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" ... he directly inverted ; and proved, by two or three persons of credit, that he said (and the occasion made it probable, being upon the business of knighthood, which was understood to be a legal tax) ' the little finger of the law was heavier than the... "
Advice on the Study of Law: With Directions for the Choice of Books, and ... - Page 34
by William Wright - 1811 - 167 pages
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Eunomus: or, Dialogues concerning the law and constitution of ..., Volume 4

Edward Wynne - Constitutional law - 1785 - 242 pages
...Mentioned in the fame paflage in Tully de Oratore, as the paflage above cited, page 48, Page 61. line 12. The little finger of the law was heavier than the loins of the prerogative.'} Alluding to a remarkable and fa* tal faying of Lord Stafford's, taken notice of in Lord Clarendon's...
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The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Volume 1

Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - Great Britain - 1807 - 500 pages
...made it probable, being upon the bufinefs of knighthood, which was underftood to be a legal tax) " the " little finger of the law was heavier than the loins " of the prerogative ;" that impofition for knighthood amounting to a much higher rate, than any act of the prerogative...
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The history of the rebellion and civil wars in England to which is added an ...

Edward Hyde (1st earl of Clarendon.) - 1826 - 624 pages
...made it probable, being upon the business of knighthood, which was understood to be a legal tax) " the little finger of the law was heavier than the " loins of the prerogative ;" that imposition for knighthood amounting to a much higher rate, than any act of the prerogative...
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The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Volume 1

Edward Hyde (1st earl of Clarendon.), Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - Great Britain - 1839 - 516 pages
...made it probable, being upon the business of knighthood, which was understood to be a legal tax) " the little finger of the " law was heavier than the loins of the preroga" tive ;" that imposition for knighthood amounting to a much higher rate, than any act of the...
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The Personal Government of Charles I.: A History of England from ..., Volume 1

Samuel Rawson Gardiner - Great Britain - 1877 - 406 pages
...sum which would be exacted as a tine by the Court of Exchequer from those who refused to compound. The little finger of the law was heavier than the loins of the King.2 Oct. Foulis was left to feel the weight of the loins of the King. He tried to curry favour with...
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History of England from the Accession of James I. to the Outbreak of the ...

Samuel Rawson Gardiner - Great Britain - 1884 - 434 pages
...sum which would be exacted as a fine by the Court of Exchequer from those who refused to compound. The little finger of the law was heavier than the loins of the King.8 Foulis was left to feel the weight of the loins of the King. He attempted indeed to seek an...
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History of England from the Accession of James I. to the Outbreak ..., Volume 7

Samuel Rawson Gardiner - Great Britain - 1886 - 414 pages
...sum which would be exacted as a fine by the Court of Exchequer from those who refused to compound. The little finger of the law was heavier than the loins of the King. 2 Foulis was left to feel the weight of the loins of the King. He attempted indeed to seek an...
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The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England Begun in ..., Volume 1

Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - Great Britain - 1888 - 664 pages
...made it probable, being upon the business of knighthood, which was understood to be a legal tax) ' the little finger of the law was heavier than the loins of the prerogative ; ' that imposition for knighthood amounting to a much higher rate than any act of the prerogative...
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Characters and Episodes of the Great Rebellion

Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - Literary Criticism - 1889 - 398 pages
...made it probable, being upon the business of knighthood, which was understood to be a legal tax) ' the little finger of the law was heavier than the loins of the prerogative ; ' that imposition for knighthood amounting to a much higher rate, than any act of the prerogative...
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History of England from the Accession of James I. to the Outbreak of the ...

Samuel Rawson Gardiner - Great Britain - 1899 - 476 pages
...sum which would be exacted as a fine by the Court of Exchequer from those who refused to compound. The little finger of the law was heavier than the loins of the King.2 Foulis was left to feel the weight of the loins of the King. He attempted indeed to seek an...
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