| 1884 - 492 pages
...Certainly, my lord," said the ready barrister, and proceeded gravely to recite : " He that holdeth bis lands in fee Need neither to shake nor to shiver, • I humbly conceive.' ' for look, do yon see,' They are his and his heirs for ever." Mamma i " Why are yon always beating your doll? That... | |
| John Cordy Jeaffreson - Law - 1867 - 464 pages
...— recited the lines — " He that holdeth bis lands in fee Need neither to quake nor to quiver, 1 humbly conceive : for look, do you see They are his and his heirs' for ever." The mimicry of voice being not less perfect than the verbal imitation, Yorke's hearers were convulsed with... | |
| John Cordy Jeaffreson - Law - 1867 - 444 pages
...ever"—recited the lines^ " He that Loldeth his lands in fee Need neither to quake nor quiver, Ihumbly conceive: for look, do you see They are his and his heirs' forever." The mimicry of voice being not less perfect than the verbal imitation, Yorke's hearers were... | |
| John Timbs - Law - 1873 - 170 pages
...no denial, and Yorke, trusting to his invention, recited, with grave emphasis — "He that holdcth his lands in fee Need neither to shake nor to shiver,...do you see, They are his and his heirs for ever." Avarice was his predominant passion. It was in this way that he got the name of "judge Gripus." He... | |
| Howard Paul, John Timbs, Percy Fitzgerald - Anecdotes - 1873 - 456 pages
...excused ; but Powis would take no denial, and Yorke, trusting to his invention, recited, with grave emphasis — " He that holdeth his lands in fee Need...nor to shiver, I humbly conceive, for look, do you seef They are his and his heirs for ever." Avarice was his predominant passion. It was in this way... | |
| Law - 1873 - 410 pages
...(the Baron) but a specimen of the composition, Yorke gravely recited,—- " He that holdeth his buds in fee Need neither to shake nor to shiver, I humbly conceive; for look, do you sec, They are his and his heirs' for ever." We might here have introduced the judgment of Sir John... | |
| Law - 1874 - 440 pages
...would satisfy Sir Littleton (the baron) but a specimen of the composition, Yorke gravely recited, — " He that holdeth his lands In fee Need neither to shake...I humbly conceive ; for look, do you see, They are hla and his heirs for ever." We might here have introduced the judgment of Sir John Pratt about the... | |
| Law - 1874 - 450 pages
...the composition, Yorke gravely recited, — " He that holdeth his lands In feo Need neither to shuke nor to shiver, I humbly conceive ; for look, do you see, They are his and his heirs for ever." We might here have introduced the judgment of Sir John Pratt about the woman and her settlement, reported... | |
| John Campbell Baron Campbell - Great Britain - 1874 - 550 pages
...opening of his translation : — " He that hokleth lands in fee Need neither to quake nor to quiver, I humbly conceive ; for look, do you see, They are his and his heirs' forever." ' A knavish speech sleeps in a foolish ear. Although all others present perceived the jest,... | |
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