The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art, literature, and practical mechanics, by the orig. ed. of the Encyclopaedia metropolitana [T. Curtis]., Del 2,Bind 9Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) |
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Side 419
... ought to be confirmed by parliament . If he grants a forest to a subject , on request made in the chancery , that subject and his heirs shall have justices of the forest , 2 E 2 FOR FOR 419 Now the illustrious nymph returned again, ...
... ought to be confirmed by parliament . If he grants a forest to a subject , on request made in the chancery , that subject and his heirs shall have justices of the forest , 2 E 2 FOR FOR 419 Now the illustrious nymph returned again, ...
Side 420
... parliament by 9 Henry III . offences committed therein were punished at the pleasure of the king in the severest manner . By this charter , many forests were disafforested and stripped of their oppres- sive privileges , and regulations ...
... parliament by 9 Henry III . offences committed therein were punished at the pleasure of the king in the severest manner . By this charter , many forests were disafforested and stripped of their oppres- sive privileges , and regulations ...
Side 424
... parliament of James VI . 21st of July , 1593 , changing the weekly market day from Sunday to Friday . It is now held on Saturday . During the usurpa- tion of Oliver Cromwell , a detachment of his forces , after sacking Dundee , came to ...
... parliament of James VI . 21st of July , 1593 , changing the weekly market day from Sunday to Friday . It is now held on Saturday . During the usurpa- tion of Oliver Cromwell , a detachment of his forces , after sacking Dundee , came to ...
Side 426
... parliaments would make it perpetual . This has partly been done by the statute 17 Geo . II . c . 39 ( made in the year preceding the late rebellion ) , the operation of these indemnifying clauses being thereby still farther suspended ...
... parliaments would make it perpetual . This has partly been done by the statute 17 Geo . II . c . 39 ( made in the year preceding the late rebellion ) , the operation of these indemnifying clauses being thereby still farther suspended ...
Side 428
... parliament , made felonies without benefit of clergy . By statutes 13 Geo . III . c . 52 and 59 , forging , or counter- feiting , any stamp or mark , to denote the standard of gold and silver plate , and certain other offences of the ...
... parliament , made felonies without benefit of clergy . By statutes 13 Geo . III . c . 52 and 59 , forging , or counter- feiting , any stamp or mark , to denote the standard of gold and silver plate , and certain other offences of the ...
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Side 431 - Now, where the quick Rhone thus hath cleft his way, The mightiest of the storms hath ta'en his stand : For here, not one, but many, make their play, And fling their thunderbolts from hand to hand...
Side 401 - The first time I was in company with Foote was at Fitzherbert's. Having no good opinion of the fellow, I was resolved not to be pleased — and it is very difficult to please a man against his will. I went on eating my dinner pretty sullenly, affecting not to mind him. But the dog was so very comical, that I was obliged to lay down my knife and fork, throw myself back upon my chair, and fairly laugh it out. No, sir, he was irresistible.
Side 402 - This is the excellent foppery of the world, that, when we are sick in fortune, — often the surfeit of our own behaviour, — we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon, and the stars...
Side 698 - Oft did the harvest to their sickle yield, Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke: How jocund did they drive their team afield! How bowed the woods beneath their sturdy stroke!
Side 753 - ... as it were suspended in the air, a visible representation of the Lord Jesus Christ upon the cross, surrounded on all sides with a glory; and was impressed as if a voice, or something equivalent to a voice, had come to him, to this effect (for he was not confident as to the words), "Oh, sinner! did I suffer this for thee, and are these thy returns?
Side 586 - Franchise and liberty are used as synonymous terms, and their definition is a royal privilege or branch of the king's prerogative, subsisting in the hands of a subject.
Side 430 - O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness...
Side 668 - To be no more. Sad cure ! for who would lose, Though full of pain, this intellectual being, Those thoughts that wander through eternity, To perish rather, swallowed up and lost In the wide womb of uncreated night, Devoid of sense and motion...
Side 481 - No, there is a necessity in Fate, Why still the brave bold man is fortunate; He keeps his object ever full in sight, And that assurance holds him firm and right, True, 'tis a narrow way that leads to bliss, \ But right before there is no precipice; ) Fear makes men look aside, and so their footing miss.
Side 417 - Person, as I take it, is the name for this self. Wherever a man finds what he calls himself there, I think, another may say is the same person. It is a forensic term, appropriating actions and their merit; and so belongs only to intelligent agents capable of a law, and happiness, and misery.