The Lives of the Chief Justices of England: From the Norman Conquest Till the Death of Lord Tenterden, Volume 1E. Thompson, 1894 - Great Britain |
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Page 229 - to throw some business in his way in the Court of Wards and Liveries,— " Lofty and sour to them that lov'd him not; But to those men that sought him, sweet as summer." Fitzjames was devotedly of this second class; and was even suspected to assist his patron in pursuits which drew upon him Queen
Page 230 - to us, he probably was not considered to have exceeded the line of his duty: and Shakspeare makes Buckingham, returning from Westminster Hall to the Tower, exclaim,— . . . " I had my trial, And, must needs say, a noble one ; which makes me A little happier than my wretched father." ' The result was, at all events, highly satisfactory
Page 355 - I do not hear yet that you have offered one word of proof against me. If my Lord Cobham be a traitor, what is that to me?" AG: " All that he did was by thy instigation, thou viper ; for I thou thee, thou traitor.
Page 117 - were originally planted by Lord Bacon, but none remain of his time. On the west side of the gardens " Lord Bacon's Mount" stood till lately, answering to his recommendation in his " Essay on Gardens "—"a mount of some pretty height, leaving the wall of the enclosure breast-high, to look abroad into the fields.
Page 363 - for they encourage themselves in mischief, and commune among themselves secretly how they may lay snares, and say that no man shall see them. But God shall suddenly shoot at them with a swift arrow, that they shall be wounded ; insomuch that whoso seeth it shall say ' this hath God done,' for they shall perceive that it is his work.
Page 372 - is such an offence as is prohibited by act of parliament. Also it was resolved, that the King hath no prerogative but that which the law of the land allows him. But the King, for prevention of offences, may admonish his subjects by proclamation that they keep the laws, and do not offend them, upon punishment to be inflicted by the law.
Page 106 - Chief Justice, assigned to hold pleas in the Court of our Lord the King before the King himself," and by other justices or " puisne judges." This was the supreme court of criminal jurisdiction, and was invested with a general superintendence over inferior tribunals. MAGNA
Page 130 - was Vice-Treasurer of Ireland, and died in 1552. An Irish earldom was conferred on the family in 1627, and in 1831 the present Earl was created a peer of the United Kingdom by the title of Baron Chaworth.
Page 389 - who was now disgracefully taking the most active part against their author, had deliberately written, — "To give every man his due, Sir Edward Coke's Reports, though they may have errors, and some peremptory and extrajudicial resolutions, more than are warranted, yet they contain infinite good decisions and rulings.
Page 349 - reforming the Church and transforming the commonwealth, and do exhibit any bills to such purpose, you receive them not until they be viewed and considered by those who it is fitter should consider of such things and can better judge of them.