I suppose I should …" "No. I pawned this job off on you.
Until 1468 the islands were part of Norway, when they were pawned to James III of Scotland in lieu of a royal dowry.
I suppose I should …" "No. I pawned this job off on you.
The elector commuted his claims in right of his mother, the Bavarian princess Maria Antonia, for six million florins, which he spent chiefly in redeeming Saxon territory that had been pawned to other German states.
Another frequent subject of complaint was found in certain sacred vessels which the bishop of Sirmium had sent as a bribe to the secretary of Attila, and which had been by him, fraudulently, as his master contended, pawned to a silversmith at Rome.