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" Every freeman has an undoubted right to lay what sentiments he pleases before the public ; to forbid this is to destroy the freedom of the press : but if he publishes what is improper, mischievous, or illegal, he must take the consequence of his own temerity. "
Speeches of Thomas Lord Erskine - Page 408
by Thomas Erskine Baron Erskine - 1870
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The speeches of the hon. Thomas Erskine ... when at the Bar, on ..., Volume 2

Thomas Erskine (1st baron.) - 1810 - 478 pages
...published. " Every freeman has an undoubted right to lay what " sentiments he pleases before the public ; to forbid " this, is to destroy the freedom of the...he must take the consequence of his own temerity. t( To subject the press to the restrictive power of a " licenser as was formerly done, both before...
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A Treatise on the Law of Slander, Libel, Scandalum Magnatum, and False ...

Thomas Starkie - Libel and slander - 1813 - 710 pages
...authority*, that "every freeman has an undoubted right to lay what he pleases before the public—to forbid this is to destroy the freedom of the press;...he must take the consequence of his own temerity." This privilege necessarily includes candid comments upon public affairs, and the mode in which they...
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Studien: zur Orientierung über die Angelegenheiten der Presse

Johann Jakob Otto August Rühle von Lilienstern - Freedom of the press - 1820 - 672 pages
...published. Every freeman has an indoubl^ed right to lay what sentiments he pleases before the public: to forbid this, is to destroy the freedom of the press : but if he publishes what is im. proper mischievous, or illegal, he must take the consequence of his own temerity. To subject the...
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Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's ..., Volume 3

Great Britain. Court of King's Bench, Richard Vaughan Barnewall, Sir Edward Hall Alderson - Law reports, digests, etc - 1820 - 818 pages
...considers." The same admirable writer, in a following page (p. 152.) after saying, that if a person publish what is improper, mischievous, or illegal, he must take the consequence of his temerity, adds these words : H Neither is any restraint hereby laid upon freedom of thought or enquiry;...
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The Oriental Herald, Volume 2

Christianity - 1824 - 662 pages
...published. Every freeman has undoubted right to lay what sentiments he pleases before the public : to forbid this, is to destroy the freedom of the press...improper, mischievous, or illegal, he must take the consequences of his own temerity." • The Court will particularly remark this passage, as it applies...
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The Oriental herald and colonial review [ed. by J.S. Buckingham]., Volume 2

James Silk Buckingham - 1824 - 662 pages
...freeman has undoubted right to lay vlmi tentiments hep/eases before the public : t .> forbid this, i» to destroy the freedom of the press ; but if he publishes...improper, mischievous, or illegal, he must take the consequences of hit) own temerity." * The Court will particularly remark this passage, as it applies...
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Oriental Herald and Colonial Review, Volume 2

James Silk Buckingham - Great Britain - 1824 - 658 pages
...published. Every freeman has undoubted right to lay wliat sentiments he pleases before the public ; to forbid this, is to destroy the freedom of the press; but if he publishes «h--t. is improper, mischievous, or illegal, he must take the consequences of his own temerity." *...
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A Treatise on the Law of Slander, Libel, Scandalum Magnatum, and False ...

Thomas Starkie - Libel and slander - 1826 - 658 pages
...authority,* that " every freeman has an undoubted right to lay what he pleases before the public — to forbid this is to destroy the freedom of the press...illegal, he must take the consequence of his own temerity ."(1) This privilege necessarily includes candid comments upon public affairs, and the mode in which...
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The Oriental Herald and Journal of General Literature, Volume 17

James Silk Buckingham - Great Britain - 1828 - 598 pages
...SfC. on his extinction of the Liberty of the Press in India, and his establishment of an Imprimatur. ' To subject the press to the restrictive power of a licenser as was formerly done, both before and after the Revolution, is to subject all freedom of sentiment to the prejudice of one man, and make...
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A Treatise on the Law of Slander and Libel: And Incidentally of ..., Volume 2

Thomas Starkie - Libel and slander - 1830 - 474 pages
...authority (o), that " every freeman has an undoubted right to lay what he pleases before the public — to forbid this is to destroy the freedom of the press...he must take the consequence of his own temerity. " On the trial of James Perry and another Qo), on an information for a libel, the attorney-general,...
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