Dictionary of Dates, and Universal Reference, Relating to All Ages and Nations: Comprehending Every Remarkable Occurrence, Ancient and Modern ... the Origin and Advance of Human Arts and Inventions, with Copious Details of England, Scotland, and Ireland; the Whole Comprehending a Body of Information, Classical, Political and Domestic, from the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time |
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... persons of his own children . - Lenglet . ADULTERY , ENGLISH LAWS AGAINST IT . The early Saxons burnt the adulteress , and erected a gibbet over her ashes , whereon they hanged the adulterer . - Pardon . King Edmund punished the crime ...
... persons of his own children . - Lenglet . ADULTERY , ENGLISH LAWS AGAINST IT . The early Saxons burnt the adulteress , and erected a gibbet over her ashes , whereon they hanged the adulterer . - Pardon . King Edmund punished the crime ...
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... persons , on account of the experience that their age had given them . At the time of the Heptarchy , aldermen were the governors of provinces or districts , and are so mentioned up to A.D. 882. After the Danes were settled in England ...
... persons , on account of the experience that their age had given them . At the time of the Heptarchy , aldermen were the governors of provinces or districts , and are so mentioned up to A.D. 882. After the Danes were settled in England ...
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... persons on board ( crew and passengers , women and children ) , 102 persons must have perished by fire or drowning . 21 persons were saved by the life - boat of the ship ; 25 more were carried into Brest harbour by a Dutch vessel ...
... persons on board ( crew and passengers , women and children ) , 102 persons must have perished by fire or drowning . 21 persons were saved by the life - boat of the ship ; 25 more were carried into Brest harbour by a Dutch vessel ...
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... persons , and persons in extreme danger of death , and is done so to the present day . ANONYMOUS LETTERS . The sending of letters denouncing persons , or demanding money , or using threats , made felony by the Black Act , 9 Geo . I ...
... persons , and persons in extreme danger of death , and is done so to the present day . ANONYMOUS LETTERS . The sending of letters denouncing persons , or demanding money , or using threats , made felony by the Black Act , 9 Geo . I ...
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... persons who refused to plead in cases of felony were pressed to death by large iron weights being placed upon the breast . A person standing mute is , by the existing law , convicted , 12 Geo . III . 1771. See article Mute . ARRAS ...
... persons who refused to plead in cases of felony were pressed to death by large iron weights being placed upon the breast . A person standing mute is , by the existing law , convicted , 12 Geo . III . 1771. See article Mute . ARRAS ...
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