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... common bones . But there was no divining - rod to detect the buried treasure . Only God could reveal where it was deposited ; and devout souls could but wait and pray that in time the mystery might be made known . Miracle like that ...
... common bones . But there was no divining - rod to detect the buried treasure . Only God could reveal where it was deposited ; and devout souls could but wait and pray that in time the mystery might be made known . Miracle like that ...
Pàgina 32
... common law of England is the creation of custom . The lords of manors , such of them as had courts of their own , were thus allowed in local matters to make the law what they pleased . The Abbot of St. Alban's ruled , in the name of ...
... common law of England is the creation of custom . The lords of manors , such of them as had courts of their own , were thus allowed in local matters to make the law what they pleased . The Abbot of St. Alban's ruled , in the name of ...
Pàgina 35
... common sense takes the place of enthusiasm . Their wealth comforts them , for it is an evidence of grow- ing prosperity ; and they boast of progress , though it is a progress towards death . Luxury shows only that they have thrown off ...
... common sense takes the place of enthusiasm . Their wealth comforts them , for it is an evidence of grow- ing prosperity ; and they boast of progress , though it is a progress towards death . Luxury shows only that they have thrown off ...
Pàgina 40
... common rights . Meadows had been fenced off where they had fed their cattle for centuries . The forests were made into game preserves . Ponds and streams where the farm and village lads had caught perch and pike , were now watched over ...
... common rights . Meadows had been fenced off where they had fed their cattle for centuries . The forests were made into game preserves . Ponds and streams where the farm and village lads had caught perch and pike , were now watched over ...
Pàgina 41
... common rights on meadow , wood , and pond . They claimed their privilege as freemen of returning members to Parliament ; and whereas hitherto their disputes had been heard and decided in the first instance in the abbot's courts , they ...
... common rights on meadow , wood , and pond . They claimed their privilege as freemen of returning members to Parliament ; and whereas hitherto their disputes had been heard and decided in the first instance in the abbot's courts , they ...
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