The Calcutta Review Volume XLIII1866 |
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... once rallied to his support , and the French were beaten off . The experience he gained in the next war in which he took a part , the war caused by the revolt of the American colonies , - only confirmed his early impressions . It is ...
... once rallied to his support , and the French were beaten off . The experience he gained in the next war in which he took a part , the war caused by the revolt of the American colonies , - only confirmed his early impressions . It is ...
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... once turned upon him , and was in the act of making a spring , when General Lake , with imperturbable presence of mind , coolly drew a pistol from his belt , and shot the tiger dead upon the spot . For about a year after the arrival of ...
... once turned upon him , and was in the act of making a spring , when General Lake , with imperturbable presence of mind , coolly drew a pistol from his belt , and shot the tiger dead upon the spot . For about a year after the arrival of ...
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... once carefully examined the position , and determined to attack the enemy on their weakest point , their left flank . He accordingly formed his cavalry in columns of regiments , and placing himself at their head , moved off to the right ...
... once carefully examined the position , and determined to attack the enemy on their weakest point , their left flank . He accordingly formed his cavalry in columns of regiments , and placing himself at their head , moved off to the right ...
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... once to within 600 yards of the gateway , and then halted . On the booming of the morning gun , -the signal previously agreed upon , -two batteries of four 18 pounders each , which had been erected for the purpose the previous evening ...
... once to within 600 yards of the gateway , and then halted . On the booming of the morning gun , -the signal previously agreed upon , -two batteries of four 18 pounders each , which had been erected for the purpose the previous evening ...
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... once appa- rent to General Lake , and as it appeared to him that their move- ments indicated an intention to retreat to the Mewâtee hills , from which they were then but eight miles distant , he resolved to attack them without waiting ...
... once appa- rent to General Lake , and as it appeared to him that their move- ments indicated an intention to retreat to the Mewâtee hills , from which they were then but eight miles distant , he resolved to attack them without waiting ...
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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...