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... of the English law was against the use of torture, which, however, made progress, especially in state trials, under the Tudors. A man who refused to plead in an English court was subjected to the peine forte et dure, which consisted in piling weights on his chest until he either spoke or was crushed to death. To enforce the laws there was a constabulary in the country, supplemented by the regular army, and a police force in the cities. That of Paris ...

— The Age of the Reformation • Preserved Smith

... figures, generally, I should say; or else by unrolling a ball of red tape. Well-docketed papers and statistical facts are his forte." ...

— Framley Parsonage • Anthony Trollope

... the other side of the story from Captain Davy at Forte Ann. On the way there he had heard of the separation from the boy, Willie Quarrie, a lugubrious Manx lad, eighteen years old, with a face as white as a haddock and ...

— Capt'n Davy's Honeymoon - 1893 • Hall Caine

... peine forte et dure: "punishment severe and merciless"; a penalty formerly imposed by Enlish law upon persons who refused to plead on being arraigned for felony. It consisted in laying the accused on his back on a bare floor and placing a great iron weight ...

— Selections From Poe • J. Montgomery Gambrill

... rico piano forte do autor Erard, de 3 cordas, por 280$, garantido; na rua da Quitanda n. ...

— A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' • Annie Allnut Brassey

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