 | Thomas Starkie - 1826 - 658 pages
...; to hold that, even after ages are past, the conduct of bad men cannot be contrasted with that of the good, would be to exclude the most useful part of history." The malicious intention of the defendant, there/ore, to injure the family and posterity of the deceased,... | |
 | Thomas Starkie - 1830 - 474 pages
...canvassed; to hold that, even after ages are past, the conduct of bad men cannot be contrasted with that of the good, would be to exclude the most useful part of history." The malicious intention of the defendant, therefore, to injure the family and posterity of the deceased,... | |
 | 1925 - 996 pages
...person can at no time be canvassed; to hold that, even after ages are passed, the conduct of bad meu cannot be contrasted with the good would be to exclude...allowed that such publications may be made fairly ancT honestly. But let this be done whenever it may, whether soon or late, after the death of the party,... | |
 | 1861 - 624 pages
...— to hold that even after ages are past the conduct of bad men cannot be contrasted with that of the good — would be to exclude the most useful part of history.' The malicious intention of the defendant, therefore, to injure the family and posterity of the deceased... | |
 | Joel Prentiss Bishop - 1865 - 806 pages
...say, in general, that the conduct of a dead person can at no time be canvassed ; to hold, that, even after ages are passed, the conduct of bad men cannot be contrasted with good, would be to exclude the most useful part of history. And therefore it must be allowed that such... | |
 | Joel Prentiss Bishop - 1868 - 832 pages
...canvassed ; to hold, that, even after ages are passed, the conduct of bad men cannot be contrasted with good, — would be to exclude the most useful part...honestly. But let this be done whenever it may, whether soou or late after the death of the party, if it be done with malevolent purpose, to vilify the memory... | |
 | 1875 - 438 pages
...person can at no time be canvassed ; to hold that even after ages are passed, the conduct of a bad man cannot be contrasted with the good, would be to exclude the most useful part of history. * * * But let this be done whenever it may, whether soon or late after the death of the deceased, if... | |
 | John Shortt - 1871 - 846 pages
...; for, to say that the conduct of a dead person can at no time be canvassed — to hold that, even after ages are passed, the conduct of bad men cannot be contrasted with the good — would, in the words of Lord Kenyon,(fe) be to exclude the most useful part of history; " and, therefore,"... | |
 | India - 1874 - 656 pages
...say, in general, that the conduct of a dead person can at no time be canvassed ; to hold that, even after ages are passed, the conduct of bad men cannot...therefore, it must be allowed that such publications may bo made fairly and honestly. But, let this be done whenever it may, whether soon or late after the... | |
 | 1875 - 462 pages
...general," he observed, "that the conduct of a dead person can at no time be canvassed — to hold that even after ages are passed the conduct of bad men cannot be contrasted with the good — would be to exclnde the most useful part of history ; and, therefore, it must be allowed that such publications... | |
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Now, to say in general that the conduct of a dead person can at no time be canvassed, to hold that even after ages are passed the conduct of bad men cannot be contrasted with the good, would be to exclude the most useful part of history, and therefore... 
