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" It was carried by an odd artifice in the House of Lords. Lord Grey and Lord Norris were named to be the tellers. Lord Norris, being a man subject to vapours, was not at all times attentive to what he was doing ; so a very fat lord coming in, Lord Grey... "
Principles of Penal Law - Page 160
by William Eden Baron Auckland - 1771 - 300 pages
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Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books, Volume 3

William Blackstone - 1794 - 588 pages
...proves that a very formidafcle oppofjtion was made to it at that time, " It was carried (fays " he) by an odd artifice in the houfe of lords. Lord Grey and *' lord Morris were named to be the tellers, lord Norris being a " man fubjecl to vapours, was not at all times...
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Notes to Blackstone's Commentaries: Which are Calculated to Answer ..., Volume 5

Edward Christian - 1801 - 284 pages
...proves that a very formidable oppoiitioQ was made to it at that time. " It was carried (1'ауь he) by an odd artifice in the " houfe of lords. Lord Grey...were named to be «'the tellers, lord Norris being aman fubjeít to vapours, was not at " ail times attentive to what he \\~as doing, fo a very fat lord...
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The British Plutarch: Containing the Lives of the Most Eminent ..., Volume 4

Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 536 pages
...Instrument of English liberty, if we may trust Burnet, was carried in the House of Lords by a trick. " Lord Grey and Lord Norris were named to be the tellers. Lord Norris, being a man subject to vapours, was not at all times attentive to what he was doing : so, a very fat Lord coming...
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The British Plutarch: Containing the Lives of the Most Eminent ..., Volume 4

Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 532 pages
...Instrument of English liberty, if we may trust Burnet, was carried in the House of Lords by a trick. " Lord Grey and Lord Norris were named to be the tellers. Lord Norris, being a man subject to vapours, was not at all times attentive to what he was doing: so, a very fat Lord coming...
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The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select [by] Sholto and Reuben ..., Volume 8

1826 - 372 pages
...important statute, the Habeas Corpus Act. " It was carried," says he, " by an odd artifice in the House of Lords. Lord Grey and Lord Norris were named to be the tellers; Lord Norris being a man subject to vapours, was not at all times attentive to what he was doing; so a very fat lord coming...
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A thousand notable things, embracing a collection of scarce receipts, &c. To ...

Thousand notable things - 1822 - 604 pages
...important statute, the Habeas Corpus Act. " It was carried," says he, " by an odd artifice in the House of Lords. Lord Grey and Lord Norris were named to be the tellers. Lord Norris being a man subject to vapours, was not at all times attentive to what he was doing ; so a very fat lord coming...
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History of His Own Time: With the Suppressed Passages of the First ..., Volume 2

Gilbert Burnet - 1823 - 500 pages
...the 485 habeas corpus; which was indeed all they did: it was carried by an odd artifice in the house of lords. Lord Grey and lord Norris were named to be the tellers : lord Norris, being a man subject to vapours, was not at all times attentive to what he was doing: so a very fat lord coming...
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The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Volume 1

1823 - 494 pages
...opposition was made to it at that time. " It was carried (says he) by an odd artifice in the House of Lords. Lord Grey and Lord Norris were named to be the tellers ; Lord Norris being a man subjected to vapours, was not at all times attentive to what he was doing, so a very fat lord coming...
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The Encyclopedia of Anecdotes: Illustrative of Character and Events from ...

George Ramsay - 1828 - 654 pages
...important statute, the Habeas Corpus Act. " It was carried," says he, " by an odd artifice in the House of Lords. Lord Grey and Lord Norris were named to be the tellers ; Lord Xorris being a man subject to vapours, was not at all times attentive to what he was doing ; so a very...
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The History of Party: From the Rise of the Whig and Tory Factions ..., Volume 1

George Wingrove Cooke - 1836 - 636 pages
...The Habeas Corpus Act," he says, " was carried by an odd artifice in the house of lords. Lord Gray and Lord Norris were named to be the tellers. Lord Norris, being a man subject to vapours, was not at all times attentive to what he was doing'; so a very fat Lord coming...
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