"Noy" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... afterwards sued by the other two, she is successfully defended by a young lawyer, who puts in the plea that she is not bound to give up the money at the demand of only two of the parties. In this case this ingenious gentleman is the future chancellor. The story is told of the Attorney-General Noy, and of an Italian advocate, in the notes to Rogers' Italy. It is likewise the subject of one of the smaller tales in Lane's Arabian Nights; but here I must remark, that the Eastern version is decidedly more ingenious than the later ones, inasmuch as it exculpates the keeper of the deposit ...
— Notes & Queries, No. 39. Saturday, July 27, 1850 • Various
... Then sent he forth Baptym to {the} feld before And prayed hym hartely it to ouerse That no maner trayn nor coltrop therin wor{e} Original has To noy nor hurt hym nor his meyne. cotlrop And whan he thyder came he began to se. instead of How Vyce his purseua[u]nt cryme orygynall. coltrop Was entred before and ...
— The Assemble of Goddes • Anonymous |
