To the latter this remarkable achievement must be attributed rather than to any inherent strength in parchment or red seals, for in a democracy the living soul of any Constitution must be such belief of the people in its wisdom and justice.
If it ceases to be of the spirit of the people, then the yellow parchment whereon it is inscribed can avail nothing.
When that parchment was last taken from the safe in the State Department, the ink in which it had been engrossed nearly 134 years ago was found to have faded.
They would then ride down to the top of the market-place, where the steward would take out of his pocket a well-worn piece of parchment and read the following proclamation.
The parchment is now in the possession of the present steward of the Duchy property, Mr J.
Popular custom, in all European countries, recognized simpler ways of pledging faith than parchment and seal.
Whoever could afford parchmentand the services of a clerk might have the benefit of a "formal contract" in the Roman sense of the term.
The parchment said 'at a right angle to the left-hand edge of the track.
Hastily thrusting back the buckle and the parchmentinto my pocket, I scrambled to my feet and stood facing him.
But as I was folding up the parchment a black shadow suddenly fell across the page.
Strangest of all, however, was a folded parchment which, we discovered beneath the tray of gems and above the coins.
Such was the Will, written on stiffparchment in crabbed and unscholarly characters, without legal forms or witnesses; but all such were needless, as I have pointed out.
Why, by means of the key, as the parchment and the Will plainly show.
I pushed the parchment across to him, and filled a pipe.
I was folding up the buckle with the parchmentbefore rejoining the guides, when a curious thing happened.
I pulled out the parchment again and read it through; then started to my feet with fresh energy.
But Ghysbrecht, the burgomaster, knew by this time that Gerard had obtained the parchment relating to Peter Brandt's lands, and was anxious that Gerard should not return.
He also had in his keeping the piece of parchment which gave certain lands to Peter Brandt, and which Ghysbrecht had hitherto held.
Quellca was a kind of parchmentmade of plantain leaves.
A parchment which has been written upon twice, the first writing having been erased to make place for the second.
A diploma; -- so called because usually written or printed on parchment prepared from the skin of the sheep.
A drum made of thin copper in the form of a hemispherical kettle, with parchment stretched over the mouth of it.
A frame covered with parchment or cloth, on which the blank sheets are put, in order to be laid on the form to be impressed.
A small square box, made either of parchment or of black calfskin, containing slips of parchment or vellum on which are written the scriptural passages Exodus xiii.
The rolls of deeds on parchment in which the Scottish nobility and gentry subscribed allegiance to Edward I.
Indentures were originally duplicates, laid together and intended by a notched cut or line, or else written on the same piece of parchment and separated by a notched line so that the two papers or parchments corresponded to each other.
The parchment or skin stretched over one end of a drum.
From early Sasanians also comes the custom of writing on valuable parchment or paper.
See here--here's an odious parchment Lord Fitz Balaam put into my hand in the park.
I am also certain that, whatever might be the material of which the types were formed, those letters could only be printed onparchment on both sides by means of a press.
The writing, as I have been informed, is of the period of Henry VIII; and on the slips of paper and parchment to which the inner margins of the leaves are pasted are portions of English manuscripts, which are probably of the same date.
This unique specimen of typography consists of eight small pages, each being about one inch and six-eighths high, by one and five-eighths wide, printed on parchment and on both sides.
A smell as of unwholesome sheep blending with the smell of must and dust is referable to the nightly (and often daily) consumption of mutton fat in candles and to the fretting of parchment forms and skins in greasy drawers.
A little way within the shop-door lay heaps of old crackled parchment scrolls and discoloured and dog's-eared law-papers.
The Duke of Orleans frowned, but made no observation in reply, merely speaking a few words in a low tone to the Count of Armagnac, who went to the door and called aloud for a strip of parchment and some ink.
Sir Simeon of Roydon," answered Ella Brune; and seeking a scrap of parchment and a reed pen, the goldsmith wrote down the name, as if to prevent it from escaping his memory.
Opening the parchment packet, she then proceeded to examine of what her little dowry consisted; and, to her surprise and joy, she found forty broad pieces of gold.
Stalwart, with a high Roman face, he looked forth in black broadcloth with a roll of parchment in his hand.
A gaunt, frantic-looking man, with skin like cracked parchment across his high cheekbones, and a pair of Carradine eyes looking down at Dan.
This is the "parchment paper" that has largely replaced sheepskin.
He waited until all had gone to rest, and then, armed with parchment and pigments, went softly to the church, where the precious book was kept.
When the Rabbins unroll the parchment before the worshippers, each draws near to touch it reverently with the end of one of the cords of his veil.
The tabernacle contains nothing but a copy of the Scriptures, written onparchment rolls.
A case of this kind full of parchment rolls, with a cover to it, stands by the side of Klio in a wall-painting of Herculaneum.
The thinness and yellowish color of the leaves, which are tied together with ribbon, denotes that it was made of parchmentor vellum.
It is hardly necessary to state that for manuscripts of any length, and such as were meant to be preserved, parchment or vellum, and a vegetable tissue manufactured from the rush papyrus, were in use.
Then he set about the task, severed the limbs of the dead body, and worked and brewed and distilled until the elixir described in the parchment was prepared.
Now the parchmentstated that the body must remain in the grave seven years, seven months, seven days and seven hours; so Famulus could do nothing but wait.
Then he remembered that he must read the remainder of the parchment in order to find out what he must do to restore the body to life.
Take the knife and kill me, as the parchment directs.
To this little shoe was attached a parchment on which was inscribed this charm,-- Quand le parell retrouveras Ta mere te tendras les bras.
He cut away the sealed parchmentwhich was stretched over the mouth of the jar.
Here are my credentials if you care to read them," and I heard a crackling as of parchment being unfolded.
This" comprised two pieces of parchment attached to each other by a pin.
He merely glanced at the letters as he took them out; but seized the folded parchment with an eagerness which betrayed how anxious he was to learn the identity of the man who had married and deserted his mother.
Reptiles and fishes can have small parchment tickets attached to them before placing them in spirits.
Parchment is a material which will be found useful for many purposes, such as labelling the species collected, &c.
Turn your tambourine upside down on a smooth-faced log of suitable size, and, with a small hammer and your little punch, proceed to perforate the parchment until the head is covered with small round holes.
Partridge calls are made by stretching a bit of stout parchment or moistened vellum over the mouth of a common bottle neck, broken off short.
King James I, having the royal crown stamped on the parchment cover, with the initials I.
It is written on parchment, on folio leaves, very long and very narrow (averaging 20 inches by 8) in a very broad and rude hand, with many additions inserted on extra parchment scraps.
