Psychiatric aspects of justification, excuse, and mitigation in Anglo-American criminal law / by Buchanan, Alec

Table of Contents: “…Preliminaries -- The theory of justification and excuse -- Psychiatric aspects of mitigation -- How can mental states excuse? …”
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At a time, when the raising very great sum[m]es of money is absolutely ncessary, and the ways of raising it not very obvious, any reasonable proposall in order there to may be excused, if not accepted ....

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Linguistic politeness in Britain and Uruguay : a contrastive study of requests and apologies / by Márquez-Reiter, Rosina

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A most delightful history of the famous clothier of England, called, Jack of Newbery, : in the days of King Henry the Eight; how he was beloved of his mistris above all her wealtheir sutors : what great and valiant things he did for England : and the great number of poor he daily cherished. And how (when the King sent for him) he refused (with his company) to leave the hill of ants to go to the king : and therefore the king went to him which he wittily excused with many other very pleasant passages /

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Whereas the militia are by special orders of the government acually imployed in defense of the countrey, [sic] and many of them excuse their attendance, upon pretence that they are already inlisted in the Army, or intend to be so which we conceive very prejudicial to Their Majesties service. by Cox, Richard, Sir, 1650-1733

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The Lord Chief Justice Herbert's account examin'd / by Atwood, William, d. 1705?

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By the mayor. To the alderman of the ward of [blank] : whereas by the laws abd statutes of this realm, all persons without reasonable excuse are on the Lords-Day to repair to some publick church and there continue and behave themselves orderly and reverently during the time of divine service and other publick worship and service of God ...

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The vnlavvfulnesse of subjects taking up armes against their soveraigne in what case soever : together with an answer to all objections scattered in their severall bookes : and a proofe that, notwithstanding such resistance as they plead for, were not damnable, yet the present warre made upon the king is so, because those cases in which onely some men have dared to excuse it, are evidently not now, His Majesty fighting onely to preserve himselfe and the rights of the subjects. by Diggs, Dudley, 1613-1643

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The unlavvfulnesse of subjects taking up armes against their soveraigne, in what case soever. : Together with an answer to all objections scattered in their severall bookes. And a proofe, that notwithstanding such resistance as they plead for, were not damnable, yet the present warre made upon the King is so, because those cases, in which onely some men have dared to excuse it, are evidently not now; His Majesty fighting onely to preserve himselfe, and the rights of the subjects. by Diggs, Dudley, 1613-1643

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The vnlawfvlnesse of subjects, taking up armes against their soveraigne, in what case soever : together with an answer to all objections scattered in their severall bookes, and a proofe that not withstanding such resistance as they plead for were not damnable, yet the present waree made upon the King is so, because those cases, in which only some men have dared to excuse it, are evidently not now, His Majesty fighting onely to preserve himselfe, and the rights of the subjects / by Diggs, Dudley, 1613-1643

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The foot out of the snare : with a detection of sundry late practices and impostures of the priests and Iesuites in England. Whereunto is added a catalogue of popish bookes lately dispersed in our kingdome. The printers, binders, sellers and dispersers of such bookes. Romish priests and Iesuites resident about London. Popish physicians practising about London. The fourth edition, carrying also a gentle excuse vnto Master Musket for stiling him Iesuite.... by Gee, John, 1596-1639

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The foot out of the snare : with a detection of sundry late practices and impostures of the priests and Iesuites in England. Whereunto is added a catalogue of such books as in this authors knowledge haue been vented within two yeres last past in London, by the priests and their agents. As also a catalogue of the Romish priests and Iesuites, together with the Popish physicians now practising about London. The third edition, carrying also a gentle excuse vnto Master Musket, for stiling him Iesuite.... by Gee, John, 1596-1639

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The Commons petitjon to the King in defence of Mr. Pym. : Answering those seuen articles whereof hee was impeached. Being a commendable vindication of those seven articles, wherein Mr. Pym was lately accused. Shewing how his good endeavours for the benefit and safety of this kingdome, and his affectionate zeale for the publique prosperity of this realme have bin misconstrued. Expressing the great love, and singular affection of the Commons to him, who have petitioned to the King, in answer of those articles against him, beseeching His Majesty to remit, and excuse him, being not guilty of the same.

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Knowing Britten / by Bedford, Steuart, Gillett, Christopher

Table of Contents: “…No epilogue, I pray you, for your play needs no excuse…”
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When green growth is not enough : climate change, ecological modernization, and sufficiency / by Hayden, Anders, 1969-

Table of Contents: “…1 Introduction: A Battle of Three Paradigms -- PART ONE: THE LAGGARD. 2 Canada: Stuck between Business-as-Usual and Ecological Modernization -- 3 "Excuse Me, Excuse Me": Struggles to Put Sufficiency on Canada's Agenda -- 4 Sufficiency's Small Steps Forward in Canada -- 5 Alberta's Oil/Tar Sands: Time to Step on the Brake?…”
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At the court at Whitehall, January the seventeenth, 1678/9. Present the Kings most excellent Majesty. His Highness Prince Rupert ... [24 others] Mr. Speaker. : There having been la...

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Punishment and responsibility : essays in the philosophy of law / by Hart, H. L. A. 1907-1992

Table of Contents: “…Legal Responsibility and Excuses -- III. Murder and the Principles of Punishment: England and the United States -- IV. …”
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Knowing Britten / by Bedford, Steuart

Table of Contents: “…-- My head is heavy, my eyelids ache -- I must go elsewhere, I must find a clearer sky, a fresher air -- How much better to live, not words but beauty, to exist in it, and of it -- The power of beauty sets me free -- Yet I am driven on -- O voluptuous days, O the joy I suffer -- So the moments pass -- And now, Phaedrus, I will go -- No epilogue, I pray you, for your play needs no excuse.…”
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John Evelyn and his milieu /

Table of Contents: “…'Excuse these impertinences': Evelyn in his Letterbooks / Douglas Chambers -- Evelyn, Inigo Jones, and the collector Earl of Arundel / Edward Chaney -- John Evelyn's bindings / Mirjam Foot -- John Evelyn and his books / Giles Mandelbrote -- John Evelyn and the print / Antony Griffiths -- Sayes court revisited / Mark Laird -- 'A sublime and noble service': Evelyn and the Church of England / John Spurr -- 'Action to the Purpose': Evelyn, Greenwich, and the sick and wounded seamen / Gillian Darley -- John Evelyn: revolutionary / Steven Pincus -- Mary Evelyn and devotional practice / Gillian Wright -- Susanna and her elders: John Evelyn's artistic daughter / Carol Gibson-Wood -- Advice to letter-writers: evidence from four generations of Evelyns / Susan Whyman -- Sir John Evelyn: his grandfather's heir / Edward Gregg -- Their 'own sweet country': the Evelyns in Surrey / Isabel Sullivan.…”

Crime, justice, history / by Monkkonen, Eric H., 1942-

Table of Contents: “…-- The dynamics of police behavior: a data reanalysis -- Crossing the (blue) line: the problem with commissions -- Policing in the United States, 1930-1972 -- History of urban police -- The power of "excuse me" -- Nineteenth-century institutions: dealing with the urban "underclass" -- A disorderly people? …”
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