Quentin Durward
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Quentin Durward, a novel by Sir W.
Scott, published 1823. Set in 5th-cent. France and Burgundy, it was Scott's first venture onto the mainland of Europe, and his story of a young Scots soldier of fortune serving in the guard of Louis XI.
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'A nation of freemen, a polite and commercial people.' (Sir William Blackstone on 18th-Century English society) (Column)
Magazine article from: The Magazine Antiques; 6/1/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...easiest who have learn'd to dance." The commerce of which Blackstone wrote dramatically increased wealth and improved living standards...only too glad to spend on becoming gentlemen. Those to whom Blackstone addressed his Commentaries were certainly "polite and commercial...
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Rediscovering Blackstone. (William Blackstone's 'Commentaries')
Magazine article from: University of Pennsylvania Law Review; 11/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...liberty did not diminish his regard for community, sharing and citizenship. I. Sir William Blackstone and the Shaping of American Law In 1753, William Blackstone delivered the first series of lectures on English law ever presented at an English...
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How would Blackstone teach today's law students with learning disabilities?: a proposal.(William Blackstone)
Magazine article from: Forum on Public Policy: A Journal of the Oxford Round Table; 12/22/2007; ; 700+ words
; Abstract Although Sir William Blackstone would not have known if he had been lecturing to students...defining their educational goals and methods. I. Introduction William Blackstone would not have known if he had been lecturing to students...
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William Blackstone and the historians: Wilfrid Prest unravels myths perpetrated by historians about the great 18th-century lawyer.
Magazine article from: History Today; 7/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...scholars seek to appropriate Blackstone's meticulously-crafted words...ownership' of the conjugal body. Sir William Blackstone judged that the man who physically...2001). But Dr (not yet Sir William) Blackstone had actually written...
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Blackstone's canvas of influence redux: did he contribute to the construction of ethics in American education law?(Report)
Magazine article from: Forum on Public Policy: A Journal of the Oxford Round Table; 12/22/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...of catalogue efficiency. "Blackstone ..." the white-haired assistant...and tickle my sinuses--"Blackstone pollen" I would come to call...section, Life of the Author: "Sir William Blackstone was born on the 10th of July...
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TOWN OF BLACKSTONE SPRANG UP FROM DAYS OF ROADSIDE TAVERNS.(FLAVOR)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot; 2/2/1997; ; 616 words
; ...11 a.m. to 7 p.m. The Blackstone Chamber of Commerce has its...changed to the more dignified Blackstone; in 1888 it was incorporated...claim it was named in honor of Sir William Blackstone (1723-1780), one of England...
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Failing to heed Blackstone: a 50 year review of tougher sentences for impaired driving in Canada and how the judiciary strives to avoid their imposition.
Magazine article from: Forum on Public Policy: A Journal of the Oxford Round Table; 12/22/2007; ; 700+ words
; I. Introduction More than 200 years ago, Sir William Blackstone recognized that: We may observe that punishments of unreasonable severity, especially when indiscriminately inflicted, have...
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Did Sir Edward Coke mean what he said?(17th Century English legal scholar on laws 'impossible to be performed')
Magazine article from: Constitutional Commentary; 3/22/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...was none other than Sir Edward Coke, the oracle...According to Hobson, it was Blackstone who said more accurately...substantially in accord with Blackstone's later enunciation...Commentaries of Sir William Blackstone. After laying down...
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-- Sir Thomas Browne (1605 ...
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 5/31/2002; 700+ words
; ...any meridian." -- Sir Thomas Browne (1605...setting for sculptor William McVey's statue of Sir...lawyers can visit Sir William Blackstone, whose legal Commentaries...colored illustration by William Blake for his "Song...
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Tessa Blackstone welcomes appointment of Lord Waldegrave as new Science Museum Chairman.
M2 Presswire; 5/9/2002; 671 words
; ...Government: Tessa Blackstone welcomes appointment...Minister, Tessa Blackstone, welcomed the Prime...Waldegrave will succeed Sir Peter Williams who...June 2002. Tessa Blackstone said: "I am delighted that William Waldegrave has accepted...
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Blackstone, Sir William
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
BLACKSTONE, SIR WILLIAM The groundwork for U.S. jurisprudence...British legal commentator Sir William Blackstone. Blackstone's Commentaries on...innocent suffer." — Sir William Blackstone In 1765, Blackstone published the...
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Sir William Blackstone
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Sir William Blackstone The famous English jurist Sir William Blackstone (1723-1780) is remembered for his Commentaries on the Laws of England, the first attempt since the 13th century to provide a comprehensive treatment of English law. William...
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Blackstone's Commentaries
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
BLACKSTONE'S COMMENTARIES A series of lectures delivered by the English jurist sir william blackstone at Oxford in 1753 and published as...the legal systems of the colonies, Blackstone's summaries rendered the legal system...
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Coke, Sir Edward
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
COKE, SIR EDWARD An influential figure...Elizabethan England as William Shakespeare, Edmund Spenser...along with those of sir william blackstone, greatly influenced U...by his friendship with William Cecil, Baron Burghley...
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Mansfield, William Murray, First Earl of
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
MANSFIELD, WILLIAM MURRAY, FIRST EARL OF William Murray, first earl of Mansfield, was an eighteenth-century English lawyer and judge who, along with sir william blackstone and sir edward coke, played an important part in molding...
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