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" I vow to God I would sooner bring myself to put a man to immediate death for opinions I disliked, and so to get rid of the man and his opinions at once, than to fret him with a feverish being, tainted with the jail distemper of a contagious servitude,... "
The Speeches of the Hon. T. Erskine (now Lord Erskine): When at the Bar, on ... - Page 481
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The Speeches of the Hon. Thomas Erskine: (now Lord Erskine), when ..., Volume 2

Thomas Erskine Baron Erskine - 1810 - 470 pages
...once, than to fret him with a feverish f ' being, tainted with the jail distemper of a contaf' gious servitude, to keep him above ground, an '' animated mass of putrefaction, corrupted him1' self, and corrupting all about him." If these sentiments apply so justly to the reprobation of...
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The speeches of the hon. Thomas Erskine ... when at the Bar, on ..., Volume 2

Thomas Erskine (1st baron.) - 1810 - 478 pages
...at once, than to fret him with a feverish " being, tainted with the jail distemper of a conta" gious servitude, to keep him above ground, an " animated mass of putrefaction, corrupted him" self, and corrupting all about him." If these sentiments apply so justly to the reprobation of...
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The Speeches of the Hon. Thomas Erskine: (now Lord Erskine), when ..., Volume 3

Thomas Erskine Baron Erskine - 1813 - 522 pages
...of " mind which alone can make us what we ought to " be, that 1 vow to God, I would sooner bring my" self to put a man to immediate death for opinions...half an hour even tell where he had lived, or why be bad left his master. — J man believe that he had forgotten these mos.t recenttransactions of his...
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Maxims, Opinions and Characters, Moral, Political, and Economical, Volume 1

Edmond Burke - 1815 - 240 pages
...opinions at once, than to fret him with a feverish being, tainted with the jail-distemper of a contagious servitude, to keep him above ground, an animated mass...putrefaction, corrupted himself, and corrupting all about him. The taking away of a vote is the taking away the shield which the subject has, not only against the...
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A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High ..., Volume 22

1817 - 650 pages
...opinions at once, than to fret him with a feverish being tainted with the gaol distemper of a contagious servitude, to keep him above ground, an animated mass...corrupted himself, and corrupting all about him." If these sentiments apply so justly to the reprobation of persecution tor opinions — even for opinions...
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A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High ..., Volume 22

1817 - 650 pages
...opinions at once, than to fret him with a feverish being tainted with the gaol distemper of a contagious servitude, to keep him above ground, an animated mass...putrefaction, corrupted himself, and corrupting all about him.'s If these sentiments apply so justly to the reprobation of persecution tor opinions — even...
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Cobbett's Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for ..., Volume 24

Thomas Bayly Howell, Thomas Jones Howell - 1818 - 732 pages
...opinions at once, than to fret him with a feverish being, tainted with th« gaol distemper of a contagious servitude, to keep him above ground, an animated mass...Gentlemen, let me bring to your recollection the deportment oftheiirst of this tribe, Mr. Alexander,— who could not in half an ,hour even tell where he had lived,...
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The Catholic miscellany and monthly repository of information, Volume 8

1827 - 464 pages
...opinions at once, than to fret him with a feverish being, tainted with the jail distemper of a contagious servitude ; to keep him above ground, an animated...corrupted himself, and corrupting all about him." MARRIAGES. On Wednesday, the 7th nit. at the Catholic Chapel, Ellingham, Northumberland, by the Rev....
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The Works of the Right Hon. Edmund Burke: With a Biographical and ..., Volume 1

Edmund Burke - 1834 - 744 pages
...at once, than to fret him with a feverish bein¡r, tainted with the jail-distemper of a contagious servitude, to keep him above ground an animated mass...putrefaction, corrupted himself, and corrupting all about him. The act repealed was of this direct tendency ; and it was made in the manner which I hare related to...
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The Works of Edmund Burke: With a Memoir

Edmund Burke - 1834 - 648 pages
...opinions at once, than to fret him with a feverish being, tainted with the jail-distemper of a contagious ; that you, my French friend, should begin to know, and that we should continue to cherish them. The act repealed was of this direct tendency ; and it was made in the manner which I have related to...
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