| 单词 | benefit of clergy |
| 例句 | I was completely alone — without benefit of clergy — in the eerie and, at the same time, sublime Wells Cathedral in southwest England in 2016. Why early-morning walks are the best way for travelers to explore new places 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z It seems that Joseph was practicing polygamy without benefit of clergy during that time. Blood vows: Joseph Smith, Mormonism and the invention of American polygamy 2014-04-20T17:00:00Z Instead, a mixture of pragmatism and shrewdness kept Eliot and Lewes living together without benefit of clergy. The Life of George Eliot by Nancy Henry - review 2012-06-01T21:55:03Z Some of her finest moments are silent, especially when Kevin and Tiffany are in a room they shouldn’t be occupying without benefit of clergy. | New Jersey: Theater review: A Review of ‘My Wonderful Day,’ at the Two River Theater Company 2012-05-26T05:25:11Z This case is particularly interesting, because it would seem to show that “benefit of clergy” was not claimed by nuns. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z And when taken, when they had been dealt with by judge and jury, they should be hanged without benefit of clergy. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z They gibbeted the absurd opposition which his Episcopal brethren made to emancipation, "without benefit of clergy." Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z A thing, I tell thee, that was known in this England of ours, and in the exchequer, when rogues were fewer and thy ancestors were hung without benefit of clergy! A Little Wizard 2012-02-15T03:00:38.160Z Ordinary rules were not for him; he could claim the benefit of clergy. The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z Legislation then augmented its severity, and Parliament, in compliance with the wishes of the new King, passed an Act by which sorcery and witchcraft were made felony, without benefit of clergy. Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland 2012-02-06T03:00:14.350Z One hundred and sixty offences, which may be committed by man, have been declared, by different acts of parliament, to be felony, without benefit of clergy; that is, punishable with death. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z He was to die without opportunity to defend himself and without benefit of clergy. The Code of the Mountains 2012-01-07T03:00:15.050Z A certain number of offences were excluded from benefit of clergy during earlier times, and a great number during the eighteenth century, at the beginning of which the privilege was extended to all prisoners. State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2) Political and Social 2011-11-24T03:00:50.470Z That laws shall be passed making it felony, without benefit of clergy, to commit such fraud or embezzlement. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution Volume 7. 2011-11-03T02:00:18.037Z And that for the "third offence, the offender shall suffer death without the "benefit of clergy. An Oration On The Life And Services Of Thomas Paine 2011-10-12T02:00:44.510Z Two of the robbers were in a position to claim benefit of clergy; Thomas Talbot, an Irishman, was nowhere to be found; and the fourth, Richard Brerelay, escaped for the moment by turning King’s evidence. Chaucer and His England 2011-09-01T02:00:19.940Z As to a court of final appeal, the case has now come before the Pope, Guido having claimed “benefit of clergy.” The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z As a result, it came about that those who were entitled to the “benefit of clergy” claimed that disputes in which they were concerned, should be dealt with in the ecclesiastical courts. Education in England in the Middle Ages Thesis Approved for the Degree of Doctor of Science in the University of London 2011-06-30T02:00:33.287Z How absurd to preserve a law which in the progress of society has become null and obsolete! for instance, granting to a criminal "the benefit of clergy." The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 2011-06-14T02:00:20.590Z In 1722 came the Black Act which made it felony without benefit of clergy to “unlawfully or maliciously kill, maim, or wound any cattle.” The Law and the Poor 2011-05-07T02:00:30.390Z Let them have their rocky, poverty-stricken lan'; and to think of them now passin' laws that we'll be hanged "without benefit of clergy;" them are the words, aren't they? if we dare to go back. Roger Davis, Loyalist 2011-02-17T03:00:22.690Z This canon was adopted and explained by an English statute of 1276; and bigamy, therefore, became a usual counterplea to the claim of benefit of clergy. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z Arson was deprived of “benefit of clergy” under the Tudors, while an act of 8 Henry VI. c. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" Conscience!—after half drowning such a hoary-headed knave, I would have hung him up at a yard-arm, without judge or jury, and buried him in a dunghill without benefit of clergy. