 And thus have we attempted to pourtray, in vivid contrast, the conflicting elements of Saxon liberty and Norman despotism"; wishing the reader to "dr[i]nk deeply of the gushing tide of patriotism".In 1808, Sandys became a solicitor, and took up a practise in Canterbury, Kent, which he continued until 1857.Here, he married Sedley Frances Burdett on 27 May 1815.