 No one that had any expectations from him was safe from his public contempt and derision which some of his minions at the Bar bitterly felt. Those above, or that could hurt or benefit him, and none else, might depend on fair quarter at his hands. When...  The Retrospective Review - Side 2521820Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Ernest F. Henderson - 2004 - 468 sider
...extravagant degree, in publick. No one . . . was safe from his public contempt and derision. . . . When he was in temper and matters indifferent came before him, he became his seat of justice better than any other I ever saw in his place. He took a pleasure in mortifying fraudulent... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1841 - 664 sider
...could be so great, in private, which he would not use ill, and to an extravagant degree, in public. No one, that had any expectations from him, was safe...matters indifferent came before him, he became his seat of justice better than any other I ever saw in his place. He took a pleasure in mortifying fraudulent... | |
 | R. ABERCROMBIE M.A - 1885 - 1098 sider
...to make them merry. And those fellows, abasing one another and their bettors, were a regale to him. When he was in temper and matters indifferent came before him, he became his seat of justice better than any other I ever saw in his place. He took a pleasure in mortifying fraudulent... | |
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