 | Thomas Fisher - 1776 - 246 pages
...another woman. — And when by thefe deduftions this fortune was fo fluttered and ruined, that perhaps he was obliged " to fell his patrimony, he had not even...without paying an exorbitant fine for a licence " of afienation"— Thus rigorous and oppreffive were the conditions of knight or military fervice, a tenure... | |
 | Robert Kelham - 1779 - 380 pages
...compleatly fplendid. And when, by thefe Deduftions, his Fortune was fo {nattered and ruined, that perhaps he was obliged to fell his Patrimony, he had not even that poor Priviledge allowed him, with* OUt paying as above an exorbitant Fine for a ^.icrr.ft of Alunation,... | |
 | Joseph Townsend - 1781 - 342 pages
...completely fplendid. And when, by thefe deductions, his fortune was fo Jhattered and ruined, that perhaps he was obliged to fell his patrimony, he had not even...paying an exorbitant fine for a licence of alienation." — Oppreffive as this fyftem was in the event, the claims of the feodal fovereign are more tolerable... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1791 - 566 pages
...completely fplendid. And when by thefe deductions his fortune was fo fhattered and ruined, that perhaps he was obliged to fell his patrimony, he had not even...an exorbitant fine for a licence of alienation. A SLAVERY fo complicated, and fo extenfive as this, called aloud for a remedy in a nation that boaftcd... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1794 - 700 pages
...deductions his fortune was fo mattered and ruinedj that perhaps he was obliged to fell his patrimony, ho had not even that poor privilege allowed him, without...an exorbitant fine for a licence of alienation. A SLAVERY fo complicated, and fo extcnfive as this, called aloud for a remedy in a nation that boafted... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - 1797 - 432 pages
...fplendid. And when, by thefe deduction», his foittuie was fo (hattered and ruined, that perhaps be was obliged to fell his patrimony, he had not even...exorbitant fine for a licence of alienation. A flavery fo complicated and fo cxtenfive as this, called aloud for a remedy in a nation that boaited of her... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1807 - 698 pages
...when by these deductions his fortune was so shattered and ruined, that perhaps he was obliged to sell his patrimony, he had not even that poor privilege...allowed him, without paying an exorbitant fine for a license of alienation. A SLAVERY so complicated, and so extensive as this, called aloud for a remedy... | |
 | Thomas Downes Wilmot Dearn - 1814 - 380 pages
...fortune was so shattered and ruined, that, .perhaps he was obliged to sell his patrimony, he had not that poor privilege allowed him, without paying an exorbitant fine for a license of alienation. The grievances thus established in-consequence of the feudal system, were occasionally... | |
 | sir William Blackstone - 1825 - 626 pages
...when by these deductions his fortune was so shattered and ruined, that perhaps he was obliged to sell his patrimony, he had not even that poor privilege...paying an exorbitant fine for a licence of alienation. (14) A SLAVERY so complicated, and so extensive as this, called aloud for a remedy in a nation that... | |
 | James Lyon (of Fairhaven, Vermont) - 486 pages
...writer, " by these deductions his fortune was so shattered and ruined that perhaps he was obliged to sell his patrimony, he had not even that poor privilege...paying an exorbitant fine for a licence of alienation." Let the admirers of the " olden times" look back upon this complicated system of extortion, and compare... | |
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Add to this, the untimely and expensive honour of knighthood, to make his poverty more completely splendid. And when by these deductions his fortune was so shattered and ruined, that perhaps he was obliged to sell his patrimony, he had not even that poor... 
