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... persons of Pedro Coelho and Alvarez Gonsalvez ; the third , Pacheco , escaped to Arragon . The two were then tortured in the presence of the king , in order to make them disclose their accomplices ; their hearts were torn out , their ...
... persons of Pedro Coelho and Alvarez Gonsalvez ; the third , Pacheco , escaped to Arragon . The two were then tortured in the presence of the king , in order to make them disclose their accomplices ; their hearts were torn out , their ...
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... person , or body , is infallible , only means , that there is no appeal from such person or body . When the English ... persons come to majority at the age of twenty - one years , until which time they are called in law infants , and ...
... person , or body , is infallible , only means , that there is no appeal from such person or body . When the English ... persons come to majority at the age of twenty - one years , until which time they are called in law infants , and ...
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... persons of his sons until they are twenty- one years of age , and of his daughters until they are either eighteen or twenty- one . At a certain age , however , that is , twelve or fourteen , the child , in case of the decease of the ...
... persons of his sons until they are twenty- one years of age , and of his daughters until they are either eighteen or twenty- one . At a certain age , however , that is , twelve or fourteen , the child , in case of the decease of the ...
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... persons died of it , ex- cept those who were afflicted at the same time with other diseases , but almost every one was attacked . G. F. Mort , a German physician , attempted to prove that Eu- rope suffered periodically from the influ ...
... persons died of it , ex- cept those who were afflicted at the same time with other diseases , but almost every one was attacked . G. F. Mort , a German physician , attempted to prove that Eu- rope suffered periodically from the influ ...
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... person attempting to pass counterfeit bank notes ( which is a capital crime ) , the bank pays £ 30 , and , for the prosecution of a person is- suing counterfeit coin , £ 7 . Several persons have become the victims of this provision ...
... person attempting to pass counterfeit bank notes ( which is a capital crime ) , the bank pays £ 30 , and , for the prosecution of a person is- suing counterfeit coin , £ 7 . Several persons have become the victims of this provision ...
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