New and strange potation invented and passed upon.
Robert Southey thought it entirely overrated and "by no means deserving of the encomiums which are passed upon it".
A sentence of exile was passed upon him; his house was razed, and his grandson, Archidamus II, ascended the throne.
At the outset, we note that this claim may not be properly before the court because it was neither pressed nor passed upon below.
In another humiliating climbdown, Athens could be forced to reverse measures it passed upon assuming power that are deemed to run counter to the bailout philosophy.
On being asked by the court if she had anything to say when sentence was about to be passed upon her, she unhesitatingly compared herself to Jesus Christ and the judge to Pontius Pilate.
He passed upon several opportunities to push back at Mr. Romney, despite being expressly presented with opportunities to do so — on health care, on Ronald Reagan's legacy, on immigration, and on Mr. Romney's personal finances among other issues.
In an editorial, the Guardian commented that, though 'there seems little doubt that Miss Cavell was given a fair trial, and no doubt that she was guilty... in England, even if a sentence of death were passed upon a woman, the executive authority would never dream of carrying it out.
