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 2Estes & Lauriat, 1874 - Courts |
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... house of Bourbon Conti , a family that had suffered like others from the great social deluge of 1789 , but had retained some power over possessions a considerable portion of which , after long years of litigation , came to the wife of ...
... house of Bourbon Conti , a family that had suffered like others from the great social deluge of 1789 , but had retained some power over possessions a considerable portion of which , after long years of litigation , came to the wife of ...
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... house a poor de- pendant , until he died , and the secret was revealed . Of instructors in the lore of the Roman Catholic Church Roger had indeed no lack . There was his mother's con- fessor , who for some time lived in the same house ...
... house a poor de- pendant , until he died , and the secret was revealed . Of instructors in the lore of the Roman Catholic Church Roger had indeed no lack . There was his mother's con- fessor , who for some time lived in the same house ...
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... house of Lamerston , in the Isle of Wight . This lady was famed for her piety and charity , and it was commonly believed among the superstitious peasantry of those days that she had the power even of working miracles . When worn out ...
... house of Lamerston , in the Isle of Wight . This lady was famed for her piety and charity , and it was commonly believed among the superstitious peasantry of those days that she had the power even of working miracles . When worn out ...
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... house , and it has ever since been known by the name of " The Crawls . " Lady Tichborne was said to have threatened the downfall of the house and the extinction of the name of Tichborne if any of her successors should be wicked enough ...
... house , and it has ever since been known by the name of " The Crawls . " Lady Tichborne was said to have threatened the downfall of the house and the extinction of the name of Tichborne if any of her successors should be wicked enough ...
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... house with its two wings , as depicted in Tilberg's painting , its secret passages and quaint staircases , was pulled down to make way for the present modern mansion , the conviction that the ancient glories of Tichborne were shaken ...
... house with its two wings , as depicted in Tilberg's painting , its secret passages and quaint staircases , was pulled down to make way for the present modern mansion , the conviction that the ancient glories of Tichborne were shaken ...
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Page 218 - Neither military nor civil pomp was wanting. The avenues were lined with grenadiers. The streets were kept clear by cavalry.
Page 221 - ... in amplitude of comprehension and richness of imagination superior to every orator, ancient or modern. There, with eyes reverentially fixed on Burke, appeared the finest gentleman of the age, his form developed by every manly exercise, his face beaming with intelligence and spirit, the ingenious, the chivalrous, the high-souled Windham.
Page 218 - Heathfield, recently ennobled for his memorable defence of Gibraltar against the fleets and armies of France and Spain. The long procession was closed by the Duke of Norfolk, Earl Marshal of the Realm, by the great dignitaries, and by the brothers and sons of the King. Last of all came the Prince of Wales, conspicuous by his fine person and noble bearing.
Page 218 - There the ambassadors of great kings and commonwealths gazed with admiration on a spectacle which no other country in the world could present.
Page 219 - 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.
Page 113 - But if you have already determined of me, and that not only my death, but an infamous slander, must bring you the enjoying of your desired happiness, then I desire of God that he will pardon your great sin therein, and likewise mine enemies, the instruments thereof, and that he will not call you to a strict account for your unprincely and cruel usage of me, at his general judgment seat, where both you and myself must shortly appear, and in whose judgment I doubt not (whatsoever the world may think...
Page 113 - ... for whose sake I am now as I am, whose name I could some good while since have pointed unto your Grace, not being ignorant of my suspicion therein.
Page 113 - ... where both you and myself must shortly appear, and in whose judgment I doubt not (whatsoever the world may think of me) mine innocence shall be openly known, and sufficiently cleared. ' My last and only request shall be, that myself may only bear the burden of your grace's displeasure...
Page 221 - Fox and Sheridan, the English Demosthenes and the English Hyperides. There was Burke, ignorant, indeed, or negligent of the art of adapting his reasonings and his style to the capacity and taste of his hearers ; but in amplitude of comprehension and richness of imagination superior to every orator, ancient or modern.
Page 112 - YOUR grace's displeasure, and my imprisonment, are things so strange unto me, as what to write, or what to excuse, I am altogether ignorant. Whereas you send unto me (willing me to confess a truth, and so obtain your favour) by such an one, whom you know to be mine ancient professed enemy. I no sooner received this message by him, than I rightly conceived your meaning; and if, as you say, confessing a truth, indeed, may procure my safety, I shall with all willingness and duty perform your command.