 | 1914 - 776 pages
...signed with my name. But the act of Parliament has removed all the decencies which used to prevail among gentlemen, and has given the commissioners (shrouded...situation. In obedience to the law I am ready to attend upon this degrading occasion as novel to an Englishman, and give them every explanation which they... | |
 | Minnie Clare Yarborough - 1926 - 286 pages
...(shrouded under the signature of their clerk) a right by law to tell me that they have reason to believe I am a liar. They have also a right to demand from...explanation and satisfaction which they may be pleased to require.2 1 Timbs: English Eccentrics and Eccentricities, London, 1866, Vol. II, p. 177. 2 Stephens:... | |
 | Virginia Bar Association, Virginia State Bar Association - 1900 - 422 pages
...with my name. But the act of Parliament has removed all the decencies which used to pre-. vail among gentlemen, and has given the commissioners (shrouded...situation. In obedience to the law, I am ready to attend upon this degrading occasion, so novel to an Englishman, and give them every explanation which they... | |
 | Simon R. James - 2002 - 456 pages
...their clerk) a right by law to tell me they have reason to believe that I am a liar. They also have a right to demand from me, upon oath, the particular...situation. In obedience to the law, I am ready to attend upon this degrading occasion so novel to an Englishman and give them every explanation they may be... | |
 | B. E. V. Sabine - 2005 - 298 pages
...their clerk) a right by law to tell me they have reason to believe that I am a liar. They also have a right to demand from me, upon oath, the particular...situation. In obedience to the law, I am ready to attend upon this degrading occasion so novel to an Englishman and give them every explanation they may be... | |
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Parliament has removed all the decencies which used to prevail among gentlemen, and has given the commissioners (shrouded under the signature of their clerk) a right by law to tell me that they have reason to believe that I am a liar. They have also a... 
