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Deliciae Literariae; A New Volume of Table-Talk
Deliciae Literariae A New Volume of TableTalk Author:Joseph Robertson General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1840 Original Publisher: Simpkin, Marshall Subjects: Literary Collections / American / General Literary Collections / Essays Reference / Quotations Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text.... more » When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: Henry, -- " Charles the First, his Cromwell, -- and George the Third -- " "Treason!" cried the speaker; and Treason ! Treason! was echoed from all sides. " And George the Third," continued Henry, -- " may profit by their example." The revelations of an indiscreet biographer go far to mar the effect of this bold burst. He tells us that Henry's pronunciation was so depraved that he has been heard to say, " Naiteral parts is better than all the larnin upon yearth."1 III. A HUSBAND CANNOT SELL HIS WIFE. The provincial journals of England frequently give instances of a drunken boor driving his wife to market, placing a halter round her neck, and selling her to a neighbour for a shilling. The practice, like most others, seems to have descended to the dregs from the cream of society. In the reign of Edward I. it prevailed among persons of noble and knightly rank, as we learn from a deed still preserved, which may be thus translated: " To all good Christians to whom this writ shall come, John de Camoys, son arid heir of Sir Ralph 1 Wirt's Sketches of the Life and Character of Patrick Henry, p. 53. Philadelphia, 1838. de Camoys, greeting : Know me to have delivered and yielded up of my own free will to Sir William de Paynel, knight, my wife Margaret de Camoys, daughter and heiress of Sir John de Gatesden; and likewise to have given and granted to the said Sir William, and to have made over and quit-claimed all goods and chattels which the said Margaret has or m...« less