Oxford, 1920. (11) Balfour, Arthur J. Arthur James Balfour, as Philosopher and Thinker .
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

God, I’d give anything to hear him before a judge and jury.
— from Ulysses by James Joyce

nious expedient of dividing the questions of law and fact between a judge and jury, which would have enabled Plato to combine the popular element with the judicial, did not occur to him or to any other ancient political philosopher.
— from Laws by Plato

The giving of an oath before a judge and jury, or on a jury before a judge, under an unscriptural government, does not include the recognition of those as using a power deputed by God; but contemplates them as Christian men, though mistaken as to their power, yet doing what is in itself right, and which, if done by those possessed of authority from God, would be done in all things, though imperfectly, according to his will.
— from The Ordinance of Covenanting by John Cunningham

It was just like hanging candy before a baby, and Joe and Jim without a second thought accepted their offer.
— from The Trail of the Tramp By A-No. 1, the Famous Tramp, Written by Himself from Actual Experiences of His Own Life by A-No. 1

This afforded us some room to hope that she was safe, and that she might join us; but all June and July being past without any news of her, we then gave her over for lost, and at the end of July, the commodore ordered all the ships to a short allowance of bread. Nor was it in our bread only that we feared a deficiency; for since our arrival at this island we discovered that our former purser had neglected to take on board large quantities of several kinds of provisions which the commodore had expressly ordered him to receive; so that the supposed loss of our victualler was on all accounts a mortifying consideration.
— from A Voyage Round the World in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV by Anson, George Anson, Baron

'Let a rich man accuse a poor man before a justice, a jury, or a judge, and see how quick the poor wretch is condemned!
— from The Mysteries of London, v. 1/4 by George W. M. (George William MacArthur) Reynolds

Silence for a few moments, and then the lieutenant began again, just as Jerry had come to the conclusion that he could name the guests expected, one of whom was certain to be Mark Frayne.
— from The Queen's Scarlet The Adventures and Misadventures of Sir Richard Frayne by George Manville Fenn

It may be a joke, as Jack says, and some of our numerous friends may have tried to scare us, or it may be——” “Don’t say your lovely car is really stolen !”
— from The Motor Girls at Camp Surprise; Or, The Cave in the Mountains by Margaret Penrose

"When it was day, He called His disciples; and he chose from them twelve, whom also He named apostles, Simon, whom He also named Peter, and Andrew his brother, and James and John, and Philip...."— Luke vi. 13, 14 "Jesus taketh with Him Peter, and James, and John."—
— from A Life of St. John for the Young by George Ludington Weed

Note 14251 ( return ) [ See Berosus, ap. Joseph. Ant. Jud. x. 11, § 1.]
— from History of Phoenicia by George Rawlinson

Every case submitted to these courts was tried by a judge and jury.
— from The Old Roman World : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. by John Lord