Ancient, Curious and Famous WillsLittle, Brown, 1911 - 472 стор. |
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... interest . Wills reflect , as a mirror , the customs and habits of the times when written , as well as the characters of the writers . Our earthly possessions are , after all , but life - holdings , and the grace with which we part with ...
... interest . Wills reflect , as a mirror , the customs and habits of the times when written , as well as the characters of the writers . Our earthly possessions are , after all , but life - holdings , and the grace with which we part with ...
Сторінка xiii
... interest , has been exceptionally treated , and the three folio pages of which it consists are placed under an air - tight frame made of polished oak and plate glass . The will of the Great Napoleon was to be seen for many years at old ...
... interest , has been exceptionally treated , and the three folio pages of which it consists are placed under an air - tight frame made of polished oak and plate glass . The will of the Great Napoleon was to be seen for many years at old ...
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... interest , not from anything it contains , but curious , whether from its antiquity or as an illustration of the very simple form em- ployed by the Greeks three hundred and fifty years before the Christian era . Of its intrinsic value ...
... interest , not from anything it contains , but curious , whether from its antiquity or as an illustration of the very simple form em- ployed by the Greeks three hundred and fifty years before the Christian era . Of its intrinsic value ...
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... interest in , and considerable liberty with , wills ; for instance , old Noirtier , a character in the " Count of Monte Cristo , " the great novel by Dumas , wrote his will . He was paralyzed , and his only means of communication was by ...
... interest in , and considerable liberty with , wills ; for instance , old Noirtier , a character in the " Count of Monte Cristo , " the great novel by Dumas , wrote his will . He was paralyzed , and his only means of communication was by ...
Сторінка 77
... interest , 40 years , about . . Total • 6,000 $ 36,000 " Would the whole estate have been more than this wife was entitled to ? " A bride was presented by her uncle with $ 2000 , with which the thrifty bridegroom bought sheep . It ...
... interest , 40 years , about . . Total • 6,000 $ 36,000 " Would the whole estate have been more than this wife was entitled to ? " A bride was presented by her uncle with $ 2000 , with which the thrifty bridegroom bought sheep . It ...
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Adams aforesaid annuity appoint bequests body brother buried Cecil John Rhodes Charles Charles Francis Adams Church City clause codicil County Court dated daughter death debts decease declare desire died direct disposed disposition Edwin Forrest England executors executrix father fee simple five France friends fund funeral George give and bequeath given gold grandson Henry hundred dollars hundred pounds husband interest Item John John Ling lady land leave legacies legatee living London Lord Lord Charles Wellesley Louisa Catherine Adams marriage married Mary ment mother nephew niece paid parish poor possessed pounds sterling probate real estate residence residuary estate servant set my hand share shillings Shore Nightingale sister soul testament testamentary testator thereof Thomas thousand dollars tion trust twenty unto Washington widow wife William wish witness written wyffe York
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Сторінка 306 - In the name of God, Amen. I, William Shakespere, of Stratford-upon-Avon, in the county of Warwick, gent., in perfect health and memory, (God be praised !) do make and ordain this my last Will and testament in manner and form following; that is to say : "First, I commend my soul into the hands of God my creator, hoping, and assuredly believing through the only merits of Jesus Christ my Saviour, to be made partaker of life everlasting; and my body to the earth whereof it is made.
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