Notwithstanding all the care and anxiety of the persons who frame Acts of Parliament to guard against every event, it frequently turns out that certain cases were not foreseen. (Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon)

Notwithstanding all the care and anxiety of the persons who frame Acts of Parliament to guard against every event, it frequently turns out that certain cases were not foreseen.

Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon

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