 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 802 sayfa
...ATTRIBUTED BY PRINCE, D Hit WORTHIES 0» DEVON, TO WILLIAM BROWNE. I OFT have heard of Lydford law, How, in the morn, they hang and draw, And sit in judgment after. At first I nonder'd at it much. But since I find the reason's such, As it deserves no laughter. They... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1821 - 532 sayfa
...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 sit in judgment after: See WESTCOTT'S History of Dcvonihire. t See the acts 18 Clm. II. ch. 3. and 30 Cha. II, ch. g. against... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1821 - 534 sayfa
...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 sit in judgment after. See WESTCOTT'S History of Drvoiuhirr. t See the acts 18 Cha. II. ch. 3. and 30 Cha. II ch. 2. against... | |
 | Scottish border - 1821 - 718 sayfa
...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 sit in judgment after. See WESTCOTT'S Htstory of Dcuonilare. t See the acts 18 Cha. II. ch. 3. and 30 Cha. II. ch. 2. against... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - 1824 - 406 sayfa
...barrack, a fig for the clergy.' SWIFT. * Nicknames for niy laily. I OFT had heard of Lydford 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 find the reason such As it deserves no laughter. They have... | |
 | Nicholas Toms Carrington, Noel Thomas Carrington - 1834 - 340 sayfa
...Browne, the poet of Tavistock, bears testimony to the fact :— " I've often 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've found the matter such. That it deserves no laughter."... | |
 | William Godwin - 1835 - 436 sayfa
...which an old English poet* opens one of his shorter pieces : — I oft have beard of Lydford law, How in the morn they hang and draw, And sit in judgment after. Or, perhaps, it may more fairly be likened to the judge who always quarelled with those who had anything... | |
 | Mrs. Bray (Anna Eliza) - 1836 - 400 sayfa
...Browne's poem absolutely begins with the following allusion : — " 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 matter such As it deserves no laughter." Convinced... | |
 | Thomas Wright - 1838 - 88 sayfa
...is printed in the Topographer (vol. ii. p. 380), beginning, " I oft have heard of Lydford Law, How in the morn they hang and draw, And sit in judgment after." P. 24, I. 11, we should read, " That Wisdom." The second hand has written in the margin, opposite this... | |
 | Thomas Wright - 1838 - 84 sayfa
...is printed in the Topographer (vol. ii. p. 380), beginning, " I oft have heard of Lydford Law, How in the morn they hang and draw, And sit in judgment after." P. 24, /. 11, we should read, " That Wisdom." The second hand has written in the margin, opposite this... | |
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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. 
