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Excerpt from The Defence of Francis, Late Lord Bishop of Rochester: At the Bar of the House of Lords, on Thursday the 9th, and Saturday the 11th of May, 1723; Against the Bill Then Depending for Inflicting Pains and Penalties on Him
I am afraid, My Lords, this little has been too much, upon a point that 'fo little needs it; but the Love of ones Country, and its ancient legal Con i'titution is an hohei't Prejudice, which every one is apt to indulgef and the Advantage of this Priviledge, every one that hears me, (i doubt not, ) is in his heart fufiiciently convinced of, and would boldly infill on it as his Birth right in any cafe of his own, where his own Property, his Reputation, his Life, or his own Liberty was in the leali concerned. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
