Transactions of the Albany Institute, Volume 10

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Webster and Skinners, 1883 - Albany (N.Y.)
 

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Page 292 - ... to establish a defence on the ground of insanity, it must be clearly proved that, at the time of the committing of the act, the party accused was labouring under such a defect of reason, from disease of the mind, as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing, or, if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong.
Page 202 - And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed ; to you it shall be for meat.
Page 43 - That first he wrought, and afterward he taught, Out of the gospel he the wordes caught, And this figure he added yet thereto, That if gold ruste what should iron do ? For if a priest be foul on whom we trust, No wonder is a lewed man to rust : And shame it is, if that a priest take keep To see a fouled...
Page 282 - Now is the winter of our discontent Made glorious summer by this sun of York ; And all the clouds, that lower'd upon our house, In the deep bosom of the ocean buried.
Page 258 - Westward the course of empire takes its way, The four first acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day : Time's noblest offspring is the last.
Page 54 - And she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked, saying, I will that thou give me, by and by, in a charger, the head of John the Baptist.
Page 118 - What need you study for new subjects, Purposely to abuse your betters ? Why could not you be contented, As well as others, With the Legend of Whittington, Or the life and death of Sir Thomas Gresham ? With the building of the Royal Exchange ? Or the storie of Queen Elenor, With the rearing of London bridge upon Woollsacks ? Pro.
Page 203 - And God saw every thing that he had made ; and behold it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
Page 123 - ... the seller was to forfeit to the buyer the third part of its value. If any one stole or killed the cat that guarded the prince's granary, he was to forfeit a milch ewe, its fleece and lamb ; or as much wheat as, when poured on the cat suspended by its tail (the head touching the floor) would form a heap high enough to cover the tip of the former.
Page 81 - And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good : and God divided the light from the darkness. And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

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