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"Gilbert Fenton my friend, the man who trusts me still! Poor old Gilbert! and I fancied that I loved him, that I would have freely sacrificed my own happiness for his." "And yet you betrayed him," Gilbert said in a low distinct voice. "But that may be forgiven, if you have been guilty of no deeper wrong than that.
It is further related that this promise was faithlessly broken, and the guilty Ahmed sentenced by Rodrigo to be burned alive for his crimes. The Christian historians happily acquit the Cid's memory of this barbarity; but all unite in recording the successful siege of the city, which he took in 1094.
Some have ascribed the deed to Alfonso, stating that he destroyed Strozzi on account of his passion for the latter's wife; others claim that he simply revenged himself for the favor which Lucretia had shown the poet. Recent writers who have endeavored to fathom the mystery and who have availed themselves of authentic records of the time regard Alfonso as the guilty one.
If I am accused of extending every possible indulgence to the unfortunate emigrants, I plead guilty; and, far from wishing to defend myself against the charge, I consider it honourable to me. But I defy any one of them to say that I betrayed in their favour the interests with which I was entrusted.
'If I can't make up? The colour flooded into his face, as though, far within, something stirred 'like a guilty thing surprised. But he said tenderly: 'I don't care that, Beryl' he snapped his fingers 'for Mannering in comparison with you. Her breath fluttered a little, but she went on resolutely. 'But I must say it I must tell you what I feel. It seems the right opportunity.
Christy rather sympathized with him in his contempt for the one who was only nominally his superior, though that could not excuse the breach of good manners of which he had been guilty, whether in the old or the new navy. He felt that Mr. Galvinne was a man of ability, and that he was the only person whom he had to fear in carrying out his plan for the recovery of the vessel.
Then followed the sentence in this form: "The court, having found the prisoner guilty of all the charges preferred against him, and in consequence of his previous very bad character, do now sentence the prisoner to be shot to death by musketry." Here the officer paused; the prisoner was very pale and trembling.
But it is perfectly well settled at common law that "Not guilty" only denies the act. /2/ Next comes the argument from authority. I will begin with an early and important case. /3/ It was trespass quare clausum. And on demurrer judgment was given for the plaintiff. The plaintiff's counsel put cases which have been often repeated.
I said he had been guilty of no hostile indications, and that the chief fault I had to find with him was his exceeding familiarity in mentioning himself before the King, saying, "I and the King." "Go on," said Her Majesty; "give us the whole as it occurred, and let us form our own conclusions." "Yes," cried the Princess, "parlate sciolto."
President of the United States, did then and there commit and was guilty of a high misdemeanor in office.
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