 | William Paley - 1806 - 502 pages
...ludicrous embellishments of a story, where the declared design of the speaker is not to inform, but t& divert; compliments in the subscription of a letter, a servant's denying his master, a prisoner's pleading not guilty, an advocate asserting the justice, or his belief of the justice of... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1809 - 734 pages
...tales to create mirth, or ludicrous embellishments of a story, in which the declared detign of the speaker is not to inform, but to divert ; compliments in the subscription of a letter; a prisoner's pleading not guilty; an advocate asserting the justice, or his belief of the justice of... | |
 | William Paley, William Hamilton Reid - 1810 - 350 pages
...jests, tales to create mirth, ludicrous embellishments of a story, where the declared design of the speaker is not to inform, but to divert ; compliments...subscription of a letter ; a servant's denying his master, a prisoner's pleading not guilty, an advocate asserting the justice, or his belief of the justice of... | |
 | William Paley - 1811 - 540 pages
...jests, tales to create mirth, ludicrous embellishments of a story, where the declared design of the speaker is not to inform, but to divert ; compliments...subscription of a letter, a servant's denying his master, a prisoner's pleading not guilty, an advocate asserting the justice, or his belief of the justice, of... | |
 | William Paley - 1811 - 412 pages
...jests, tales to create mirth, ludicrous embellishments of a story, where the declared design of the speaker is not to inform, but to divert ; compliments in the subscription of a Jetter, a servant's denying his master, a prisoner's pleading not guilty, an advocate asserting the... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1812 - 310 pages
...jests, tales to, create mirth, ludicrous embellishments of a story, where the declared design of the speaker is not to inform but to divert ; compliments...subscription of a letter ; a servant's denying his master ; a prisoner's pleading not guilty; an advocate asserting. the justice, or his belief of the justice of... | |
 | 1845 - 808 pages
...jests, tales to create mirth, lndicrous embellishments of a story, where the declared design of the speaker is not to inform but to divert; compliments...justice, or his belief of the justice, of his client's canse. In such instances no confidence is destroyed, becanse none was reposed; no promise to speak... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1821 - 408 pages
...tales to create mirth, or ludicrous embellishments of a story, in which the declared design of the speaker is not to inform, but to divert ; compliments in the subscription of a letter ; a prisoner's pleading not guilty ; an advocate asserting the justice, or his belief of the justice of... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1821 - 406 pages
...tales to create mirth, or ludicrous embellishments of a story, in which the declared design of the speaker is not to inform, but to divert ; compliments in the subscription of a letter ; a prisoner's pleading not guilty ; an advocate asserting the justice, or his belief of the justice of... | |
 | William Paley - 1823 - 476 pages
...jests, tales to create mirth, ludicrous embellishments of a story, where the declared design of the speaker is not to inform, but to divert ; compliments...subscription of a letter, a servant's denying his master, a prisoner's pleading not guilty, an advocate asserting the justice, or his belief of the justice, of... | |
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... an advocate asserting the justice, or his belief of the justice, of his client's cause. In such instances no confidence is destroyed, because none was reposed ; no promise to speak the truth is violated, because none was given, or understood to be... 
