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Pagina ix
... passing of MAGNA CHARTA . Before commencing so great an undertaking as the present , the author spent some time in that national , and truly beneficial institution , the British Museum , and perused several scarce and ancient works ...
... passing of MAGNA CHARTA . Before commencing so great an undertaking as the present , the author spent some time in that national , and truly beneficial institution , the British Museum , and perused several scarce and ancient works ...
Pagina xii
... by the Norman law , than the murder of a man . Take the whole of the civil code of laws , just before the passing of Magna Charta , and see how few and inefficient they are , compared to those which xii INTRODUCTION .
... by the Norman law , than the murder of a man . Take the whole of the civil code of laws , just before the passing of Magna Charta , and see how few and inefficient they are , compared to those which xii INTRODUCTION .
Pagina xiii
... passed during the reign of William Rufus ; and others , which were formed by Glanvil , about the time of Henry II . Many may con- sider an old book on forest laws but poor ma- terial on which to found a romance ; but the author thought ...
... passed during the reign of William Rufus ; and others , which were formed by Glanvil , about the time of Henry II . Many may con- sider an old book on forest laws but poor ma- terial on which to found a romance ; but the author thought ...
Pagina xiv
... passing the Great Charter . Further , the author considers , that in making the Outlaw Chief the terror of the Forest- keepers , and a bold defier of the laws of the chase , he has placed him in his true character xiv INTRODUCTION .
... passing the Great Charter . Further , the author considers , that in making the Outlaw Chief the terror of the Forest- keepers , and a bold defier of the laws of the chase , he has placed him in his true character xiv INTRODUCTION .
Pagina xvii
... spite of the menaces of the pope , or the threats of the king , and did more towards the passing of Magna Charta than any other individual of that age . The author had at first an intention of bringing down his work to INTRODUCTION . xvii.
... spite of the menaces of the pope , or the threats of the king , and did more towards the passing of Magna Charta than any other individual of that age . The author had at first an intention of bringing down his work to INTRODUCTION . xvii.
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Pagina 48 - DAY set on Norham's castled steep, And Tweed's fair river, broad and deep, And Cheviot's mountains lone ; The battled towers, the donjon keep, The loophole grates where captives weep, The flanking walls that round it sweep, In yellow lustre shone.
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