Suppressed Defence: The Defence of Mary-Anne Carlile, to the Vice Society's Indictment, Against the Appendix to the Theological Works of Thomas Paine; which Defence was Suppressed by Mr. Justice Best, Almost at Its Commencement; And, on the Propriety of which Suppression, the Public, as the Highest Tribunal, is Now Appealed to and Called Upon to Judge Between the Defendant, Her Prosecutors, and Her Judge: with a Report of the Proceedings Before the Defence was Suppressed |
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... a disgrace to any government or court of law to suppress . I earnestly entreat you , Gentlemen , to take this pamphlet , which forms the subject of the indictment now before you , and examine it as a whole , or by chapters , by 5.
... a disgrace to any government or court of law to suppress . I earnestly entreat you , Gentlemen , to take this pamphlet , which forms the subject of the indictment now before you , and examine it as a whole , or by chapters , by 5.
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... chapters , by paragraphs , or by sen- tences , and say whether there is any thing in it that an ho- nest person might blush to write , to publish and sell , or to read . Although my indictment sets forth ( as a matter of form ) , that I ...
... chapters , by paragraphs , or by sen- tences , and say whether there is any thing in it that an ho- nest person might blush to write , to publish and sell , or to read . Although my indictment sets forth ( as a matter of form ) , that I ...
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... chapter , beginning at the 63d verse . Gentle- men , the very founder of your religion was actually charged with blasphemy , and put to death upon that charge ! Jesus Christ himself was the victim of this charge , and why ? be- cause ...
... chapter , beginning at the 63d verse . Gentle- men , the very founder of your religion was actually charged with blasphemy , and put to death upon that charge ! Jesus Christ himself was the victim of this charge , and why ? be- cause ...
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... chapters of the Old Testament . Of these it is scarcely worth while to waste time , ink , and paper upon ; I shall therefore confine myself chiefly to those referred to in the aforesaid four books of the New Testament . If I shew that ...
... chapters of the Old Testament . Of these it is scarcely worth while to waste time , ink , and paper upon ; I shall therefore confine myself chiefly to those referred to in the aforesaid four books of the New Testament . If I shew that ...
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... chapter , ver . 2 , And I took unto me faith- ful witnesses to record , Uriah the priest , and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah ; and I went unto the prophetess , and she conceived and bear a son ; ' and he says at ver . 18 of the same ...
... chapter , ver . 2 , And I took unto me faith- ful witnesses to record , Uriah the priest , and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah ; and I went unto the prophetess , and she conceived and bear a son ; ' and he says at ver . 18 of the same ...
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Page 45 - Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year : ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats : and ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month ; and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.
Page 26 - Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
Page 37 - Thus saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him ; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the twoleaved gates ; and the gates shall not be shut...
Page 37 - Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels? But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?
Page 28 - And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel.
Page 45 - And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written.
Page 36 - He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and -the isles shall wait for his law.
Page 25 - But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife : for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.
Page 31 - But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel : for they are dead which sought the young child's life.
Page 28 - And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where CHRIST should be born.