 | 1873 - 838 páginas
...irregular administration of justice prevailed. 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 tit in judgment after." SeeWracoTT's manners were altogether assimilated to those of their countrymen.1... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1874 - 488 páginas
...practiced at 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 neighborhood of... | |
 | Thomas Blount, William Carew Hazlitt - 1874 - 512 páginas
...written by Mr Browne,2 and inserted in Mr Grose's Local Proverbs : — " I oft have heard of Lidford 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 's such, That it deserves no laughter. " They have... | |
 | 1921 - 496 páginas
...Jed wood justice, "hang in haste and try at leisure." Lydford law is thus aptly defined: "I oft have heard of Lydford law, How in the morn they hang and draw, And sit in judgment after." But no matter how it may intertwine and commingle with the records of the mob family, and no matter... | |
 | Thomas Blount, William Carew Hazlitt - 1874 - 492 páginas
...written by Mr Browne,2 and inserted in Mr Grose's Local Proverbs ; — " I oft have heard of Lidford 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 's such, That it deserves no laughter. " They have... | |
 | Richard Nicholls Worth - 1875 - 220 páginas
...Prison, and quite deserved the character given to it. The date of this piece is probably 1644. OFT had heard of Lydford law, How in the morn they hang and draw, And sit in judgment after. At first I wondered at it much, And now I find their reason such, That it deserves no laughter. They have a castle... | |
 | John Smyth (of Royston, Herts.) - 1877 - 132 páginas
...rascals, at a pinch, Should pass them red-handed to " Judge Lynch." " I've of ttimes heard of Lydf ord law, How in the morn they hang and draw, And sit in...after ; At first I wonder'd at it much, But, since, I've found the matter such That it deserves no laughter. " They have a castle on a hill, I took it... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1883 - 866 páginas
...attempts to shew that this summary method of procedure originated from merciful motives : ' 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. They bave a castle... | |
 | Richard Nicholls Worth - 1878 - 160 páginas
...him after ; " to which Browne refers in his amusing stanzas in derogation of Lydford : " 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 now I find their reason such That it deserves no laughter." The ch., hard... | |
 | Mrs. Bray (Anna Eliza) - 1879 - 458 páginas
...Lydford Castle, for Browne's poem absolutely begins with the following allusion : — " 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 matter such As it deserves no laughter." Convinced by reading... | |
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I oft have heard of Lydford law, How in the morn they hang and draw, And sit in judgment after. 
