Thing which, for the protection of public liberty was held in the open air, in presence of the assembled people, and conducted by the people's chiefs and representatives, are to be met with, not in the North itself, but in a little island far towards... Publications - Página 172por Manx Society - 1859 - 216 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Jens Jakob Asmussen Worsaae - 1852 - 428 páginas
...existed in Iceland, Norway, and throughout the North, Tynwald in Man is the only one still in use. It is, indeed, highly remarkable that the last remains...protection of public liberty, was held in the open air, in the presence of the assembled people, and conducted by the people's chiefs and representatives, are... | |
| Alfred (King of England) - 1852 - 590 páginas
...proceedings, the forms vividly represent the institutions of its old Norwegian founders ; and " it is highly remarkable, that the last remains of the old...protection of public liberty was held in the open air, in the presence of the assembled people, and conducted by the people's chiefs and representatives, are... | |
| Alfred (King of England) - 1852 - 596 páginas
...Norwegian founders ; and " it is highly remarkable, that the last remains of the old Scandinavian Tiling, which for the protection of public liberty was held in the open air, in the presence of the assembled people, and conducted by the people's chiefs and representatives, are... | |
| Alfred (King of England) - 1858 - 596 páginas
...proceedings, the forms vividly represent the institutions of its old Norwegian founders ; and " it is highly remarkable, that the last remains of the old...protection of public liberty was held in the open air, in the presence of the assembled people, and conducted by the people's chiefs and representatives, are... | |
| 1858 - 714 páginas
...constitution, and presents the last solitary remains of the ancient Scandinavian Thing, or court of justice, which, for the protection of public liberty, was held in the open air, in the presence of the entire assembled people; that its bishopric is the most ancient of any in Great... | |
| William Sacheverell - 1859 - 254 páginas
...deeply to bavo affected the learned and candid foreigner, Professor Worsaao, of Copenhagen, on bis riait to the Island, and he writes thus of it in his account...liberty •was held in the open air, in presence of tho assembled people, and conducted by the people's chiefs and representatives, are to be met with,... | |
| Joseph George Cumming - 1861 - 272 páginas
...be governed. Here in the midst of the British dominions, far apart from its parent source, is found the last remains of the old Scandinavian Thing, which,...conducted by the people's chiefs and representatives. The history of the Manx Thing court remarkably illustrates that spirit of freedom and that political... | |
| 1875 - 836 páginas
...Scandinavian • Wordsworth's 'Nature and the Poet,' suggested by a picture of Peel Castle in a storm. Thing, which, for the protection of public liberty,...conducted by the people's chiefs and representatives."* The hill is said to have been formed of earth brought here from each of the parishes in the island,... | |
| William Harrison - 1876 - 332 páginas
...Constitution, and presents the last solitary remains of the ancient Scandinavian Thing, or Court of Justice, which, for the protection of public liberty, was held in the open air, in the presence of the entire assembled people ; that its Bishopric is the most ancient of any in Great... | |
| William Harrison - 1876 - 332 páginas
...Constitution, and presents the last solitary remains of the ancient Scandinavian Thing, or Court of Justice, which, for the protection of public liberty, was held in the open air, in the presence of the entire assembled people ; that its Bishopric is the most ancient of any in Great... | |
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