This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1858 Excerpt: ...allowed the same speculative margin quoad the hypothesis of the Lord Chief Justice now under discussion, not having been, to use the mildest expression, the man he has been taken for. At the same time the reader will understand that I do not wish him to attach to my opinion (should I succeed in forming one on this most ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1858 Excerpt: ...allowed the same speculative margin quoad the hypothesis of the Lord Chief Justice now under discussion, not having been, to use the mildest expression, the man he has been taken for. At the same time the reader will understand that I do not wish him to attach to my opinion (should I succeed in forming one on this most trying subject) more weight than is due to the honest expression of a private individual's most impartial judgment, the result of patient, untiring investigation of the most copious and incontrovertible facts, aided by a paramount thirst for truth and an intellect habituated to moral analysis. DEFENCE or THE cnanao'rsn or eAscorem: I 101 I trust that it will now be felt I am prepared to do Sir William Gascoigne the amplest justice; and will lose 110 more time in enumerating the moral enormities whereof I am so anxious to prove he could not possibly have been guilty. The decision I have already been reluctantly brought to--explained in the last chapter--that his Lordship's character was not free from a strong taint of envy, which only induces me to be the more careful. Let us shun prejudice above all things. Envy, as we all know, if not kept in cheek by the worthier attributes of our nature, will lead to the commission of every earthly crime, especially of offences such as those which I think--yes, I think--I am about to show you Sir William Gascoigne was incapable of meditating, or, at any rate, of putting into execution. And now I have worked myself up into a perfectly sanguine condition. I am sure I shall be able to clear the J usticc's reputation from the last lingering blemish of suspicion. If I do not succeed I shall be very much disappointed. In the first place it is improbable that any close degree of intimacy should h..
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Publisher:
Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts
Published:
1858
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
16621319753
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Seller's Description:
Very Good. First edition, 1858, very good in full crushed morocco with gilt rules and panels, dark red spine label, xx, 196 (2) pp, half title, frontispiece, illustrations collated complete: 20 etched plates, one woodcut illustration, with original cloth bound in at rear, and cover wrapper of Part III bound in at the beginning (dated 1857). Light wear to binding, still very good, and contents are very good, too.
