 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1853 - 466 pages
...right had decended to Robert de Vere as his heir male, and the De Veres as long as " I have labored to make a covenant with myself, that affection may...nobleness, but his affection stands to the continuance of a house so illustrious, and would take hold of a twig or twine thread to uphold it. And yet time hath... | |
 | 1854 - 748 pages
...greatness of the past. "I have laboured to make a covenant with myself that affection may not press on judgment, for I suppose there is no man that hath...a twig or twine thread to uphold it. And yet time has its revolutions — there must be a period and an end of all temporal things ; finis rcrum, an... | |
 | James Kent - 1854 - 728 pages
...through a regular course of descent to the time of William the Conqueror, observed, that " there was no man that hath any apprehension of gentry or nobleness,...a name and house, and would take hold of a twig or twine-thread to uphold it" (Sir W. Jones' Rep. 101. 1 Charles I.) But the lustre of families and the... | |
 | John William Wallace - 1855 - 438 pages
...tempestuous times, when the government was unsettled and the kingdom in competition. " I have labored to make a covenant with myself, that affection may...a name and house, and would take hold of a twig or twine-thread to uphold it. And yet time hath his revolution; there must be a period and an end of all... | |
 | Edward Hinchliffe - 1856 - 430 pages
...in stormy times, when the government was unsettled, and the kingdom in competition. "I have laboured to make a covenant with myself, that affection may...nobleness, but his affection stands to the continuance of a house so illustrious, and would take hold of a twig or twine thread to uphold it. And yet time hath... | |
 | Edward Foss - 1857 - 540 pages
...After describing the 500 years of unbroken lineage in the family, he exclaimed : " I have laboured to make a covenant with myself that affection may...a name and house, and would take hold of a twig or a twinethread to uphold it. And yet Time has his revolutions ; — there must be a period and an end... | |
 | Edward Foss - 1857 - 552 pages
...After describing the 500 years of unbroken lineage in the family, he exclaimed : " I have laboured to make a covenant with myself that affection may...continuance of so noble a name and house, and would tnke hold of a twig or a twinethread to uphold it. And yet Time has his revolutions ; — there must... | |
 | Alexander Crawford Lindsay Earl of Crawford - 1858 - 594 pages
...which prompted the eloquent language of Lord Chief Justice Crewe, — ' I suppose there is no man who hath any apprehension of gentry or nobleness, but...take hold of a twig or twine thread to uphold it.' But the claim of the Earl of Crawford stands on a firmer basis than mere sentiment. Without pretending... | |
 | James Kent - 1858 - 778 pages
...hath any apprehension of gentry or nobleness, hnt his affection stands to the continnance of so noblo a name and house, and would take hold of a twig or twine-thread to uphold it." (Sir W. Jones's Rep. 101. 1 Charles I.) Bnt the lustre of families and... | |
 | Mark Antony Lower - 1860 - 540 pages
...tempestuous times, when the government was unsettled and the kingdom in competition. I have laboured to make a covenant with myself that affection may...a name and house, and would take hold of a twig or a twine-thread to uphold it. And yet Time hath his revolutions; there must be a period and an end to... | |
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I have laboured to make a covenant with myself that affection may not press upon judgment ; for I suppose there is no man that hath any apprehension of gentry or nobleness, but his affection stands to the continuance of so noble a name and house, and... 
