Memories of Westminster Hall: A Collection of Interesting Incidents, Anecdotes and Historical Sketches, Relating to Westminster Hall, Its Famous Judges and Lawyers and Its Great Trials, Volume 1J. Cockcroft, 1874 - Courts |
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... observe all these things , as I am a man and a Christian , and a knight , and a crowned . and anointed king . " It is possible Henry may have been sincere at the moment , but how indifferently he kept his solemn oath , history has left ...
... observe all these things , as I am a man and a Christian , and a knight , and a crowned . and anointed king . " It is possible Henry may have been sincere at the moment , but how indifferently he kept his solemn oath , history has left ...
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... observation , but Charles no sooner entered the box than he tore it down with his own hands . The queen and her ladies , we are told , were observed constantly taking notes during the trial . Beneath the throne , on seats covered with ...
... observation , but Charles no sooner entered the box than he tore it down with his own hands . The queen and her ladies , we are told , were observed constantly taking notes during the trial . Beneath the throne , on seats covered with ...
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... observed to smile . During the proceedings , a well - known incident oc- curred , which created a considerable sensation in the hall . The name of Fairfax , the Lord General , being called over , and no answer being returned , a female ...
... observed to smile . During the proceedings , a well - known incident oc- curred , which created a considerable sensation in the hall . The name of Fairfax , the Lord General , being called over , and no answer being returned , a female ...
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... observed to be unac- countably rent ; and in one of the London churches , a window , in which the royal arms were beautifully painted , fell down without any apparent cause . But that which was considered in the last degree ominous ...
... observed to be unac- countably rent ; and in one of the London churches , a window , in which the royal arms were beautifully painted , fell down without any apparent cause . But that which was considered in the last degree ominous ...
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... observed ) the gentleman of the black rod was commanded to bring in his prisoner . Elizabeth , calling herself Duchess dowager of Kingston , walked in , led by black rod and Mr. La Roche , curtseying profoundly to her judges . The peers ...
... observed ) the gentleman of the black rod was commanded to bring in his prisoner . Elizabeth , calling herself Duchess dowager of Kingston , walked in , led by black rod and Mr. La Roche , curtseying profoundly to her judges . The peers ...
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Page 79 - The place was worthy of such a trial. It was the great hall of William Rufus, the hall which had resounded with acclamations at the inauguration of thirty kings, the hall which had witnessed the just sentence of Bacon and the just absolution of Somers, the hall where the eloquence of...
Page 32 - Now mark me how I will undo myself: I give this heavy weight from off my head, And this unwieldy sceptre from my hand, The pride of kingly sway from out my heart; With mine own tears I wash away my balm, With mine own hands I give away my crown, With mine own tongue deny my sacred state, With mine own breath release all duteous oaths; All pomp and majesty I do forswear; My manors, rents, revenues, I forgo; My acts, decrees, and statutes, I deny.
Page 81 - ... bar, and bent his knee. The culprit was indeed not unworthy of that great presence. He had ruled an extensive and populous country, had made laws and treaties, had sent forth armies, had set up and pulled down princes. And in his high place he had so borne himself, that all had feared him, that most had loved him, and that hatred itself could deny him no title to glory, except virtue. He looked like a great man, and not like a bad man.
Page 51 - My lords, I have now troubled your lordships a great deal longer than I should have done. Were it not for the interest of these pledges, which a saint in heaven left me, I should be loth...
Page 77 - There was a great deal of ceremony, a great deal of splendour, and a great deal of nonsense ; they adjourned upon the most foolish pretences imaginable, and did nothing with such an air of business as was truly ridiculous. I forgot to tell you the Duchess was taken ill, but performed it badly.
Page 135 - House, as Keeper of the Great Seal, as Guardian of his Majesty's Conscience, as Lord High Chancellor of England ; nay, even in that character alone in which the noble Duke would think it an affront to be considered...
Page 69 - I really feel for the prisoners!" old Issachar replied, "Feel for them! pray, if they had succeeded, what would have become of all us?" When my Lady Townshend heard her husband vote, she said, "I always knew my Lord was guilty, but I never thought he would own it upon his honour.
Page 80 - ... as has rarely excited the fears or the emulation of an orator. There were gathered together, from all parts of a great, free, enlightened, and prosperous empire, grace and female loveliness, wit and learning, the representatives of every science and of every art. There were seated round the Queen the fair-haired young daughters of the house of Brunswick.
Page 219 - That he shall never sit in Parliament, nor come within the verge of the Court.
Page 81 - Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. The sergeants made proclamation. Hastings advanced to the bar, and bent his knee. The culprit was, indeed, not unworthy of that great presence. He had ruled an extensive and populous country, had made laws and treaties, had sent forth armies, had set up and pulled down princes.