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 5 He pleaded benefit of clergy, and was respited, and instead of his original sentence was burnt in the hand. Curious Punishments of Bygone Days In 1698 it was enacted that those convicted of petty theft or larceny, who were entitled to benefit of clergy, should be “burnt in the most visible part of the left cheek, nearest the nose.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" The burgess, whether plaintiff or defendant, was a privileged person, and could claim in this respect a “benefit” somewhat similar to the benefit of clergy. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" He was found guilty of treason and sentenced to be boiled to death without benefit of clergy. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" By a statute of 1601 it was made a felony without benefit of clergy to receive or pay such tribute, but the practice lingered until the union of England and Scotland in 1707. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" In Virginia, benefit of clergy was a constant plea, and was recognized in all cases save, as has been said, in hog-stealing. Curious Punishments of Bygone Days Yours is a very grave offense, and the only way you can obtain pardon is by seeking benefit of clergy. With Edge Tools The history of benefit of clergy is given in Pollock and Maitland, Hist. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" This Act was finally passed on the 1st of March, 1670, punishing the spirits with death without benefit of clergy. The West Indies and the Spanish Main Stealing of slaves was made felony, without benefit of clergy. History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia For all hog-stealers, whether bond or free, there was no benefit of clergy, which was the ameliorating plea, permissible in some felonies of being able to read “clerkly.” Curious Punishments of Bygone Days The outrage created an extraordinary sensation, and in consequence a measure known as the “Coventry Act” was passed, declaring assaults accompanied by personal mutilation a felony without benefit of clergy. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" To consult, advise, or conspire, to rebel, or to plot, or conspire the death of any person whatsoever, is still felony without benefit of clergy in a slave. Dissertation on Slavery With a Proposal for the Gradual Abolition of it, in the State of Virginia If I were judge I would hang him without benefit of clergy. The Shepherd of Salisbury Plain and Other Tales "Without benefit of clergy, poor fellow," he replied seeing that it was too late to deceive her. Trusia A Princess of Krovitch In Salem men and women offenders constantly pleaded commutation through benefit of clergy. Curious Punishments of Bygone Days As for my erring brothers firm who violate the domestic sanctuary by tousled hair, tumbled linen, and muddy shoes, I deliver them over to Miss Jennie without benefit of clergy. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 93, July, 1865 Lastly, through the punishment which the law pronounces for his offence amount to death itself, he shall in many cases have the benefit of clergy, unless he has before received it. Dissertation on Slavery With a Proposal for the Gradual Abolition of it, in the State of Virginia Forgery of the Company's seal, notes, or bills was made felony without benefit of clergy. Old and New London Volume I As they were taken to Montfaucon, they kept crying “high and clearly” for their benefit of clergy, but were none the less pitilessly hanged and gibbeted. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 3 (of 25) They got up a neat little scheme called "benefit of clergy" by which they were secure from the punishment meted out to other criminals. Men, Women, and Gods And Other Lectures The sixteen refugees were forbidden to return to Canada under penalty of death without benefit of clergy. The 'Patriotes' of '37 A Chronicle of the Lower Canada Rebellion He claimed benefit of clergy, which the court granted, and he read. Bygone Punishments It was at the same time made felony without benefit of clergy to forge powers of attorney for receiving dividends, transferring or selling stock. Old and New London Volume I We shall hear more of the benefit of clergy; for after this the reader will not be surprised to meet with thieves in the shape of tonsured clerks, or even priests and monks. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 3 (of 25) Any man who could read was allowed "benefit of clergy;" in other words, his punishment was lightened or entirely omitted. Men, Women, and Gods And Other Lectures Again we have the curious history of the 'benefit of clergy.' The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice Persons found guilty of petty offences and claiming benefit of clergy were burnt on the hand. Bygone Punishments Her plea brought a new problem to the courts of Virginia for until that time no woman and no slave in the colony had ever been permitted to plead benefit of clergy. Religious Life of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century The Faith of Our Fathers Alas! the document was incomplete; it did not contain the full tale of Montigny’s enormities; it did not recite that he had been denied benefit of clergy, and it said nothing about Thevenin Pensete. