Anecdotes of the Manners and Customs of London from the Roman Invasion to the Year 1700 ...: To which are Added, Illustrations of the Changes in Our Language, Literary Customs, and Gradual Improvement in Style and Versification, and Various Particulars Concerning Public and Private Libraries ...Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1811 - 576 Seiten |
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... says , we , in common with the Gauls , employed the torture in particular cases to extort the truth ; and , all other evidence failing , recourse was had to divinations , and a species of ordeal . One circumstance mentioned by Pliny ...
... says , we , in common with the Gauls , employed the torture in particular cases to extort the truth ; and , all other evidence failing , recourse was had to divinations , and a species of ordeal . One circumstance mentioned by Pliny ...
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... say no- thing of them here : it will be sufficient to remind the reader of the remains of that people discovered in ... says , " The useful and ne- cessary art of architecture suffered no less than that of agriculture by the de- parture ...
... say no- thing of them here : it will be sufficient to remind the reader of the remains of that people discovered in ... says , " The useful and ne- cessary art of architecture suffered no less than that of agriculture by the de- parture ...
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... says , this custom prevailed in the third century . At all events , Mr. Douce asserts , no word equivalent to our wassel is to be found in any of the Teutonic dialects . Steevens and Malone say , that the wassel bowl was more ...
... says , this custom prevailed in the third century . At all events , Mr. Douce asserts , no word equivalent to our wassel is to be found in any of the Teutonic dialects . Steevens and Malone say , that the wassel bowl was more ...
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... says Selden , who before were styled Deputy Lieu- tenants ( we return to Ingulphus and King Alfred ) , he divided into two offices ; that is , into Judges , whom we now call Justices , and into Sheriffs , who do still retain the same ...
... says Selden , who before were styled Deputy Lieu- tenants ( we return to Ingulphus and King Alfred ) , he divided into two offices ; that is , into Judges , whom we now call Justices , and into Sheriffs , who do still retain the same ...
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... says , " in rhyme doggrel , will run much after this hobling rate : 66 If any English vex this Kenulph , shall I , King , condemn to me his chattels all . Thenceforth , until my Monks he satisfy , For damages , in prison , he shall lie ...
... says , " in rhyme doggrel , will run much after this hobling rate : 66 If any English vex this Kenulph , shall I , King , condemn to me his chattels all . Thenceforth , until my Monks he satisfy , For damages , in prison , he shall lie ...
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