 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.  The Quarterly Review - Sayfa 158editör: - 1873Tam görünüm - Bu kitap hakkında
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1849 - 696 sayfa
...Devonshire : a burlesque copy of verses on this town begins — " I oft have heard of Lydford Law, Hotr in the morn they hang and draw, And sit in judgment after." WESTCOTT'S History of Detmihire. My present country residence is in the immediate neighbourhood of... | |
 | Thomas Clifton Paris - 1851 - 312 sayfa
...of Tavistock, has given us the following humorous description: — " I've oft times 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've found the matter such That it deserves no laughter.... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1851 - 530 sayfa
...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 neighbourhood of... | |
 | John Murray (Firm) - 1851 - 324 sayfa
...of Tavistock, has given us the following humorous description: — " I've oft times 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've found the matter such That it deserves no laughter.... | |
 | 1855 - 452 sayfa
...both, we suspect, are very liable to the taunt of those who " Oft have heard of Lydford law, Where in the morn they hang and draw, And sit in judgment after." WDC ART. XI.—THE LAW OF LANDLORD AND TENANT. Being a Course of Lectures delivered at the Law Institution.... | |
 | 1856 - 586 sayfa
...following picture of the judicial proceedings at the castle : " I 've ofttimes heard of Lidford law, Where in the morn they hang and draw, And sit in judgment after." Within the castle was the prison for offenders against the stannary ; he gives the castle as bad a... | |
 | Edward Cockrem - 1856 - 280 sayfa
...as we find it recorded in the same quaint composition — " I've often heard of I/ydford Law, Where 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."... | |
 | John Timbs - 1859 - 312 sayfa
...cause, by Lidford law. A facetious ballad (Uarl. Ms. 2307) begins thus : I oft have 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's such Aa yet deserves no laughter. THE... | |
 | Thomas Clifton Paris - 1859 - 388 sayfa
...of Tavistock, has given us the following humorous description : — " I've ofttimes hoard of Lydford law, How in the morn they hang and draw, And sit in jndgment after ; At first I wonder'd at it much, But since, I've found the matter such That It deserves... | |
 | 1862 - 500 sayfa
...contemptuous disregard of justice, Browne, the Tavistock poet, exclaims, — " I've ofttimes 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 "ve found the matter such That it deserves no laughter.... | |
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