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Page 180 - Her venerable father followed. He stood before her in speechless misery. An effort was made to speak, but his tongue clave to the roof of his mouth, and the lips quivered with excitement. She seized his hand and saluted it, and broke the silence which it was so hard to endure. ' Father, my dear father' It has pleased the great Disposer of all events, that you should commit my spirit into his hands.
Page 91 - Again, if the jurors returned by the sheriff in the first instance declared in open court that they knew nothing of the matter in question, others were summoned who were better acquainted with it. (Glanville, lib. ii. cap. 17.) They might be excepted against by the parties upon the same grounds as witnesses in the Court Christian. They were punished for perjury if they gave a...
Page 19 - Marquis was earnest in his effort to get the fleet ready, and the mortification of the latter was so great that he took to his bed and died in February, 1588.
Page 172 - But Berne was taken, and the cause lost, before any efficient force could be organized. Fellenberg was proscribed, a price was set upon his head, and he was compelled to fly to Germany. At this time, he sent some of his funds to the U.
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