 | rev. William Legge - 1863 - 402 pages
...honour to the king at his departure, he remarked, "My lord, I thank you foi your hospitality, but cannot allow my laws to be broken in my sight ; my attorney must speak with you." The earl is said to have paid fourteen thousand marks as a composition for his ofl'ence. 378. The florid... | |
 | British Empire - 1864 - 352 pages
...him service on this extraordinary occasion. ' By my faith,' said the king, ' I thank your lordship for your good cheer, but I must not allow my laws to be broken in my sight.' The mean-spirited monarch accordingly prosecuted the case, and obliged his over-kind host to pay 15,000... | |
 | rev. William Legge - 1873 - 622 pages
...to the king at his departure, he remarked, " My lord, I thank you for your hospitality, but cannot allow my laws to be broken in my sight ; my attorney must speak with you." The earl is said to have paid fourteen thousand marks as a composition for his offence. The florid... | |
 | William Chambers - Great Britain - 1874 - 386 pages
...him service on this extraordinary occasion. ' By my faith,' said the king, ' I thank your lordship for your good cheer, but I must not allow my laws to be broken in my sight.' The mean-spirited monarch accordingly prosecuted the case, and obliged his over-kind host to pay 15,000... | |
 | Francis Armstrong Power - Bible - 1879 - 668 pages
...earl replied that they were retainers in livery to do honour to him (the king). The king exclaimed, "My Lord, I thank you for your good cheer. But I must not endure to have my laws broken in my sight. My attorney must speak with you." The earl was fined fifteen... | |
 | David Hume - 1882 - 494 pages
...know I am honored with your majesty's presence." The king started a little, and said, " By my faith, my lord, I thank you for your good cheer, but I must...must speak with you." Oxford is said to have paid no less than fifteen thousand marks, as a composition for his offence. The increase of the arts, more... | |
 | Robert Freke Gould - Freemasonry - 1883 - 298 pages
...and retainers wearing liveries and badges, Henry thanked him for his good cheer, but said, " I cannot allow my laws to be broken in my sight, my attorney must speak with you." 3 His regard for the laws tended, in this instance — to what Blackstone holds to have been the great... | |
 | Thomas Mackay - England - 1889 - 328 pages
...him at his castle of Heningham, ' By my faith, my lord, I thank you for your good cheer, but I cannot allow my laws to be broken in my sight. My attorney...speak with you.' Oxford is said to have paid 15,000 marks for this offence. The fall of the feudal nobility gave an opening for the rise of the lower classes... | |
 | Thomas Mackay - England - 1889 - 320 pages
...him at his castle of Heningham, ' By my faith, my lord, I thank you for your good cheer, but I cannot allow my laws to be broken in my sight. My attorney...speak with you.' Oxford is said to have paid 15,000 marks for this offence. The fall of the feudal nobility gave an opening for the rise of the lower classes... | |
 | N. Capaldi, D. Livingston - Philosophy - 1990 - 246 pages
...know I am honoured with your majesty's presence." The king started a little, and said, "By my faith, my lord, I thank you for your good cheer, but I must...attorney must speak with you." Oxford is said to have payed no less than fifteen thousand marks, as a composition for his offence, (in. 76) This feudal practice... | |
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The king started a little, and said, " By my faith, my lord, I thank you for your good cheer, but I must not allow my laws to be broken in my sight. My attorney must speak with you. 
