 | 1873 - 838 pàgines
...administration of justice prevailed. A burlesque copy of verses on this town begins, " I oft have heard of Lydford Law, How in the morn they hang and draw, .And tit in judgment after." SeeWracoTT's manners were altogether assimilated to those of their countrymen.1... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1874 - 488 pàgines
...practiced at Lydford, in Devonshire , a burlesque copy of verses on this town begins — " I oft have heard of Lydford Law, How in the morn they hang and draw, And sit in judgment after." WESTCOTT'S History of Devonshire. My present country residence is in the immediate neighborhood of... | |
 | 1921 - 496 pàgines
...wood justice, "hang in haste and try at leisure." Lydford law is thus aptly defined: "I oft have heard of Lydford law, How in the morn they hang and draw, And sit in judgment after." But no matter how it may intertwine and commingle with the records of the mob family, and no matter... | |
 | Thomas Blount, William Carew Hazlitt - 1874 - 492 pàgines
...written by Mr Browne,2 and inserted in Mr Grose's Local Proverbs ; — " I oft have heard of Lidford law, How in the morn they hang and draw, And sit in judgment after ; At first I wondered at it much, But since I find the reason 's such, That it deserves no laughter.... | |
 | Thomas Blount, William Carew Hazlitt - 1874 - 512 pàgines
...written by Mr Browne,2 and inserted in Mr Grose's Local Proverbs : — " I oft have heard of Lidford law, How in the morn they hang and draw, And sit in judgment after ; At first I wondered at it much, But since I find the reason 's such, That it deserves no laughter.... | |
 | Richard Nicholls Worth - 1875 - 220 pàgines
...and quite deserved the character given to it. The date of this piece is probably 1644. OFT had heard of Lydford law, How in the morn they hang and draw, And sit in judgment after. At first I wondered at it much, And now I find their reason such, That it deserves no laughter. They... | |
 | John Smyth (of Royston, Herts.) - 1877 - 132 pàgines
...rascals, at a pinch, Should pass them red-handed to " Judge Lynch." " I've of ttimes heard of Lydf ord law, How in the morn they hang and draw, And sit in judgment after ; At first I wonder'd at it much, But, since, I've found the matter such That it deserves no laughter.... | |
 | Richard Nicholls Worth - 1878 - 160 pàgines
...after ; " to which Browne refers in his amusing stanzas in derogation of Lydford : " I oft have heard of Lydford law, How in the morn they hang and draw, And sit in judgment after. At first I wondered at it much, But now I find their reason such That it deserves no laughter." The... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1883 - 866 pàgines
...to shew that this summary method of procedure originated from merciful motives : ' I oft have heard of Lydford Law, How in the morn they hang and draw, And sit in judgment after : At first I wondered at it much ; But since, I find the reason such, As it deserves no laughter. They... | |
 | American Bar Association - 1921 - 1066 pàgines
...justice, "hang in haste and try at leisure." Lydford law is thus aptly defined : " I oft have heard of Lydford law, How in the morn they hang and draw, And sit in judgment after." But no matter how it may intertwine and commingle with the records of the mob family, and no matter... | |
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I OFT have heard of Lydford law, How in the morn they hang and draw, And sit in judgment after : At first I wondered at it much ; But since I find the reason such, As it deserves no laughter. 
