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" But the queen (to the amazement of that despotic court) directed her secretary to inform him, "that she could inflict no punishment upon any, the meanest, of her subjects, unless warranted by the law of the land; and therefore was persuaded that he would... "
The constitution of England; or, An account of the English government - Page 368
by Jean Louis de Lolme - 1784 - 325 pages
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Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books, Volume 1

Sir William Blackstone - 1807 - 686 pages
...with instant death ". But the queen (to the amazement of that despotic court) directed her secretary to inform him, " that she could inflict no punishment...subjects, unless warranted by the law of " the land: and therefore was persuaded that he would not " insist upon impossibilities ?." To satisfy however...
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Liber facetiarum, being a collection of curious and interesting anecdotes

Liber - 1809 - 372 pages
...with instant death. But the queen (to the amazement of that despotic court) directed her secretary to inform him, " that she could inflict no punishment...subjects, unless warranted by the law of the land, and therefore was persuaded that he would not insist upon impossibilities." To satisfy the clamours...
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Cobbett's Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High ...

Thomas Bayly Howell - 1810 - 796 pages
...punished with instant death. But the quei n do the amazement ofthat despotic court) directed her secretary to inform him, ' that she could inflict ' no punishment...subjects, unless warranted by the law of the ' land : and therefore was persuaded that he ' would not insist upon impossibilities.' To satisfy however...
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House Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Executive Documents: 13th ..., Volume 6

United States. Congress. House - 1530 pages
...was much surprised to reeive for answer, " that the Queen could inflict no punishment upon any, ie meanest, of her subjects, unless warranted by the law of the land; and,. lerefore, she was persuaded that he would not insist on impossibilities." "he^heriff and his...
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The Constitution of England: Or, An Account of the English Government; in ...

Jean Louis de Lolme - 1816 - 602 pages
...the amazement of that despotic court, says judge Blackstone, from whom I borrow this fact) " directed the secretary of " state to inform him that she could...of her subjects, unless warranted by the law of the land."—An act was afterwards passed to free from arrests the persons of foreign ministers, and such...
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A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and ...

1816 - 776 pages
...amazement of that despotic court) directed her secretary to inform him, ' that she could i.iflict ' no punishment upon any, the meanest, of her ' subjects, unless warranted by the law of the 1 land : and therefore was persuaded that he ' would not insist 1 1 Ħi- 1 и impossibilities.' To...
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Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books, Volume 1

William Blackstone - 1825 - 572 pages
...with instant death *. But the queen (to the amazement of that despotic court) directed her secretary to inform him, " that she could inflict no punishment...subjects, unless warranted by the law of the land : " and therefore was persuaded that he would not insist upon " impossibilities y." To satisfy however...
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Commentaries on the Laws of England, Volume 1

Sir William Blackstone - 1825 - 660 pages
...with instant death *. But the queen (to the amazement of that despotic court) directed her secretary to inform him, " that she could inflict no punishment...subjects, unless warranted by the law of the land : " and therefore was persuaded that he would not insist upon " impossibilities y." To satisfy however...
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The Nautical Magazine: A Journal of Papers on Subjects Connected ..., Volume 41

1872 - 1118 pages
...to the amazement of that despotic Court," says Judge Blackstonc, who records the incident, "directed the Secretary of State to inform him that she could inflict no punishment upon any of the meanest of her subjects, unless warranted by the law of the land." It is necessary to add that,...
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Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books ; with an ..., Volume 1

William Blackstone - 1836 - 694 pages
...instant death (a-). But the queen (to the amazement of that despotic court) directed her secretary to inform him, " that she could inflict no punishment...subjects, unless warranted by the law of the land; and therefore was persuaded that he would not insist upon impossibilities (y)." To satisfy, however,...
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