Commentaries on the laws of arrests in civil cases : as delivered to a private society of law students, in which they are deduced from their origin to the present time. And their repugnancy is shown contrary to the general good of the people. With a proposed reform |
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The deformity of the doctrine of libels : and informations ex officio, with a view of the case of the Dean of Saint Asaph, and an enquiry into the rights of jurymen, in a letter to ... Thomas Erskine |
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An elegy by a son, on the loss of a mother : written in a church-yard on his birth-day. With an introductory discourse on selfishness in sorrow |
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England's Alarm! |
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England's alarm! On the prevailing doctrine of libels, as laid down by the Earl of Mansfield. In a letter to His Lordship. By a country gentleman. To which is added by way of appendix, the celebrated dialogue between a gentleman and a farmer, written by Sir William Jones, wit remarks thereon, and on the case of the Dean of St. Asaph. By M. Dawes, Esq |
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An essay on crimes and punishments : with a view of, and commentary upon Beccaria, Rousseau, Voltaire, Montesquieu, Fielding, and Blackstone. In Which Are Contained Treatises Of the Idea of God and Religion, (as an incentive to Virtue) -Scepticism and Faith (as conducive to Knowledge) -Heresy and Toleration (as an Enemy to and a Promoter of Hapiness) -Religion in general (as a support to public Peace) Of the Progress of it since the Reformation (as productive of Liberty) -The Idea of Honour, Ambition, and Pride (as the Source of criminal Offences) And of Morality (as the Source of all Good) By M. Dawes, Of The Inner Temple, Esq |
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An essay on intellectual liberty : Addressed to the Rev. Mr. David Williams. Occasioned by his charges in a letter to Sir George Saville, Bart. Submitted To The Consideration Of The Legislature, And To All Free Enquirers Into Philosiphical, Political, And Moral Truths, Particularly Among The Dissenters And Papists, Respecting AN Universal Toleration |
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An examination into the particulars of the two last elections for the borough of Southwark : in May and November 1796; Wherein it is proved from the Spirit of the Act of King William, commonly called, The Treating Act, That the late Determination upon it by a Committee of the House of Commons was, with the best intentions, Founded In Error; With Thoughts ON The Privileges Of That House In General, And Those In Particular ON Cases Of Elections |
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Fugitive essays, in prose and verse : by Mr. M. Dawes, (author of several anonymous pieces.) To which are added, some cursory memoirs of Miss Y-g, Mrs. W-n, and Miss R-ns, of Drury-Lane Theatre |
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A letter from Mr. Dawes to John Horne Tooke, Esq : Occasioned by a part of his speech to the Middlesex freeholders, assembled by public Advertisement of the Sheriff of that County, at Hackney, on Wednesday, the 29th of May, 1782: in which An apparent Error, on a fundamental Principle of Government and Legislation, supported by Mr. Horne's Credit and Eloquence, is refuted and exploded |
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A letter to Lord Chatham, 1777: |
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A letter to Lord Chatham, concerning the present war of Great Britain against America : reviewing candidly and impartially its unhappy cause and consequence, and wherein the doctrine of Sir William Blackstone, as explained in his celebrated Commentaries on the law of England, is opposed to ministerial tyranny, and held up in favor of America : with some thoughts on government |
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The nature and extent of supreme power : in a letter to the Rev. David Williams, (author Of Letters ON Political Liberty) showing the ultimate end of all human power, and of a free government under God. And in which Mr. Locke's theory of government is examined and explained; Contrary to the general Construction of that Writer's particular Sentiments ON The Supremacy Of The People |
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Observations on the mode of electing representatives in Parliament for the city of Bristol : with a proposed reform. A view to the Bristol Election case, in MDCCLXXIV, as reported by Mr. Douglas, and the late return of Mr. Brickdale and Mr. Cruger; together with an examination into the merits of Mr. Daubeny's petition against Mr. Cruger |
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Philosophical considerations : Or, A Free Enquiry into the Merits Of a controversy between Dr. Priestly and Dr. Price, on matter and spirit and philosopical necessity, with an introductory essay on the Subject at large |
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Reflections on the natural and acquired endowments requisite for the study of the law |
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