"Court of chancery" Quotes from Famous Books
... took that reasonable view of the case which, as it frequently happens, is directly opposed to the view-sentimental. The Court of Chancery, in fact, refused to sanction the marriage of a minor with a man without settled prospects, and one whose position in the world was not confirmed by the possession either of money or of lands. At the age of twenty-five Miss Erskine ... — Peter and Jane - or The Missing Heir • S. (Sarah) Macnaughtan |