An Historical and Statistical Account of the Isle of Man, from the Earliest Times to the Present Date: With a View of Its Ancient Laws, Peculiar Customs, and Popular Superstitions, Volume 1M. A. Quiggin, 1845 |
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Page 372 - into effect the reports of the Commissioners appointed ' to consider the state of the Established Church in ' England and Wales, with reference to Ecclesiastical ' Duties and Revenues, so far as they relate to epis' copal dioceses, revenues, and patronage...
Page 201 - I received your Letter with indignation and scorn, and return you this answer, that I cannot but wonder whence you should gather any hopes from me, that I should, like you, prove treacherous to my sovereign, since you cannot but be sensible of my former actings in his late Majesty's service; from which principles of Loyalty I am no whit departed.
Page 21 - ... if it failed in any of these qualities, the seller was to forfeit to the buyer the third part of its value. If any one stole or killed the cat that guarded the prince's granary, he was to forfeit a milch ewe, its fleece and lamb ; or as much wheat as, when poured on the cat suspended by its tail (the head touching the floor) would form a heap high enough to cover the tip of the former.
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