The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive, of Each County, Volume 7Thomas Maiden, 1808 - 524 pagina's |
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Pagina 38
... reign according to the ancient laws and customs of the country , or , in his despite , to raise the exiled Edgar Atheling to the throne ; who was , indeed , the rightful heir , and was held in so much estima- tion , that he was called ...
... reign according to the ancient laws and customs of the country , or , in his despite , to raise the exiled Edgar Atheling to the throne ; who was , indeed , the rightful heir , and was held in so much estima- tion , that he was called ...
Pagina 64
... reign of Richard the Third , the Abbey received some slight manifestation of Royal kindness ; but his successor , Henry the Seventh , appears to have kept the temporalitics in his own hands till the year 1492 , when he permitted Thomas ...
... reign of Richard the Third , the Abbey received some slight manifestation of Royal kindness ; but his successor , Henry the Seventh , appears to have kept the temporalitics in his own hands till the year 1492 , when he permitted Thomas ...
Pagina 89
... reign of that King . On one of the piers in the Baptistery , the marks of the more ancient pulpit may clearly be seen . In the seat formerly of the Marlborough family , but now of Earl Spencer , is a good carving of the Marlborough arms ...
... reign of that King . On one of the piers in the Baptistery , the marks of the more ancient pulpit may clearly be seen . In the seat formerly of the Marlborough family , but now of Earl Spencer , is a good carving of the Marlborough arms ...
Pagina 109
... reign of King John , and attained very general celebrity for his knowledge in philosophy , poetry , divinity , and rhetoric . So great was his fame , that he was styled ' miraculum ingenii ; the wonder and miracle of wit and science ...
... reign of King John , and attained very general celebrity for his knowledge in philosophy , poetry , divinity , and rhetoric . So great was his fame , that he was styled ' miraculum ingenii ; the wonder and miracle of wit and science ...
Pagina 119
John Britton. the reigns of James the First , and Charles the First . His cousin , Sir Thomas Meautys , succeeded to ... reign of Edward the Sixth , Edward Grimston , Esq . was made Comptroller of Calais ; and he was afterwards continued ...
John Britton. the reigns of James the First , and Charles the First . His cousin , Sir Thomas Meautys , succeeded to ... reign of Edward the Sixth , Edward Grimston , Esq . was made Comptroller of Calais ; and he was afterwards continued ...
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Pagina 367 - I came into the House one morning, well clad, and perceived a gentleman speaking, whom I knew not, very ordinarily apparelled ; for it was a plain cloth suit, which seemed to have been made by an ill country tailor ; his linen was plain, and not very clean; and I remember a speck or two of blood upon his little band, which was not much larger than his collar : his hat was without a hatband. His stature was of a good size ; his sword stuck close to his side ; his countenance swollen and reddish; his...
Pagina 464 - Us, the point upwards : next came the Queen, in the sixty-fifth year of her age, as we were told, very majestic ; her face oblong, fair, but wrinkled ; her eyes small, yet black and pleasant ; her nose a little hooked ; her lips narrow and her teeth black (a defect the English seem subject to, from their too great use of sugar...
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Pagina 371 - May it please your majesty, I have neither eyes to see, nor tongue to speak in this place, but as the House is pleased to direct me...
Pagina 417 - I do hereby freely promise, and engage myself, to be true and faithful to the Lord Protector and the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland ; and shall not (according to the tenor of the Indenture whereby I am returned to serve in this present Parliament) propose, or give my consent, to alter the Government as it is settled in a Single Person and a Parliament.'* Sign that, or go home again to your countries.
Pagina 413 - I have sought the Lord night and day, that He would rather slay me than put me upon the doing of this work.
Pagina 465 - Latin, and the Languages I have mentioned, she is mistress of Spanish, Scotch, and Dutch: Whoever speaks to her, it is kneeling; now and then she raises some with her Hand.
Pagina 407 - What if a Man should take upon him to be King?" WHITELOCKE, "I think that Remedy would be worse than the Disease.
Pagina 464 - Her bosom was uncovered, as all the English ladies have it till they marry ; and she had on a necklace of exceeding fine jewels ; her hands were small, her fingers long, and her stature neither tall nor low ; her air was stately, her manner of speaking mild and obliging.
Pagina 420 - The heir, on the death of his ancestor, if of full age, was plundered of the first emoluments arising from his inheritance, by way of relief and primer seisin ; and, if under age, of the whole of his estate during infancy. And then, as Sir Thomas Smith...