Illustrations, Critical, Historical, Biographical, and Miscellaneous, of Novels by the Author of Waverley, Volume 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Browne, and Green, 1824 |
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Page 43
... monarchs , or their own persevering struggles , these evils were gradually mitigated , or finally destroyed . " The first of the alterations introduced at the 66 conquest , " says Blackstone , " " was the " separation of the ...
... monarchs , or their own persevering struggles , these evils were gradually mitigated , or finally destroyed . " The first of the alterations introduced at the 66 conquest , " says Blackstone , " " was the " separation of the ...
Page 45
... monarch , but applied also to those portions of the great possessions which William had bestowed upon his followers , and which they had granted to their immediate depend- These subfeudatories or vassals were precisely in the same ...
... monarch , but applied also to those portions of the great possessions which William had bestowed upon his followers , and which they had granted to their immediate depend- These subfeudatories or vassals were precisely in the same ...
Page 56
... monarchs to disturb " other nations with war , and which had ex- " cited the mind of Rufus to the extravagant 66 projects which his death intercepted . By " consuming the possessions , and destroying " the families , of the great barons ...
... monarchs to disturb " other nations with war , and which had ex- " cited the mind of Rufus to the extravagant 66 projects which his death intercepted . By " consuming the possessions , and destroying " the families , of the great barons ...
Page 61
... monarch , checked the growth of national improvement . Much , " says Judge Blackstone , " was done " to methodize the laws , and reduce them into a regular order ; " and four institutions may be especially mentioned , as affording ...
... monarch , checked the growth of national improvement . Much , " says Judge Blackstone , " was done " to methodize the laws , and reduce them into a regular order ; " and four institutions may be especially mentioned , as affording ...
Page 69
... monarchs , they continue to this day to be the basis of our forest ordinances . BIOGRAPHICAL ILLUSTRATIONS . Our author has sufficient authority , both from history and legend , for the portrait which he has drawn of the " lion ...
... monarchs , they continue to this day to be the basis of our forest ordinances . BIOGRAPHICAL ILLUSTRATIONS . Our author has sufficient authority , both from history and legend , for the portrait which he has drawn of the " lion ...
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