Ancient, Curious, and Famous WillsThe Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., 1999 - 472 páginas This collection of wills will be enjoyed by the layman, the lawyer and the scholar as a reflection of the individual cited and of their times. All sorts of wills from the sublime to the absurd are included, such as the will of a pig, clauses in wills concerning slaves, the wills that established the Nobel Prize and the Rhodes scholarship, and many more. This fascinating volume contains the text of wills that are "ancient" Confucius' will, Solon's introduction of wills to the ancient Greeks; wills that are "curious" a will that attempts to bequeath property to the devil, bequests to pets; and wills of the "famous" well-known authors (Rabelais, Dickens, etc.), European royalty (Napoleon, Mary Queen of Scots, etc.) and U.S. presidents (George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, etc.). Well-indexed by subject and name.
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... nephew , protests and is driven out of the concern . But he is driven into love with the reciprocating maker of manuscript . Then the heroine embarks for distant lands ; and it happens , to the great good fortune of the inventor of the ...
... Nephew Isaac , by making over to him some years since A Horned Scarabæus , The Skin of a Rattle - Snake , and The Mummy of an Egyptian King , I make no further Provision for him in this my Will . CC My eldest son John having spoken ...
... , May I ever escape coming under their paw . To Ezra Dalton , my nephew , I give all my land , With the old Gothic cottage that thereon doth stand ; ' Tis near Shimpling great road , in which I 68 ANCIENT , CURIOUS , AND FAMOUS WILLS.
... nephew , now residing in Europe , with the exception of the $ 1 to be paid to my son , John Ling . " Two Hundred Dollars For A Husband According to the New York Sun , an attractive young German woman of Washington , D.C. , walked into a ...
... nephew he leaves $ 2000 for educational purposes , with the same restrictions regarding Cayuga Lake . Sarcastic Will A British sailor requested his executors to pay to his wife one shilling , wherewith to buy hazelnuts , as she had ...
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