Calcutta Review, Volumen43University of Calcutta, 1866 |
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... position , the more surely was he to be seen at the head of his troops , whether cavalry or infantry , leading them to the charge or to the assault . Whatever may be thought of such conduct in the abstract , it is certain that its ...
... position , the more surely was he to be seen at the head of his troops , whether cavalry or infantry , leading them to the charge or to the assault . Whatever may be thought of such conduct in the abstract , it is certain that its ...
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... position was too strong to assault , -in the first place , —and the experience of the triumph of revolutionary onward - moving France against her methodic and stationary enemies , -in the second , contributed not a little to influence ...
... position was too strong to assault , -in the first place , —and the experience of the triumph of revolutionary onward - moving France against her methodic and stationary enemies , -in the second , contributed not a little to influence ...
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... position it occupied after the downfall of Tippoo Sultan . Fortunately , the Mahratta power was not directed by one ruling mind . It was a confederacy , divided into five heads , all jealous of one another , and of these five heads ...
... position it occupied after the downfall of Tippoo Sultan . Fortunately , the Mahratta power was not directed by one ruling mind . It was a confederacy , divided into five heads , all jealous of one another , and of these five heads ...
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... position , their right resting on the fort of Allygurh , their front protected by a deep morass , and their left by two detached villages , in which they had placed some matchlockmen . General Lake at once carefully examined the position ...
... position , their right resting on the fort of Allygurh , their front protected by a deep morass , and their left by two detached villages , in which they had placed some matchlockmen . General Lake at once carefully examined the position ...
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... position of the enemy , General Lake resolved upon a movement , which should at the same time entice them from their strong position , and cover the advance of his infantry . Accordingly , he gave orders to his cavalry to retire slowly ...
... position of the enemy , General Lake resolved upon a movement , which should at the same time entice them from their strong position , and cover the advance of his infantry . Accordingly , he gave orders to his cavalry to retire slowly ...
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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 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 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 218 - Equity is a Roguish thing, for Law we have a measure, 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] a Chancellor's Foot, what an uncertain Measure would this be?
Página 200 - Courts of record where the plaintiff dwells more than twenty miles from the defendant, or where the cause of action did not arise wholly or in some material point within the jurisdiction of the Court within which the defendant dwells or carries on his business at the time of the action brought...