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 3 (of 25) The Puritan had made an affair of gallantry felony without benefit of clergy; the comic poet represented it as an honorable distinction. Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3) The rough classification of crimes into felony and misdemeanour, and the strange technical rules about 'benefit of clergy' dating back to the struggles of Henry II. and Becket, remained like ultimate categories of thought. The English Utilitarians, Volume I. The proclamation was to the effect that any person or persons discovered robbing houses or insulting females should be shot on the spot, without trial or benefit of clergy. Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878 He was then burned in the hand with a hot iron so that the scar thereby made would be evidence against him if he should plead benefit of clergy a second time. Religious Life of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century The Faith of Our Fathers Under its clauses the going about "disguised or blackened in pursuit of game" was made felony without benefit of clergy; the punishment thereof death.—Ed. The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 1 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... It is a seven months' snow-camp, where men take their drama canned in the phonograph, their food canned, their medicine all out of one bottle, and their morals "without benefit of clergy." In Our Town He quotes Blackstone's famous statement that there were 160 felonies without benefit of clergy, and shows that this gives a very uncertain measure of the severity of the law. The English Utilitarians, Volume I. To be a murderer with benefit of clergy is but an odious and irksome privilege after all! The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851 The benefit of clergy law was early written into the Virginia code and continued in that code until after the Revolution. Religious Life of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century The Faith of Our Fathers A work so important that our statutes make it felony, without benefit of clergy, maliciously to cut down any sea-bank whereby lands may be overflowed. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. I thrust it in without benefit of clergy, hustled the earth back upon it, pounded the brick into place, and lay flat down upon the dishonored tomb. When Grandmamma Was New The Story of a Virginia Childhood Josephine sang over her work all day, and David went about his with the face of a man who is going to the gallows without benefit of clergy. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922 When Professor Keith came up to bid Miss Rangely good-bye on the eve of her departure from Harbour Hill, he looked like a man who was being led to execution without benefit of clergy. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908 "I suppose you know very well, both of you, that if you were caught, and your mission understood, you would be hung or shot without benefit of clergy," said General Woodbine impressively. A Lieutenant at Eighteen There was some wisdom as well as wit in a remark made thereupon by a member of the House in opposing the motion—"the Bishop, it seems, is to have the benefit of clergy." A History of the Four Georges, Volume I Convicted at Kingston of a house robbery, a capital crime he had the "benefit of clergy" that is, set free as a first offence. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920 They buried the Sparrows under the trees "without benefit of clergy," for ministers came seldom to that remote region. The Story of Young Abraham Lincoln Return was made felony without benefit of clergy. The History of Tasmania , Volume II The spiritual courts could inflict no corporal punishment, and the result was that many guilty persons escaped punishment at their hands, and the benefit of clergy came to mean a practical licence to commit crimes. The Cathedral Church of Canterbury [2nd ed.] A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Archiepiscopal See The practice attributed to the Chancellor of annotating his books is looked on by collectors as in the general case a crime which should be denied benefit of clergy. The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author Didn’t he steal a horse, and only save his neck by benefit of clergy? and did he ever give absolution to any young woman without making her sin over again? Peter Simple A robber or a murderer at the assizes had but to show that he possessed either of these qualifications, and he was allowed what was called benefit of clergy. Short Studies on Great Subjects Governors of states urging upon their Legislatures to make the exercise of the freedom of speech to propagate the right of the slave to freedom felony, without benefit of clergy! Memoir of the Life of John Quincy Adams. But I came to myself on my thirty-second birthday, an old maid most truly, without benefit of clergy. