Liber facetiarum, being a collection of curious and interesting anecdotes |
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Shortly after the fact here related had happened , an old acquaintance of this
purging collector demanded the cause which had instigated him to adopt so
extraordinary a method ; when he confessed , that upon a former occasion he
had ...
Shortly after the fact here related had happened , an old acquaintance of this
purging collector demanded the cause which had instigated him to adopt so
extraordinary a method ; when he confessed , that upon a former occasion he
had ...
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The late lord chancellor Hardwicke , as soon as the register had called on the first
cause , upon the sitting of the court , told him he had received a letter with a bank
note of 500l . inclosed : —the letter solicited the chancellor to determine the ...
The late lord chancellor Hardwicke , as soon as the register had called on the first
cause , upon the sitting of the court , told him he had received a letter with a bank
note of 500l . inclosed : —the letter solicited the chancellor to determine the ...
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They answered , “ Yes , and those very good ones ; but if he had any cause of
importance to try , he must apply himself to sir John Meade if he hoped to carry it .
" ( said he ) let one of my fellows go and fetch him . " Your fellows ! sir Edward ...
They answered , “ Yes , and those very good ones ; but if he had any cause of
importance to try , he must apply himself to sir John Meade if he hoped to carry it .
" ( said he ) let one of my fellows go and fetch him . " Your fellows ! sir Edward ...
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The dispute ended in blows , and Mr Clifton brought an action against the captain
, which Morland , having been the cause of it , felt himself bound to defend . He
now availed himself of serjeant Cochill's kind offers , who held a brief in this ...
The dispute ended in blows , and Mr Clifton brought an action against the captain
, which Morland , having been the cause of it , felt himself bound to defend . He
now availed himself of serjeant Cochill's kind offers , who held a brief in this ...
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The lady was convicted of the crime , and pleaded her cause as well as she
could . Cn . Dolabella ( who was then Pro - consul in Asia , and before whom the
cause was brought , ) unwilling to acquit a woman of two crimes , which she had
fully ...
The lady was convicted of the crime , and pleaded her cause as well as she
could . Cn . Dolabella ( who was then Pro - consul in Asia , and before whom the
cause was brought , ) unwilling to acquit a woman of two crimes , which she had
fully ...
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