Alsatia

Whitefriars, London (also called Alsatia), was the last place of sanctuary used in England, but it was abolished by Act of Parliament in 1697.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913

"Alsatia," in imitation of the frontier province of the same name, which was long a cause of contention and familiarly known to English soldiers in the long Continental wars.

Lippincott's Magazine Of Popular Literature And Science Old Series, Vol. 36—New Series, Vol. 10, July 1885 Various

The scene is supposed to be in that part of London termed "Alsatia," so well described by Sir Walter Scott -- the refuge of the destitute and criminal.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843 Various

Orleans, the men might have come out of "Alsatia," where they would have been worthy subjects of that illustrious potentate,

Generals, Confederate States of America, Biography, Soldiers, Louisiana, Southern States, Army, Louisiana Infantry Regiment, 9th., History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Personal narratives, United States, Campaigns, Military Life, Reconstruction. 1879

Recruited on the levee and in the alleys of New Orleans, the men might have come out of "Alsatia," where they would have been worthy subjects of that illustrious potentate, "Duke

Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War Richard Taylor

Even the danger arising from the wolves, which, when pinched by the approach of winter, have been known to descend from their mountain fastnesses into open villages, such as those the travellers might choose to quarter in, rendered the presence of some escort necessary; and the bands of deserters from various services, who formed parties of banditti on the frontiers of Alsatia and Germany, combined to recommend such a precaution.

Anne of Geierstein 2008

I find 46 cities and walled towns in Alsatia, a small province in Germany, 50 castles, an infinite number of villages, no ground idle, no not rocky places, or tops of hills are untilled, as

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

Plater in the first book of his Observations, [1485] tells a story of an ancient gentleman in Alsatia, that married a young wife, and was not able to pay his debts in that kind for a long time together, by reason of his several infirmities: but she, because of this inhibition of

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

The new citizens for this particular Alsatia, each no doubt with his personal belongings securely packed and at hand, crowd the deck and study the nearing coast.

A Modern Utopia Herbert George 2006

The Lumber Yard is a sort of Alsatia, to which the hunted prisoner retires.

For the term of his natural life 2004