Mr Eyton here held that Dorchester, Bridport, and Wareham paid a full firma unius noctis each, the total amount being reckoned by him at the astounding figure of £312 (p.
Footnote 204: It is a further and fundamental error that Mr Eyton speaks of the firma unius noctis as 'borough taxation', whereas it was essentially of the nature of rent, not taxes.
An examination of Mr Eyton's statements on the firma unius noctis in Somerset and Dorset would prove a peculiarly conclusive test of his whole system.
Illustration: PLATE 25] PLATE 26 Group of animals usually disporting on the terra-firma at base of large designs.
Illustration: PLATE 22] PLATE 23 A portion of the terra firma of the curtain.
It lies on the Terra Firma to the due west of Cuba, and somewhat south after making the northern cape of Yucatan.
Now, Sir Giant, you will command one of the watches, and when we first sight this Terra Firma it will be your task to gather tidings of this strange city.
Two gentlemen their appetite had fed, When opening his toothpick-case, one said, "It was not until lately that I knew That anchovies on terra firma grew.
In 1508, Alphonso de Hojeda went with the license of King Ferdinand, but at his own charges, to conquer the province of Darien, in the Terra Firma of the new world.
I am sick of these terra firma toils and cares; sick of the dust and reek of towns.
For a ship is a bit of terra firma cut off from the main; it is a state in itself; and the captain is its king.
It is only in var zat I am gorresbondent; in beace I rebresent ze solid firma Schlagintwert Gombany of Duesseldorf.
As there was frequent communication between Santo Domingo and Spain, and as, moreover, Don Diego Columbus was viceroy over the islands, and Terra Firma as well, it was proper and politic to send the treasure by the hands of the admiral.
Trading without permission, whether on Terra Firma or in the isles, is a serious offence.
The banks of the river were of moderate elevation during several days' journey; the terra firma lying far in the interior, and the coast being either lowland or masked with islands of alluvial formation.
This is a town of some importance, pleasantly situated on the somewhat high terra firma of the left bank of the Tocantins.
This ship had been at the Mina, or Gold coast of Guinea, whence she had been driven off by the Portuguese gallies, and obliged to make for the Terra Firma to endeavour to sell her wares.
Fine breeze, but obliged to wait upon this wretched boat--the usual flat uninteresting marshes: Shillook villages in great numbers on the terra firma to the west.
These winds convey the emanations of the mouths of the Orinoco and of the small rivers of Terra Firma toward the high latitudes.
The tree which produces the cacao is not at present found wild in the forests of Terra Firma to the north of the Orinoco; we began to find it only beyond the cataracts of Ature and Maypure.
Salive Indians, which is the Coumarouna of Aublet, so celebrated throughout Terra Firma for its aromatic fruit.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "firma" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
