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Westminster-Hall

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  • 'A pamphlet may be understood to mean a poetical piece in Westminster-Hall, that is, in formal language; but in common language it is understood to mean prose. '

    Life of Johnson Boswell, James, 1740-1795 1887

  • 'A pamphlet may be understood to mean a poetical piece in Westminster-Hall, that is, in formal language; but in common language it is understood to mean prose. '

    Life of Johnson, Volume 3 1776-1780 James Boswell 1767

  • Then I turn'd my Eyes on Westminster-Hall, that noble

    A Patch-Work Screen for the Ladies 2008

  • Now that there is such a difference between men, in respect of their understandings, I think nobody, who has had any conversation with his neighbours, will question: though he never was at Westminster-Hall or the Exchange on the one hand, nor at

    An Essay Concerning Human Understanding 2007

  • Now that there is such a difference between men, in respect of their understandings, I think nobody, who has had any conversation with his neighbours, will question: though he never was at Westminster-Hall or the Exchange on the one hand, nor at Alms-houses or Bedlam on the other.

    God, Aids & Circumcision Hill, George 2005

  • But you must take care to attend constantly in Westminster-Hall; both to mind your business, as it is almost all learnt there, (for nobody reads now;) and to shew that you want to have business.

    The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D. 2004

  • _Westminster-Hall_; at length seeing her Danger, he reached her out a Pole, and then she shewed a tolerable Skill and Agility; which the People perceiving, who were towards France, they resolved to let go the Rope that she might slip down to their Side, and this gave me such Pain for her

    The Theater (1720) Sir John Falstaffe

  • _Westminster-Hall_, by which you may judge of his Abilities in Poetry.

    The Lives of the Most Famous English Poets (1687) William Winstanley

  • [34] Westminster-Hall, first reared by Rufus, was entirely rebuilt by

    Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 349, November, 1844 Various

  • The 'Comic BLACKSTONE' enlightens us upon one of the 'King's prerogatives': 'The King is the fountain of justice, from which are supplied all the leaden reservoirs in Westminster-Hall, and the pumps at the inferior tribunals.'

    The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, February 1844 Volume 23, Number 2 Various

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