The report of the proceedings of the Court of King's Bench, in the Guildhall, London, on the 12th, 13th, 14th, and 15th days of October : being the mock trials of Richard Carlile, for alledged blasphemous libels, in publishing Thomas Paine's Theological works and Elihu Palmer's Principles of nature, before Lord Chief Justice Abbott, and special juries.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Making of the modern world (Goldsmiths'-Kress Library of Economic Literature)
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Item Description: | An account of the proceedings of the first day only (October 12, 1819) dealing wholly with the information against Carlile for publishing the Age of reason, which work together with Paine's Examination of the passages in the New Testament quoted from the Old and called prophecies concerning Jesus Christ (published by Carlile as The age of reason, part the third) was read in court by Carlile, interspersed with comments, and thus printed in the present report (pages 38-156 and 157-202). Reproduction of original from Goldsmiths' Library, University of London. Goldsmiths'-Kress number 23669. Electronic resource. |
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| Physical Description: | xx, 203 pages ; 22 cm. |