The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select [by] Sholto and Reuben Percy, Brothers of the Benedictine Monastery, Mont Benger, Volume 14T. Boys, 1826 - Anecdotes |
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... Election in the West of England , the sergeant brought an action against him for scandalous words he had used . He first laid his action in the County of Middlesex , by virtue of a privilege , which supposes a sergeant to be attendant ...
... Election in the West of England , the sergeant brought an action against him for scandalous words he had used . He first laid his action in the County of Middlesex , by virtue of a privilege , which supposes a sergeant to be attendant ...
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... election , and could at his pleasure increase or diminish the num- ber of members . The functions of the legislature , as thus consti- tuted , were solemnly fixed by a declaratory statute of the 15th of Edward II . , and confirmed by an ...
... election , and could at his pleasure increase or diminish the num- ber of members . The functions of the legislature , as thus consti- tuted , were solemnly fixed by a declaratory statute of the 15th of Edward II . , and confirmed by an ...
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... election of the censors , who from their office seemed most capable of making choice of men whose character was irreproachable , whose morals were pure , and relations honourable . Only particular families were admitted into the senate ...
... election of the censors , who from their office seemed most capable of making choice of men whose character was irreproachable , whose morals were pure , and relations honourable . Only particular families were admitted into the senate ...
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... election of members of the House of Commons . In the year 1604 , there was a contested election for the country of Bucking- ham , between Goodwin and Fortescue . The House of Commons declared Goodwin duly elected , when the Lords ...
... election of members of the House of Commons . In the year 1604 , there was a contested election for the country of Bucking- ham , between Goodwin and Fortescue . The House of Commons declared Goodwin duly elected , when the Lords ...
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... ELECTION EXPENCES . The following remarkable account of the economy with which members of Parliament were formerly elected , is taken from a MS . of J. Harrington , Esq . of Kelston , in Somersetshire . It is dated 1646 , and is called ...
... ELECTION EXPENCES . The following remarkable account of the economy with which members of Parliament were formerly elected , is taken from a MS . of J. Harrington , Esq . of Kelston , in Somersetshire . It is dated 1646 , and is called ...
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Page 67 - If you have tears, prepare to shed them now. You all do know this mantle: I remember The first time ever Caesar put it on; 'Twas on a summer's evening, in his tent, That day he overcame the Nervii: Look, in this place ran Cassius...
Page 36 - ... he said, who had an American heart in his bosom who would not have thrown open his fields, his barns, his cellars, the doors of his house, the portals of his breast, to have received with open arms the meanest soldier in that little band of famished patriots? Where is the man? There he stands — but whether the heart of an American beats in his bosom you, gentlemen, are to judge.
Page 87 - Tory, by which, and sometimes without any material difference, this island has been so long divided. The court party reproached their antagonists with their affinity to the fanatical conventiclers in Scotland, who were known by the name of Whigs ; the country party found a resemblance between the courtiers and the popish banditti in Ireland, to whom the appellation of Tory was affixed : and after this manner, these foolish terms of reproach came into public and general use ; and even at present seem...
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Page 39 - I take my subjects' money when I want it, without all this formality of parliament ? ' The Bishop of Durham readily answered, ' God forbid, Sir, but you should : you are the breath of our nostrils.' Whereupon the King turned and said to the Bishop of Winchester, ' Well, my lord, what say you ? ' ' Sir,' replied the bishop, ' I have no skill to judge of parliamentary cases.' The King answered, ' No putoffs, my lord ; answer me presently.' ' Then, Sir,' said he, ' I think it is lawful for you to take...
Page 113 - But know ye for certain, that if ye put me to death, ye shall surely bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and upon the inhabitants thereof: for of a truth the Lord hath sent me unto you to speak all these words in your ears.
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Page 37 - Washington and liberty, as it rung and echoed through the American ranks, and was reverberated from the hills and shores of the neighboring river — " but hark! what notes of discord are these which disturb the general joy, and silence the acclamations of victory — they are the notes of John Hook, hoarsely bawling through the American camp, beef! beef! beef!
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Page 80 - That all writs, processes, commissions, patents, grants, and other things, which now run in the name and style of the keepers of the liberty of England by authority of Parliament...