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The value of an oak walking-stick in the Hebrides. Arrive at Mr. M'Quarrie's in Ulva. Captain Macleod. Second Sight. Mercheta Mulierum, and Borough-English. The grounds on which the sale of an estate may be set aside in a court of equity. October 17. Arrive at Inchkenneth. Sir Allan Maclean and his daughters. None but theological books should be read on Sunday. Dr. Campbell. Dr.
In childhood, however, the actual heirship is apt to work on the principle of the "Borough-English" of our happier ancestors, and in most cases of inheritance it is the youngest that succeeds.
In childhood, however, the actual heirship is apt to work on the principle of the "Borough-English" of our happier ancestors, and in most cases of inheritance it is the youngest that succeeds.
The borough had been disfranchised, though the snuggest of the snug for generations; and the freemen, thus being robbed of their rights, had no power to discharge their duties. And to complicate matters yet further, for the few who wished to simplify them, the custom of "borough-English" prevailed, and governed the descent of dilapidations, making nice niceties for clever men of law.
This belief, indeed, in the special fortune that ever awaited the youngest brother, as such, the "Borough-English" of Faery, had been of baleful effect on Harold, producing a certain self-conceit and perkiness that called for physical correction. But even in our admonishment we were on his side; and as we distrustfully eyed these new arrivals, old Saturn himself seemed something of a parvenu.
And it appears by the record, that this same office of head-holding was accordingly performed afterwards, in the reign of Edward the First. The custom of the manor of Woodford, Essex, is Borough-English, by which the youngest son inherits. The origin of this custom has been a subject of much dispute; but it appears to have prevailed greatly among the East Saxons. Dr.
Sir William Blackstone says, in his Commentaries, that 'he cannot find that ever this custom prevailed in England; and therefore he is of opinion that it could not have given rise to Borough-English.
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