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 28, February, 1860 Being convicted, he claimed the benefit of clergy, and the Bishop of London, after some delay, was allowed to take possession of him on the ground that he was a clerk. London and the Kingdom - Volume I Talk about 'benefit of clergy,'" exploded the younger man; "that mediaeval bonanza isn't to be mentioned in the same week with the ministerial half-rates, donations, and hold-ups we moderns put up with. The Henchman Even the Chamber of Commerce took the benefit of clergy. Modern Eloquence: Vol III, After-Dinner Speeches P-Z The mean creature who has been writing in the Saturday Review gives us no benefit of clergy. The Cockaynes in Paris Or 'Gone abroad' To the surprise of all, the accused claimed benefit of clergy. The Black Douglas A statute was enacted declaring all witchcraft and sorcery to be felony without benefit of clergy, 33 Henry VIII. Witchcraft and Devil Lore in the Channel Islands Transcripts from the Official Records of the Guernsey Royal Court, with an English Translation and Historical Introduction The meaning of the phrase “benefit of clergy” is not perhaps very generally understood. Flowers from a Persian Garden and Other Papers Mrs. Coolahan had probably assumed that either Julia was incapably drunk, or had been dismissed without benefit of clergy; at all events she had recognised that diplomatically it was correct to change the conversation. All on the Irish Shore Irish Sketches After the nursing incident he had married her, with benefit of clergy, and the result had been hell, a living suicide, ostracism. Caste "And further," his Worship continued, "any man wearing the badge or ensign of the rioters shall himself be considered a rioter without benefit of clergy." Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756 If they do condemn me I shall claim the benefit of clergy. Heiress of Haddon I have already had the benefit of clergy, and do not need any of your sermons, excellent as I am told they are. Gladys, the Reaper The Abolitionists were, to his mind, "enemies of the human race," and the movement for immediate emancipation ought to be made a felony punishable "by death without benefit of clergy." William Lloyd Garrison The Abolitionist Whether it was without benefit of clergy I cannot say," replied the Alferez; "but I can safely aver that it was not without benefit of physic. The Exemplary Novels of Cervantes Those who claimed the "benefit of clergy" were allowed to repeat in Latin the "Miserere mei," at the beginning of the 51st Psalm, before they were executed, this becoming known as the "neck-verse." From John O'Groats to Land's End Last but not least, a commercial Port-Salut entirely without benefit of clergy or monastery is made in Milwaukee under the Lion Brand. The Complete Book of Cheese Terrible her plight; with or without benefit of clergy she dared not give herself. The Common Law "Whipping and imprisonment for the first offence, and death, without benefit of clergy, for the second." William Lloyd Garrison The Abolitionist The couple was then questioned and, if they consented, were married without the benefit of clergy. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 1 Didn't he steal a horse, and only save his neck by benefit of clergy? and did he ever give absolution to a young woman without making her sin over again? Peter Simple; and, The Three Cutters, Vol. 1-2 Larceny from the house is at this day in several cases excluded from benefit of clergy, but in others it is allowed. Lives of the Most Remarkable Criminals Who have been Condemned and Executed for Murder, the Highway, Housebreaking, Street Robberies, Coining or other offences It was a misdemeanor at English common law and made a felony without benefit of clergy by 33 Henry VIII, c. The Witchcraft Delusion in Colonial Connecticut (1647-1697) The disability of sex and of ignorance were both finally removed and all men and women admitted to benefit of clergy. Legal Status of Women in Iowa It is fortunate that I am not a despotic monarch, as I would certainly make it felony without benefit of clergy to quote a passage without giving a plain reference. Notes and Queries, Number 15, February 9, 1850 By the Common Law, all women were denied the benefit of clergy; and till the 3 and 4 W. and M., c. A Short History of Women's Rights From the Days of Augustus to the Present Time. with Special Reference to England and the United States. Second Edition Revised, With Additions. They brought him the book, to read a verse and save his neck, perhaps, by pleading benefit of clergy. Master Skylark I’d inform if he were my own son: and it’s felony without benefit of clergy!’ Wuthering Heights Alas! the document was incomplete; it did not contain the full tale of Montigny's enormities; it did not recite that he had been denied benefit of clergy, and it said nothing about Thevenin Pensete. Familiar Studies of Men and Books These claimed benefit of clergy and were branded in the hand and released. