 | 730 oldal
...ftare, might give f.vue fparks of enfranchileittent to fuch wretched perfons as fell to their fhare, by admitting them, as well as others, to the oath of fealty ; which conferred a right of protefiion, and raifed the tenant to a iind of eftate fuperir>r to downright flavery, but inferior... | |
 | 1774 - 428 oldal
...Itate, might give fome fparks of •nfranchifement to i'uch wretched pcrfons a«fell to thti.-lkuv, by admitting them, as well as others, to the oath...fealty ; which conferred a right of protection, and railed the tenant to a kind of elhte fuperior to downright flavery, but inferior to every other condition.... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1791 - 566 oldal
...feodai ftate, might give fome fparks of enfranchifement to fuch wretched perfons as fell to their fhare, by admitting them, as well as others, to the oath of fealty ; which conferred a right of prote&ion, and raifed the tenant to a kind of eftate fuperior to downright flavery, but inferior to... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1794 - 700 oldal
...Hate, might give fome fparks of enfranchifement to fuch •wretched perfons as fell to their fhare, by admitting them, as •well as others, to the oath of fealty ; which conferred a right cf protection, and raifed the tenant to a kind of eftate fuperior to downright flavery, but inferior... | |
 | 1797 - 522 oldal
...feodal ftate, might give fome fparks of enfranchifement to fuch wretched perfons as fell to their fhare, by admitting them, as well as others, to the oath of fealty ; 3 K which MTT, then gentled of human paffions ! foft and tender are thy notes, and ill accord they... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1800 - 680 oldal
...feodal ftate, might give fome fparks of enfranchifement to fuch wretehed perfons as fell to their fhare, by admitting them, as well as others, to the oath...fealty ; which conferred a right of protection, and raifed the tenant to a kind of eftate fuperior to downright flavery, but inferior to every other conditionm.... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1807 - 698 oldal
...the Normans here, it seems not improbable, that they who were strangers to any other than a feodal state, might give some sparks of enfranchisement to...the tenant to a kind of estate superior to downright slavery, but inferior to every other condition™. This they called villenage, and the tenants villeins,... | |
 | Charles Barton - 1821 - 696 oldal
...the Normans here, it seems not improbable that they, who were strangers to any other than a feodal state, might give some sparks of enfranchisement to...of fealty; which conferred a right of protection, (the obligations of fealty being mutual), and raised the tenant to a kind of estate superior to downright... | |
 | sir William Blackstone - 1825 - 626 oldal
...Emptoret, a service could lie reserved to, or a tenure created from, anyone but the feoffor, or alienor. persons as fell to their share, by admitting them,...the tenant to a kind of estate superior to downright slavery, but inferior to every other condition m. This they called villenage, and the tenants] villeins,... | |
 | 1826 - 450 oldal
...feodal ftate, might give feme fparks of enfranchifement to fuch wretched perfons as fell to their ihare, by admitting them, as well as others, to the oath...fealty; which conferred a right of protection, and raifed the tenant to a kind of cftate fuperior to downright flavery, but inferior to every other condition.... | |
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On the arrival of the Normans here, it seems not improbable that they, who were strangers to any other than a féodal state, might give some sparks of enfranchisement to such wretched persons as fell to their share, by admitting them, as well as others,... 
