 | William Browne - 1772 - 650 pages
...bleffings, Earth and all. APOEM, ATT RIBUTE D -BY PRINCE, IN HIS Wortbies t/ Dmi»*, To WILLIAM BROWNE. 1 Oft have heard of Lydford law, How, in the morn, they hang and draw, And lit in judgement after. At'firfl I wonder'd at it much, But fince I find the reafon fuch, As it deferves... | |
 | Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 912 pages
...marble fall in love. A POEM, Attributed by PUHCE, in his WorthieiofD tree, TO WILLIAM BROWNE. I orr have heard of Lydford law, How, in the morn, they hang and draw, And fit in judgment after. At lirfi I wonder'd at it much. But fincc I find the reafon fuch, As it defervet... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 802 pages
...blessings, Earth and all. A POEM, ATTRIBUTED BY PRINCE, D Hit WORTHIES 0» DEVON, TO WILLIAM BROWNE. I OFT have heard of Lydford law, How, in the morn, they hang and draw, And sit in judgment after. At first I nonder'd at it much. But since I find the reason's such, As it deserves no laughter. They... | |
 | Richard Polwhele - 1816 - 746 pages
...illueiate persons. Wcstcote, in his Devonshire, has preserved some droll verses on this town. " I oft hive heard of Lydford law, .'' How in the morn they hang and draw ; " And sit in judgement after, " At first I wondered at yt much, " But since I find the reason's such " As yei deserves... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1824 - 406 pages
...charge ye. Give me but a barrack, a fig for the clergy.' SWIFT. * Nicknames for niy laily. I OFT had heard of Lydford law, How, in the morn, they hang and draw, And sit in judgment after. At first I wonder'd at it much, But since I find the reason such As it deserves no laughter. They have... | |
 | Nicholas Toms Carrington - 1826 - 280 pages
...witness, Browne, the poet of Tavistock, bears testimony to the fact : — " I've often heard of Lidford law, How in the morn they hang and draw, And sit in judgement after. At first I wondered at it much ; But tince I've found the matter such, That it deserves... | |
 | Walter Scott - English poetry - 1833 - 474 pages
...nearly a century elapsed ere their 1 A similar proverb in England of the same interpretation, is Lydfard Law, derived from Lydford, a corporation in Devonshire,...have heard of Lydford Law, How in the morn they hang aud draw, And sit in judgment after." See WESCOTI'S History of Devonshire. manners were altogether... | |
 | Nicholas Toms Carrington, Noel Thomas Carrington - 1834 - 340 pages
...but a competent witness, Browne, the poet of Tavistock, bears testimony to the fact :— " I've often heard of Lydford law How in the morn they hang and draw. And sit in judgment after, At first I wondered at it much ; But since I've found the matter such. That it deserves no laughter."... | |
 | William Godwin - 1835 - 436 pages
...mind of the way in which an old English poet* opens one of his shorter pieces : — I oft have beard of Lydford law, How in the morn they hang and draw, And sit in judgment after. Or, perhaps, it may more fairly be likened to the judge who always quarelled with those who had anything... | |
 | Mrs. Bray (Anna Eliza) - Devon (England) - 1836 - 400 pages
...the courts of Lydford Castle, for Browne's poem absolutely begins with the following allusion : — " I oft' have heard of Lydford law, How in the morn they hang and draw, And sit in judgment after ; At first I wondered at it much, But since I find the matter such As it deserves no laughter." Convinced... | |
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I OFT have heard of Lydford law, How in the morn they hang and draw, And sit in judgment after : At first I wondered at it much ; But since I find the reason such, As it deserves no laughter. 
