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" MA.Y IT PLEASE YOUR HONORS, AND YOU, GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY: I am for the prisoners at the bar, and shall apologize for it only in the words of the Marquis Beccaria: "If I can but be the instrument of preserving one life, his blessings and tears of transport... "
The National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans: With Biographical ... - Page 11
by James Herring - 1853
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The Speeches of Henry Clay: Delivered in the Congress of the United States ...

Henry Clay - United States - 1827 - 452 pages
...said the adroit advocate; and turning to the court and jury, continued his argument by observing, " may it please your honors, and you, gentlemen of the jury, I have been stating to you what I presume my adversary may urge on his side. I will now show you how...
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Legislative and Documentary History of the Bank of the United States ...

Matthew St. Clair Clarke - Banking law - 1832 - 864 pages
...said the adroit advocate;" and turning to the court and jury, continued his argument by observing, "May it please your honors, and you, gentlemen of the jury, I have been stating to you what i presunie my adversary may urge on his side. I will now show you how...
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The Life and Speeches of Henry Clay, of Kentucky, Volume 2

Henry Clay - United States - 1843 - 616 pages
...concern," said the adroit advocate ; and turning to the court and jury continued his argument by observing, may it please your honors and you, gentlemen of the jury, I have been statting to you what I presume my adversary may urge on his side. I will now show you how...
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Speeches of the Hon. Henry Clay, of the Congress of the United States

Henry Clay - United States - 1842 - 518 pages
...said the adroit advocate ; and turning to the court and jury, continued his argument by observing, " may it please your honors. and you, gentlemen of the jury, I have been stating to you what I presume my adversary may urge on his side. I will now show you how...
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The Life and Speeches of Henry Clay, Volumes 1-2

Henry Clay - Campaign literature - 1843 - 1144 pages
...concern," said the adroit advocate ; and turning to the court and jury continued his argument by observing, may it please your honors and you, gentlemen of the jury, I have been slatting to you what I presume my adversary may urge on his side. I will now show you how...
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The Life and Speeches of the Hon. Henry Clay ...

Henry Clay - United States - 1843 - 624 pages
...said the adroit advocate ; and, turning to the court and jury, continued his argument, by observing, ' may it please your honors, and you, gentlemen of the jury, I have been stating to you what I presume my adversary may urge on his side. I will now show you how...
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The Clay Code: Or, Text-book of Eloquence, a Collection of Axioms, Apothegms ...

Henry Clay - Vandenhoff, George, 1820-1883 - 1844 - 168 pages
...the adroit advocate and, turning to the court and jury, continued his argument by observing, — " May it please your honors, and you, gentlemen of the jury, I have been stating to you what I presume my adversary may urge on his side. I will now show you how...
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The Life and Times of Henry Clay, Volume 2

Calvin Colton - Statesmen - 1846 - 510 pages
...said the adroit advocate; and turning to the court and jury, continued his argument, by observing, ' May it please your honors, and you, gentlemen of the jury, I have been stating to you what I presume my adversary may urge on his side. I will now show you how...
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American Eloquence: a Collection of Speeches and Addresses: By the ..., Volume 1

American Orators - 1857 - 624 pages
...Monday evening, the fifth of March, 17704 MAT IT PLEASE YOUB HoXOKS, AND YOU, GENTLEMEN' OP THE JUBY : I am for the prisoners at the bar, and shall apologize...but be the instrument of preserving one life, his blessings and tears of transport shall be a sufficient consolation to me for the contempt of all mankind."...
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American Eloquence: a Collection of Speeches and Addresses: By the ..., Volume 1

American Orators - 1857 - 668 pages
...Monday evening, the fifth of March, 1770.J MAT IT PLEASE TOUH HONOES, AND TOU, GENTbEJtEN OP THE JUBT : I am for the prisoners at the bar, and shall apologize...but be the instrument of preserving one life, his blessings and tears of transport shall be a sufficient consolation to me for the contempt of all mankind."...
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