The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select, Volume 4G. Berger, 1868 - Anecdotes |
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... court of justiciary , the king does not think fit to bring them to a second trial , by a court martial ; but it is his majesty's pleasure , that your lordship reprimand them as officers , in his ma- jesty's name and in the strongest ...
... court of justiciary , the king does not think fit to bring them to a second trial , by a court martial ; but it is his majesty's pleasure , that your lordship reprimand them as officers , in his ma- jesty's name and in the strongest ...
Page 72
... COURT . His majesty very early exhibited that strong ab- horrence of gaming , which he preserved during his life . It had long been a custom at the English court , as well as every other court in Europe , to celebrate twelfth day , with ...
... COURT . His majesty very early exhibited that strong ab- horrence of gaming , which he preserved during his life . It had long been a custom at the English court , as well as every other court in Europe , to celebrate twelfth day , with ...
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... courts , and that this court and the foreign ministers expected it , I thought I could not avoid it , although my first thought and inclination had been to deliver my credentials silently , and retire . At one , on Wed- nesday the 1st ...
... courts , and that this court and the foreign ministers expected it , I thought I could not avoid it , although my first thought and inclination had been to deliver my credentials silently , and retire . At one , on Wed- nesday the 1st ...
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