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" He that holdeth his lands in fee, Need neither to shake nor to shiver, I humbly conceive ; for look, do you see, They are his and his heirs for ever. "
The American Jurist: And Law Magazine - Page 5
1843
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Frank Leslie's Pleasant Hours, Volume 35

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...
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A Book about Lawyers, Volume 2

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...
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A Book about Lawyers

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...
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The Book of Modern Legal Anecdotes: The Bar, Bench and Woolsack

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...
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The Book of Modern Anecdotes: Humour, Wit, and Wisdom, American, Legal ...

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...
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The Canada Law Journal, Volume 9

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...
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The Albany Law Journal: A Monthly Record of the Law and the Lawyers, Volume 8

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...
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The Albany Law Journal: A Monthly Record of the Law and the Lawyers, Volume 8

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...
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Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of ..., Volume 6

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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Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological and Natural History Society

Shropshire Archaeological and Natural History Society (Great Britain) - Excavations (Archaeology) - 1907 - 546 pages
...you see " were ridiculed by Philip Yorke (afterwards Lord Chancellor Hardwicke) in the lines : — " He that holdeth his lands in fee, need neither to...do you see, They are his and his heirs for ever." Sir Littleton was patron of Bitterley Church, where in 1707 he set up a gallery at the west end, and...
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