 Sutherland ever could have morally, or ever ought to have legally, a greater right over his estates than the King or Queen had, to whom his ancestor originally did homage for them. A baron, in his highest plenitude of power, has rather less right over...  Lectures on Political Economy - Page 132by Francis William Newman - 1851 - 342 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1852 - 562 pages
...may see that no lord of Sutherland ever could have morally, or ever ought to have legally, a-greater right over his estates than the King or Queen had,...by all who relate it, seemed an extreme of tyranny : yet our Courts of Law and our Parliaments allow the same thing to be done by smaller tyrants ; and... | |
 | Charles Tennant - England - 1862 - 746 pages
...and a King of England might as well claim to drive all his Subjects into the Sea, as a Baron to clear his Estates. We read how William the Conqueror burnt...make a hunting ground for himself in the New Forest. That deed, which has been execrated by all who relate it, seemed an extreme of tyranny : yet our Courts... | |
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