Prolusiones Historicæ: Or, Essays Illustrative of the Halle of John Halle, Citizen, and Merchant, of Salisbury, in the Reigns of Henry VI. and Edward IV.: with Notes, Illustrative and ExplanatoryFor the author; W.B. Brodie & Company, 1837 - 622 pages |
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... laws of hospitality will not permit him to deny admittance - let them enter -and sit down with his invited guests - and he entreats them to be content with the lowly fare set before them . When he first entered on this work it was his ...
... laws of hospitality will not permit him to deny admittance - let them enter -and sit down with his invited guests - and he entreats them to be content with the lowly fare set before them . When he first entered on this work it was his ...
Page xxi
... laws of the staple - Opinion of Henry and Anderson cited in favour , that there was a chartered Company of Merchants of the Staple -Dissent of the Author - In the numerous , and varied , statutes no such Company ever adverted to ...
... laws of the staple - Opinion of Henry and Anderson cited in favour , that there was a chartered Company of Merchants of the Staple -Dissent of the Author - In the numerous , and varied , statutes no such Company ever adverted to ...
Page xxiv
... laws — The arbitrary law spurned at by the independent John Halle — Comparison of his dress with that of the " Galante ” —The doublet of the latter - His stand- up collar - The silver Cross on his breast - John Halle not so decorated ...
... laws — The arbitrary law spurned at by the independent John Halle — Comparison of his dress with that of the " Galante ” —The doublet of the latter - His stand- up collar - The silver Cross on his breast - John Halle not so decorated ...
Page xxviii
... laws at that time - Non- compliance of John Halle with the law - Remarks on sumptuary laws - Statute against the long - toed shoe renewed in the 22d year of Edward , the Fourth- Extenuation of the disobedience of John Halle to the law p ...
... laws at that time - Non- compliance of John Halle with the law - Remarks on sumptuary laws - Statute against the long - toed shoe renewed in the 22d year of Edward , the Fourth- Extenuation of the disobedience of John Halle to the law p ...
Page 11
... laws , their manners , and customs , yet felt indeed from the increase of population , and of the social intercourse of man , the pressing necessity also of an increase of distinctive appellations . Much confusion must have of course ...
... laws , their manners , and customs , yet felt indeed from the increase of population , and of the social intercourse of man , the pressing necessity also of an increase of distinctive appellations . Much confusion must have of course ...
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