The Calcutta Review Volume XLIII1866 |
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... means strongly marked . Yet , here they fought with a gallantry , a resolution , an energy , that would have done honour to any troops in the world . In this obstinately contested battle , it has been very generally ‡ * This son , the ...
... means strongly marked . Yet , here they fought with a gallantry , a resolution , an energy , that would have done honour to any troops in the world . In this obstinately contested battle , it has been very generally ‡ * This son , the ...
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... means his ancestral territories might be annexed , Jeswunt Rao had early perceived that his sole chance of safety and indepen- dence rested on the use he might make of the talents and energies with which he had been gifted . These were ...
... means his ancestral territories might be annexed , Jeswunt Rao had early perceived that his sole chance of safety and indepen- dence rested on the use he might make of the talents and energies with which he had been gifted . These were ...
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... means of cavalry ineffectual , the enemy commenced the more sure method of pouring in a steady fire from their matchlockmen and camel pieces . In this our troops suffered terribly . Colonel Monson , therefore , moved on , still in ...
... means of cavalry ineffectual , the enemy commenced the more sure method of pouring in a steady fire from their matchlockmen and camel pieces . In this our troops suffered terribly . Colonel Monson , therefore , moved on , still in ...
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... means of his numerous cavalry , whilst his infantry , hurrying on to Delhi , should endeavour to take that place and gain possession of the person of the emperor , by a coup - de - main . He had already despatched his infantry for that ...
... means of his numerous cavalry , whilst his infantry , hurrying on to Delhi , should endeavour to take that place and gain possession of the person of the emperor , by a coup - de - main . He had already despatched his infantry for that ...
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... means in their power to master the place . They hazarded several assaults , but in all they were repulsed . On the 14th , they made a grand attempt to escalade it at various points , but not in one single quarter did they make any ...
... means in their power to master the place . They hazarded several assaults , but in all they were repulsed . On the 14th , they made a grand attempt to escalade it at various points , but not in one single quarter did they make any ...
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Página 219 - The discretion of a judge is the law of tyrants : it is always unknown ; it is different in different men ; it is casual, and depends upon constitution, temper, and passion. In the best, it is oftentimes caprice ; in the worst it is every vice, folly, and passion, to which human nature is liable.'*- — Lord Camden.
Página 423 - ... when a man doth compass or imagine the death of our lord the King, or of our lady his queen or of their eldest son and heir...
Página 198 - Sect. 65 enacts, that the jurisdiction of the county court under this act shall extend to the recovery of any demand not exceeding the sum of twenty pounds, which is the whole or part of the unliquidated balance of a partnership account, or the amount or part of the amount of a distributive share under an intestacy, or of any legacy under a will.
Página 306 - The words of a will are to be taken in their ordinary and grammatical sense, unless a clear intention to use them in another sense can be collected, and that other can be ascertained.
Página 298 - The vain titles of the victories of Justinian are crumbled into dust ; but the name of the legislator is inscribed on a fair and everlasting monument. Under his reign, and by his care, the civil jurisprudence was digested in the immortal works of the CODE, the PANDECTS, and the...
Página 189 - Provided always, that the court shall not have cognizance of any action of ejectment, or in which the title to any corporeal or incorporeal hereditaments, or to any toll, fair, market, or franchise, shall be in question, or in which the validity of any devise, bequest, or limitation under any will or settlement may be disputed, or for any malicious prosecution, or for any libel or slander, or for criminal conversation, or for seduction, or breach of promise of marriage.
Página 386 - So that, upon the whole, the only adequate definition of felony seems to be that which is' before laid down, viz., an offence which occasions a total forfeiture of either lands or goods, or both, at the common law, and to which capital or other punishment may be superadded, according to the degree of guilt.
Página 186 - That it shall be lawful for Her Majesty, with the advice of Her Privy Council...
Página 177 - I bring fresh showers for the thirsting flowers, From the seas and the streams; I bear light shade for the leaves when laid In their noonday dreams. From my wings are shaken the dews that waken The sweet buds every one, When rocked to rest on their mother's breast, As she dances about the sun.
Página 218 - ... know what to trust to ; equity is according to the conscience of him that is chancellor, and as that is larger or narrower, so is equity. "Tis all one as if they should make the standard for the measure we call a foot...