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Authentic And Interesting Narrative Of The Adventures Of The Mutineers
" SIR , " When the sentence of the law was passed upon- me I received it , I trust , as became a man , and if it had been carried into execution I should have met my fate , I hope , in a manner becoming a Christian . Your admonition cannot fail to make a lasting impression on my mind . I receive with gratitude my Sovereign ' s mercy ,
for which my future life shall be faithfully devoted to his service . " He was at . ' ended b \* Mr . Graham , who took him in one of the ship ' s boati , which Captain Montague was so good as to order for the purpose , and , immediately after landing , the 3 * set off for London . EllisonMilwardBirkittand Muspratwere ordered for
exe-, , , , cution on board the Brunswick . The 3 * were perfectty resigned-to their . fate , and had a proper sense of the awful change they were about to experience . After the sentence of death had been passed upon them , the reverend Mr . Howell and Mr . Cole continually attended them eveiy da 3 * , and bestowed upon them unremitted attention .
On the 29 th of October these unfortunate wretches ( except Musprat , who was respited and afterwards pardoned ) were executed on board the Brunswick man of war . They were all very penitent , and behaved themselves becoming their unhappy situation .
Laws Concerning Literary Property, &C.
LAWS CONCERNING LITERARY PROPERTY , & c .
LIl ii , RARY property was subject to a considerable degree of uncertainty , until , by the decision of the house of lords -in 1774 , overturning a previous judgment of the court of king ' s bench , and a decree of the court of chancery , it was established , ' that an author had at common law , a property in his work , and the sole right of printing and publishing the same ; and that when printed or publishedthe Jaw did not take this riht waybut that by the statute 8 th
, g , Anne , an author has now no cop 3 * -right after the expiration of the several terms created thereby . ' The . statute here referred to ( 8 th Anne , ch . 19 . A . D . 1709 ) is intitled , 'An act for the encouragement of learning , b 3 * vesting the copies of printed books in the authors or purchasers of such copies , during the times therein-mentioned . ' It is enactedby this statute' that the author of any bookor his assigns ,
, , , shall have the sole liberty of printing it , for the term of 14 years , and no longer ; but if , at the end of that term , the author himself be living , he shall have the sole ri g ht to ' the printing thereof for another term of 14 years ; and if a 113- other person shall reprint , or import the same , or expose it to sale , being so reprinted , or imported dutin » -
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Authentic And Interesting Narrative Of The Adventures Of The Mutineers
" SIR , " When the sentence of the law was passed upon- me I received it , I trust , as became a man , and if it had been carried into execution I should have met my fate , I hope , in a manner becoming a Christian . Your admonition cannot fail to make a lasting impression on my mind . I receive with gratitude my Sovereign ' s mercy ,
for which my future life shall be faithfully devoted to his service . " He was at . ' ended b \* Mr . Graham , who took him in one of the ship ' s boati , which Captain Montague was so good as to order for the purpose , and , immediately after landing , the 3 * set off for London . EllisonMilwardBirkittand Muspratwere ordered for
exe-, , , , cution on board the Brunswick . The 3 * were perfectty resigned-to their . fate , and had a proper sense of the awful change they were about to experience . After the sentence of death had been passed upon them , the reverend Mr . Howell and Mr . Cole continually attended them eveiy da 3 * , and bestowed upon them unremitted attention .
On the 29 th of October these unfortunate wretches ( except Musprat , who was respited and afterwards pardoned ) were executed on board the Brunswick man of war . They were all very penitent , and behaved themselves becoming their unhappy situation .
Laws Concerning Literary Property, &C.
LAWS CONCERNING LITERARY PROPERTY , & c .
LIl ii , RARY property was subject to a considerable degree of uncertainty , until , by the decision of the house of lords -in 1774 , overturning a previous judgment of the court of king ' s bench , and a decree of the court of chancery , it was established , ' that an author had at common law , a property in his work , and the sole right of printing and publishing the same ; and that when printed or publishedthe Jaw did not take this riht waybut that by the statute 8 th
, g , Anne , an author has now no cop 3 * -right after the expiration of the several terms created thereby . ' The . statute here referred to ( 8 th Anne , ch . 19 . A . D . 1709 ) is intitled , 'An act for the encouragement of learning , b 3 * vesting the copies of printed books in the authors or purchasers of such copies , during the times therein-mentioned . ' It is enactedby this statute' that the author of any bookor his assigns ,
, , , shall have the sole liberty of printing it , for the term of 14 years , and no longer ; but if , at the end of that term , the author himself be living , he shall have the sole ri g ht to ' the printing thereof for another term of 14 years ; and if a 113- other person shall reprint , or import the same , or expose it to sale , being so reprinted , or imported dutin » -