The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Band 35A. Constable, 1821 |
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... , was in those days regularly adjourned from time to time , in the same manner as is practised at this ، day in the Courts of Westminster Hall . ' · If this be a correct view of the ancient 2 History of the English Legislature . March.
... , was in those days regularly adjourned from time to time , in the same manner as is practised at this ، day in the Courts of Westminster Hall . ' · If this be a correct view of the ancient 2 History of the English Legislature . March.
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... manner . ' Thrice a year did the King wear his crown , ' when he was in England ; in Easter he wore it at Winches- ' ter ; in Whitsuntide at Westminster ; and in Midwinter at ' Gloucester : And then were with him all the great men over ...
... manner . ' Thrice a year did the King wear his crown , ' when he was in England ; in Easter he wore it at Winches- ' ter ; in Whitsuntide at Westminster ; and in Midwinter at ' Gloucester : And then were with him all the great men over ...
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... manner . A different mode of summons was introduced by Ed- ward I .; but what appears to have been the more ancient prac tice was still occasionally resorted to . In the 11th of that prince , a Parliament was held at Shrewsbury , to ...
... manner . A different mode of summons was introduced by Ed- ward I .; but what appears to have been the more ancient prac tice was still occasionally resorted to . In the 11th of that prince , a Parliament was held at Shrewsbury , to ...
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... manner the fact may be explained , how great a proportion of our an- cient boroughs are situated in the counties comprehended with- in the ancient kingdom of Wessex , including Sussex , which at a very early period of the Heptarchy ...
... manner the fact may be explained , how great a proportion of our an- cient boroughs are situated in the counties comprehended with- in the ancient kingdom of Wessex , including Sussex , which at a very early period of the Heptarchy ...
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... manner , by that very Parliament , the existence of which they have denied . The prelates , magnates , and knights , granted to the King a thirtieth , -the citizens , burgesses , and tenants of de- mesne , a twentieth of their moveables ...
... manner , by that very Parliament , the existence of which they have denied . The prelates , magnates , and knights , granted to the King a thirtieth , -the citizens , burgesses , and tenants of de- mesne , a twentieth of their moveables ...
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Seite 282 - Then — in the last gasp of thine agony, Amidst thy many murders, think of mine ! Thou den of drunkards with the blood of princes ! Gehenna of the waters ! thou sea Sodom ! Thus I devote thee to the infernal gods ! Thee and thy serpent seed...
Seite 198 - ... 1 . That the multiplicity and length of suits is great. 2. That the contentious person is armed, and the honest subject wearied and oppressed. 3. That the judge is more absolute ; who, in doubtful cases, hath a greater stroke and liberty. 4. That the chancery courts are more filled, the remedy of law being often obscure and doubtful. 5. That the ignorant lawyer shroudeth his ignorance of law, in that doubts are so frequent and many.
Seite 326 - It is a melancholy truth, that, among the variety of actions which men are daily liable to commit, no less than a hundred and sixty have been declared, by act of parliament, to be felonies without benefit of clergy ; or, in other words, to be worthy of instant death.
Seite 45 - So saying, with dispatchful looks in haste She turns, on hospitable thoughts intent What choice to choose for delicacy best, What order, so contrived as not to mix Tastes, not well join'd, inelegant, but bring Taste after taste upheld with kindliest change...
Seite 270 - ROME in the NINETEENTH CENTURY. Containing a complete Account of the Ruins of the Ancient City, the Remains of the Middle Ages, and the Monuments of Modern Times.
Seite 281 - And fill'd my swelling sails as they were wafted To many a triumph ! Thou my native earth, Which I have bled for, and thou foreign earth...
Seite 454 - I take the first opportunity of acquainting Mr. Pitt that the Wardenship of the Cinque Ports is an office for which I will not receive any recommendations, having positively resolved to confer it on him as a mark of that regard which his eminent services have deserved from me.
Seite 270 - ... original, being indeed merely another Venice Preserved; and continually recalling, though certainly without eclipsing, the memory of the first. Except that Jaffier is driven to join the conspirators by the natural impulse of love and misery, and the Doge...
Seite 315 - That man will take away all the people of Africa if he can catch them ; and if you ask him, But why do you take away all these people ? he will say, Oh, they are only black people — they are not like white people — why should I not take them ? That is the reason why I cannot forgive the man who takes away the character of the people of my country.
Seite 329 - The frequent occurrence of the unexecuted threat of death in a criminal code, tends to rob that punishment of all its terrors, and to enervate the general authority of the government and the laws. The multiplication of this threat in the laws of England has brought on them, and on the nation, a character of harshness andcruelty which evidence of a mild administration of them will not entirely remove.