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... Property Lawyers to real property , and DEVISE . 15 the word bequeath to personal property ,. * Shakespeare a Lawyer . ( See Appendix A. ) † Lord Campbell : Shakespeare's Legal Acquirements Considered , p . 105. ( See Appendix B. ) 14 ...
... Property Lawyers to real property , and DEVISE . 15 the word bequeath to personal property ,. * Shakespeare a Lawyer . ( See Appendix A. ) † Lord Campbell : Shakespeare's Legal Acquirements Considered , p . 105. ( See Appendix B. ) 14 ...
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... personal property , namely , to the sum of one hundred and fifty pounds . If the devise be of goods ; as when the testator dooth bequeath his signet , his books , or his horse , & c . , first to one person , and afterwards to another ...
... personal property , namely , to the sum of one hundred and fifty pounds . If the devise be of goods ; as when the testator dooth bequeath his signet , his books , or his horse , & c . , first to one person , and afterwards to another ...
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... Property . Robert . Upon his death - bed he by will bequeath'd His lands to me , and took it on his death That this ... personal property , as it is applied at 'bequeath,' 'This word (legare) ...
... Property . Robert . Upon his death - bed he by will bequeath'd His lands to me , and took it on his death That this ... personal property , as it is applied at 'bequeath,' 'This word (legare) ...
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William Lowes Rushton. Sometimes to personal property , as it is applied at the present day : Orl . As I remember ... personal property : - Jaq . You to your former honour I bequeath . As You Like It , Act v . Sc . 4 . BEQUEATH ...
William Lowes Rushton. Sometimes to personal property , as it is applied at the present day : Orl . As I remember ... personal property : - Jaq . You to your former honour I bequeath . As You Like It , Act v . Sc . 4 . BEQUEATH ...
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... property , or the omitting to use that word in disposing of the personal property , or even the use of the word be- queath in disposing of the personal property , or the omitting to use the word bequeath in disposing of the real ...
... property , or the omitting to use that word in disposing of the personal property , or even the use of the word be- queath in disposing of the personal property , or the omitting to use the word bequeath in disposing of the real ...
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AIGBURTH APPENDIX bequest of soul Berlin Society Campbell's cautele under heaven chattels child civill lawe cleave commit common law Cowell custom death differeth disposing divers doth executor Faerie Queene former furor or insanitie generall hath heir heir-looms Henrie Swinburn Henry Herne the hunter honour Illustrated by Old insanitie of minde inventoried Julius Cæsar label Laertes lands Launce legacie legatarie Lex Scripta London Lord Campbell Macbeth Madfolkes maie ment Merchant of Venice Old Authors passage personal property praise province of Yorke real property Richard II Romeo and Juliet sense Shakespeare a Lawyer Shakespeare Illustrated Shakespeare's Legal Maxims SHAKESPEARE'S TESTAMENTARY LANGUAGE sick in body signification single bond souldier speak Sprachen Swin Swinburn tenements Testament and Last testator dooth testator having bequeathed testator saie thee thing thou tuition tutor Twelfth Night unthrifte unto whereof wife WILLIAM LOWES RUSHTON word bequeath word devise
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Page 26 - Methought I heard a voice cry "Sleep no more! Macbeth does murder sleep," the innocent sleep, Sleep that knits up the ravell'd sleave of care, The death of each day's life, sore labour's bath, Balm of hurt minds, great nature's second course, Chief nourisher in life's feast, — Lady M.
Page 32 - Think it no more: For nature, crescent, does not grow alone In thews, and bulk; but, as this temple waxes, The inward service of the mind and soul Grows wide withal.
Page 10 - tis his will : Let but the commons hear this testament, (Which, pardon me, I do not mean to read) And they would go and kiss dead Caesar's wounds, And dip their napkins in his sacred blood ; Yea, beg a hair of him for memory, And, dying, mention it within their wills, Bequeathing it, as a rich legacy, Unto their issue.
Page 43 - If there's a hole in a' your coats, I rede you tent it : A chield's amang you taking notes, And, faith, he'll prent it. If in your bounds ye chance to light Upon a fine, fat, fodgel wight, O...
Page 3 - Caesar loved you. You are not wood, you are not stones, but men ; And, being men, hearing the will of Caesar, It will inflame you, it will make you mad : 'Tis good you know not that you are his heirs ; For if you should, O, what would come of it ! 4 Cit.
Page 3 - Have patience, gentle friends; I must not read it : It is not meet you know how Caesar lov'd you. You are not wood, you are not stones, but men, And, being men, hearing the will of Caesar, It will inflame you, it will make you mad. Tis good you know not that you are his heirs ; For if you should, O ! what would come of it ? 4 Cit.