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" ... gratify their desire. But if any one was conscious of injustice on his side in the suit, though by law and agreement he was compelled, however reluctant, to go before the king, yet with his own good will he never would consent to go. For he knew,... "
The Life and Times of Alfred the Great - Page 332
by John Allen Giles - 1848 - 417 pages
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The Moderate Monarchy, Or Principles of the British Constitution, Described ...

Albrecht von Baron HALLER - 1849 - 388 pages
...acquiesced in the sentence which those officers pronounced ; and sought with the greatest eagerness to carrv their causes before the king himself. " If any one,"...was compelled, however reluctant, to go before the king,yet with his own good will he never would consent to go. For he knew that m the king's presence...
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The Whole Works of King Alfred the Great: With Preliminary Essays ..., Volume 1

Alfred (King of England) - 1858 - 596 pages
...have the judgment of the king, and both sides sought at once, to gratify their desire. But if any one was conscious of injustice on his side in the suit,...with his own good will he never would .consent to go. to» he knew, that in the king's presence no part of his wrong would be hidden ; and no wonder, for...
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The Whole Works of King Alfred the Great: With Preliminary Essays ..., Volume 1

Alfred (King of England) - 1858 - 598 pages
...have the judgment of the king, and both sides sought at oncBj to gratify their desire. But if any one was conscious of injustice on his side in the suit,...with his own good will he never would consent to go. tor he knew, that in the king's presence no part of his wrong would be hidden ; and no wonder, for...
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Memorials of King Alfred: Being Essays on the History and Antiquities of ...

John Allen Giles - 1863 - 416 pages
...have the judgment of the king, and both sides sought at oncetto gratify their desire. But if any one was conscious of injustice on his side in the suit,...with his own good will he never would consent to go. 1 or he knew, that in the king's presence no part of his wrong would be hidden ; and no wonder, for...
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Great and good; or, Alfred the father of his people [by D. Alcock].

Deborah Alcock - 1864 - 170 pages
...quarrel would use every subterfuge and evasion to avoid bringing his cause before him, believing " that in the King's presence no part of his wrong would be hidden." If, as often happened, he had occasion to reverse the judgment previously given, he would send for...
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Alfred the great

Thomas Hughes - 1869 - 362 pages
...suit, though by law or agreement he were compelled to go before the King, yet with his own good-will he never would consent to go. For he knew that in...wonder, for the King was a most acute investigator when appealed to to pass sentence, as he was in all other things." But reform in his law courts was...
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Before the Conquest, Or, English Worthies in the Old English Period

William Henry Davenport Adams - 1870 - 448 pages
...own side in the cause, though by law and agreement he was compelled, however reluctantly, to appear before the king, yet, with his own good will, he never would consent to go. Well aware was he that in the royal presence no part of his wrongdoing would be concealed ; and no...
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Six Old English Chronicles, of which Two are Now First Translated from the ...

John Allen Giles - 1891 - 564 pages
...have the judgment of the king, and both sides sought at once to gratify their desire. But if any one was conscious of injustice on his side in the suit,...be hidden ; and no wonder, for the king was a most ac-utc investigator in passing sentence, as he was" in all other things. He inquired into almost all...
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Alfred the West Saxon: King of English

Dugald Macfadyen - 1901 - 450 pages
...have the judgment of the king, and both sides sought at once to gratify their desire. But if any one was conscious of injustice on his side in the suit,...though by law and agreement he was compelled, however reluctantly, to go before the king, yet with his own good-will he never would consent to go. For he...
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Select Translations from Old English Prose, Volume 10

Albert Stanburrough Cook, Chauncey Brewster Tinker - 1908 - 312 pages
...the decision of the king, and both parties hastened to carry out their engagements. But if any one was conscious of injustice on his side in the suit,...agreement he was compelled, however reluctant, to come for judgment before a judge like this, yet with his own good will he never would consent to come....
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