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Post by GoetzKluge on Apr 3, 2016 2:10:26 GMT -5
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Post by GoetzKluge on Apr 9, 2016 12:08:49 GMT -5
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Post by GoetzKluge on Feb 5, 2017 10:41:51 GMT -5
There are many guesses to which (if at all) court trials the chapter "The Barrister's Dream" might refer. I think that the 19th century church trials in the UK could be a possible candidate. There even were verdicts in in which direction the communion should (or should not) be directed. This could have been Carroll's comment in "The Hunting of the Snark" (1876): 117 · · But the principal failing occurred in the sailing, 118 · · · · And the Bellman, perplexed and distressed, 119 · · Said he had hoped, at least, when the wind blew due East, 120 · · · · That the ship would not travel due West! And from a tract by Rev. G. W. Weldon, Ridsdale Judgement (1877): "[...] Here it is clearly laid down that the position at the North aide of the Table, looking South, and not the West side looking towards the East (viz., the Eastward position), s the most suitable and proper [...]"
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Post by GoetzKluge on Jun 30, 2017 5:35:29 GMT -5
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