| 单词 | amerce |
| 例句 | Millions of spirits for his fault amerced Of Heaven. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z He was prosecuted, convicted, amerced in a fine, and imprisoned three months in York Castle. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z We present Nicholas Barber for smoking in the street, and do amerce him one shilling.” England in the Days of Old 2012-02-18T03:00:17.863Z It occurs, as every one knows, in the clause of the Great Charter, which says that the villain who falls into the king's mercy is to be amerced 'saving his waynage.' Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z The words achieve, agree, amerce, amount, acquit, acquaint, avow, &c. show the same prefix, derived through the medium of Old French. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) 2012-01-30T03:00:19.113Z Shall by him be amerced with penance due. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z Men were found murdered by the roadside, on heaths, and in woods; the chronicles state that “no Englishry was proved,” and the towns were accordingly amerced. Legal Lore Curiosities of Law and Lawyers 2012-01-17T03:00:20.443Z In 1801 and again in 1802 Cobbett had inveighed against a practice which thus amerced the editors of the London newspapers; but he might as well have preached to the winds. The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 2011-12-19T03:00:45.273Z There was none to women more reverent-minded, For he held his mother, and Mary, dear; If any man wronged them, that man he blinded, Or straight amerced him of hand or ear. A Book of Irish Verse Selected from modern writers with an introduction and notes by W. B. Yeats 2011-10-27T02:00:26.373Z One came whose art men’s dread of are repressed: Mangled and writhing limb he lulled to rest, And stingless left the old Semitic curse; Him, too, for these blest gifts did Zeus amerce? Sir James Young Simpson and Chloroform (1811-1870) Masters of Medicine But even in this court it was the law "that none be amerced but by his peers."—Mirror of Justices, 49. An Essay on the Trial by Jury Should the murdered woman be pregnant, the slayer is amerced as if he had killed two. Oriental Women Worst of all was Davie Graham, for having his hands upon the fines, he desired above all to amerce Gilbert Wilson, the tenant of Glen Vernock in the parish of Peninghame. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway Disputed prisoners were to be placed in the hands of the warden, and the party found ultimately wrong to be amerced in a fine of ten pounds. Border Raids and Reivers The Pepperers are first mentioned as a fraternity among the amerced guilds of Henry II., but had probably clubbed together at an earlier period. Old and New London Volume I I have been thrust into prison, and amerced in a heavy fine. Thoughts on African Colonization If he attempts to infringe the law, the neighbors take up his case; he is amerced, often to the extent of several sheep or cows, and these become the absolute property of the wife. Oriental Women "Come, master-surgeon, mend it for me; Though I would it were changed for the nails that amerced The dying thief upon Calvary." Collected Poems Volume Two “On the contrary,” answered he, “I am greatly obliged to him, for he has amerced me in a fine which I can pay without borrowing, or taking up money at interest.” The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero Long that eve, The brethren grieved, noting his vacant stall, Yet thus excused their sadness: 'Well for him, And high his place in heaven; but woe to those Henceforth of services like his amerced! Legends of the Saxon Saints In your greatness ye shall change it; with your justice ye shall purify it; with your clemencies ye should it chasten and amerce. Privy Seal His Last Venture He was fain, however, to make some Demur, and to Complain, in his usual piteous manner, of being so amerced. The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 2 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... I would that of thy life and soul amerced, 620 I could as sure dismiss thee down to Hell, As none shall heal thine eye—not even He. The Odyssey of Homer Must the time Come thou shalt be amerced for sins unknown, Which were not thine nor mine? The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 5 Poetry The timber was to be thinned anew—the tenants to be again amerced. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXVI. October, 1843. Vol. LIV. On October 4, 1605, the Commissioners of the Sewers amerced him for the Rose, but return was made that it was then "out of his hands." Shakespearean Playhouses A History of English Theatres from the Beginnings to the Restoration The person in whose house the conventicle met, was amerced a like sum with the preacher. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part F. From Charles II. to James II. My long car-drives from Letterfrack and Clifden were directed mainly towards the spots mentioned in a former letter as of specially evil reputation for agrarian crime, and as being heavily amerced by the grand jury. Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81. No amercement to touch the necessary means of subsistence of a free man, the merchandise of a merchant, or the agricultural tools of a villein; earls and barons to be amerced by their equals. 23-34. The Leading Facts of English History "Nay, but they will hold thee to ransom, and detain thee till it is brought: I heard them amerce thee at a thousand marks." The House of Walderne A Tale of the Cloister and the Forest in the Days of the Barons' Wars The fines are so numerous that it almost appears that every person on the estate was amerced from time to time. A Short History of English Agriculture We were heavily amerced by the sentence of this International Tribunal. Prime Ministers and Some Others A Book of Reminiscences Therefore as to the present repair of the bridge the Abbot is acquitted, but he is to be amerced because he did not repair it before. The Evolution of an English Town But perhaps I could pay you a mina of silver: in that sum, then, I amerce myself. Apology, Crito, and Phaedo of Socrates Searching those edges of the universe, We leave the central fields a fallow part; To feed the eye more precious things amerce, And starve the darkened heart. Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume I. A peer can be amerced only by his peers, and never to any greater amount than five pounds, excepting in the case of a duke, who can be amerced ten. The Man Who Laughs Earls and barons shall not be amerced but by their peers, and after the degree of the offence. Civil Government in the United States Considered with Some Reference to Its Origins One of their measures has been questioned as unwise and impolitic—that, namely, for amercing and confiscating the estates of certain of the loyalists, and for banishing the most obnoxious among them. The Life of Francis Marion I amerce myself, then, to you in that sum; and they will be sufficient sureties for the money. Apology, Crito, and Phaedo of Socrates All those suspected of illegal profits at the time the public delusion was at its height, were sought out and amerced in heavy fines. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 1 And now he drags me like a criminal, A bride unwed, amerced of marriage-song And marriage-bed and joys of motherhood, By friends deserted to a living grave. Oedipus Trilogy No ecclesiastical person shall be amerced for his lay tenement, but according to the proportion of the others aforesaid, and not according to the value of his ecclesiastical benefice. Civil Government in the United States Considered with Some Reference to Its Origins That knowledge thine,Thou hadst not left thy son amerced of prayer,And given him tears, not succour.” The Legends of Saint Patrick A clerk shall not be amerced in respect of his lay holding except after the manner of the others aforesaid; further, he shall not be amerced in accordance with the extent of his ecclesiastical benefice. The Magna Carta By him, too, my sister, my beloved, my unfortunate sister, was obliged to build a dungeon at her own expense! besides being amerced in a fine, the extent of which I never could learn. The Life and Adventures of Baron Trenck, Volume 1 But if servants misbehave themselves, or leave their places, not being regularly discharged, they ought to be amerced or punished. Everybody's Business Is Nobody's Business But even in this court it was the law "that none be amerced but by his peers." Essay on the Trial By Jury Earls and barons shall not be amerced except through their peers, and only in accordance with the degree of the offense. The Magna Carta A clerk shall not be amerced in respect of his lay holding except after the manner of the others aforesaid; further, he shall not be amerced in accordance with the extent of his ecclesiastical benefice. The Magna Carta Earls and barons shall not be amerced except through their peers, and only in accordance with the degree of the offense. The Magna Carta |
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