John Pollock - 1903 - 419 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| William Eusebius Andrews - 1817 - 512 Seiten
...Witnesses of such a character as not to deserve credit in the must trifling cause, upon the most material facts, gave evidence so incredible, or, to speak more properly, so impossible to te true, that it ought 'not to have been believed if it had come from tht mouih of Cato ; and upon... | |
| Robert Charles Dallas - 1815 - 408 Seiten
...juries, witnesses, prosecutors, have all their respective, though certainly not equal shares. Witnesses, of such a character as not to deserve credit in the...cause, upon the most immaterial facts, gave evidence so inn-edible, or, to speak more properly, so impossible to be true, that it ought not to have been believed... | |
| Charles Butler - 1822 - 546 Seiten
...nesses, prosecutors, have all their respective, but " certainly not their equal, shares. Witnesses of " such a character, as not to deserve credit, in...incredible, or, to speak " more properly, so impossible, that it ought not to " have been believed, if it had come from the mouth " of Cato; and, upon such... | |
| Charles Butler - 1822 - 544 Seiten
...nesses, prosecutors, have all their respective, but " certainly not their equal, shares. Witnesses of " such a character, as not to deserve credit, in...incredible, or, to speak " more properly, so impossible, that it ought not to " have been believed, if it had come from the mouth " of Catoi and, upon such... | |
| Charles Butler - 1822 - 538 Seiten
...nesses, prosecutors, have all their respective, but " certainly not their equal, shares. Witnesses of " such a character, as not to deserve credit, in the " most trifling cause,—upon the most immaterial " facts,—gave evidence so incredible, or, to speak " more properly,... | |
| Henry Roscoe - 1825 - 332 Seiten
...Juries, Witnesses, Prosecutors, have all their respective, though certainly not equal, shares. Witrlesses of such a character as not to deserve credit in the...have been believed if it had come from the mouth of a Cato ; and upon such N 2 evidence, from such witnesses, were innocent men condemned to death, and... | |
| Edward Wedlake Brayley - 1828 - 414 Seiten
...Juries, Witnesses, Prosecutors, have all their respective, though certainly not equal shares. Witnesses of such a character, as not to deserve credit in the...so impossible to be true, that it ought not to have den's representation is more congenial with the facts, when he says in his Absalom and Architophel,... | |
| John Talbot Earl of Shrewsbury - 1828 - 818 Seiten
...judges, juries, witnesses, have all their respective, though certainly not equal, shares. Witnesses of such a character as not to deserve credit in the...immaterial facts, gave evidence so incredible, or to-speak more properly, so impossible to be true, that it ought not to have been believed if it had... | |
| Edward Wedlake Brayley - 1829 - 416 Seiten
...Juries, Wimesses, Prosecutors, have all their respective, though certainly not equal shares. Witnesses of such a character, as not to deserve credit in the...so impossible to be true, that it ought not to have den's representation is more congenial with the facts, when he snys in his Absalom and Architophel,... | |
| George Oliver - 1838 - 286 Seiten
...paralytic and perfectly deaf when he was apprehended as an accomplice in Gates' plot ! — " Witnesses of such a character as not to deserve credit in the...believed, if it had come from the mouth of Cato." — Fox's Hist. p. 34, introduc- chap. Nevertheless, on such testimony was this helpless Jesuit dragged... | |
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