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 "Yes," said the witty fellow, "he will have one benefit of clergy, he will be exalted above the heads of the people;" at which there was a second laugh. Joseph Andrews Vol 1 "Happy for you," interrupted Power, "that it be not in Galway, where a proposal to foreclose, would be a signal for your being called out and shot without benefit of clergy." Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 1 But it was only in extremest need that he would claim that benefit of clergy. Among My Books First Series As they were taken to Montfaucon, they kept crying "high and clearly" for their benefit of clergy, but were none the less pitilessly hanged and gibbeted. Familiar Studies of Men and Books Germany professed to be a liberal and was asking Wilson for the "benefit of clergy." Woodrow Wilson as I Know Him But "benefit of clergy," as the privilege was called, might be abused. Early European History Now I do not know what benefit of clergy means, and I thought you would be so good as to explain it to me. Domestic Pleasures, or, the Happy Fire-side From many descriptions of larceny the law expressly took away the benefit of clergy: to steal a horse, or a HAWK, or woollen cloth from the weaver, was a hanging matter. The Prince and the Pauper, Part 9. So I went to the depot agent in my home town, and asked him if he would sign for me so I could have the benefits of clergy rates. Personal Experiences of S. O. Susag Twenty times a week it was pounced upon, with a "here's that d——d pillbox again!" and a loud threat, to pitch it overboard the next time, without a moment's warning, or benefit of clergy. White Jacket or, the World on a Man-of-War V. be impenitent &c. adj.; steel the heart, harden the heart; die game, die and make no sign, die unshriven, die without benefit of clergy. Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases What is the meaning of the term, benefit of clergy? Domestic Pleasures, or, the Happy Fire-side He killed two men in duels, and he would probably have been hanged, if he had not pleaded benefit of clergy. Halleck's New English Literature This frothy and frenzied Republic is at that ebb where national "extreme unction" must be administered speedily, else the sufferer will pass away from the theatre of sublunary things without the benefit of clergy. Punchinello, Volume 2, No. 35, November 26, 1870 The Internal Improvement System will be put down in a lump without benefit of clergy. Abraham Lincoln: a History — Volume 01 In the very state to which Butler belonged, benefit of clergy could be claimed, up to relatively recent times, by those who could read. A Handbook of Ethical Theory —Physiology, Part 3: name of house: a supposed ancestor and benefit of clergy. Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3 Whatever their bar sinister, the Montivertes flourished and grew rich, and a suspicion of something irregular, some high-handed disposition of the benefit of clergy, helped rather than hurt their business. The Story of Julia Page The place was full of smells that had crawled in a couple of hundred years before and had died without benefit of clergy, and had remained there ever since. Europe Revised I was second cook on a tramp fruiter; and they marooned me here early one morning, without benefit of clergy, just because I poulticed the face of the first mate with cheese omelette at dinner. Rolling Stones Referring to abolitionists, he said: "The laws of every community should punish this species of interference with death without benefit of clergy." An Anti-Slavery Crusade; a chronicle of the gathering storm Ah!" replied the Superior, in a tone of mock severity, while his eyes overran with mirthfulness, "you are a crowd of miserable sinners who will die without benefit of clergy—only you don't know it! The Golden Dog The Legislature is in session and has suffered the bank to forfeit its charter without benefit of clergy. The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 1: 1832-1843 This prelate, after finding remonstrance vain, has retorted by placing Condillac under an Interdict, depriving all within it of the benefit of clergy. Saint Martin's Summer Nor does he confine this benefit of clergy to the ministers of the Established Church. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2 When Archbishop Becket was murdered and became a martyr, "benefit of clergy" became a standard right. Our Legal Heritage Many of these small collections were for use in connexion with the schools; they were formed for the benefit of clergy and the increase of clergy. Old English Libraries When he was dying he entreated me to spare no expense that he might have every possible benefit of clergy. The Atheist's Mass The Puritan had made an affair of gallantry felony without benefit of clergy; the comic poet represented it as an honourable distinction. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2 |
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