Stuart
historical figure · 1 work · 3 mentions · 9 anchored passages
Gilbert Stuart
in the texts
An Essay on the Trial by Jury
Historian quoted at length on Saxon independence and the limited powers of Saxon and German kings and princes.
“The Saxons brought along with them into Britain their own customs, language, and civil institutions.
“But to attend the general assembly of their nation was the chief prerogative of the German and Saxon princes;
“His long hair was the only ornament he affected, and to be foremost to attack an enemy was his chief distinction.