The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive, of Each County, Volym 12, Utgåva 2 |
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... situation is such as to render the conjecture highly plausi- ble ; and it is well known that the word Cestre , or Chester , with a significant adjunct , was generally used by the Saxons to ex- press a place erected on the site or ...
... situation is such as to render the conjecture highly plausi- ble ; and it is well known that the word Cestre , or Chester , with a significant adjunct , was generally used by the Saxons to ex- press a place erected on the site or ...
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... situation in which it was disco- vered is so entirely unconnected with any known Roman road , that it can scarcely be supposed the mere footway of a general's tent , although it is probable that the building in which it was constructed ...
... situation in which it was disco- vered is so entirely unconnected with any known Roman road , that it can scarcely be supposed the mere footway of a general's tent , although it is probable that the building in which it was constructed ...
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... situation , its course being uniformly on the firm fast soil afforded by the Chiltern elevations . Of those vicinal ways which ran from one colony to an- other , or from station to station , the principal in Oxfordshire is the Akeman ...
... situation , its course being uniformly on the firm fast soil afforded by the Chiltern elevations . Of those vicinal ways which ran from one colony to an- other , or from station to station , the principal in Oxfordshire is the Akeman ...
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... situation which he held when Queen Anne came to the crown . In 1704 he was sworn of her Majesty's privy - council , and in the same year was appointed one of the principal secretaries of state , retaining at the same time his chair as ...
... situation which he held when Queen Anne came to the crown . In 1704 he was sworn of her Majesty's privy - council , and in the same year was appointed one of the principal secretaries of state , retaining at the same time his chair as ...
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... situation , and calls it Calleva ; but there is no mention of it in the Itinerary of Antoninus ; and it is allowed not to have formed , at any era , a Roman garrison - town . When the Saxons commenced their ravages , Oxford fell a ...
... situation , and calls it Calleva ; but there is no mention of it in the Itinerary of Antoninus ; and it is allowed not to have formed , at any era , a Roman garrison - town . When the Saxons commenced their ravages , Oxford fell a ...
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The Beauties of England and Wales: Or, Delineations ..., Volym 17, Del 2 John Britton Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1813 |
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Sida 448 - ... college situated in a purer air ; so that his house was a university in a less volume ; whither they came not so much for repose as study ; and to examine and refine those grosser propositions, which laziness and consent made current in vulgar conversation.
Sida 269 - And wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude, Where, with her best nurse, contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impaired. He that has light within his own clear breast May sit i...
Sida 272 - My love, my life, said I, explain This change of humour : pr'ythee, tell : That falling tear — What does it mean ? She sigh'd ; she smil'd : and to the flowers Pointing, the lovely moralist said : See, friend, in some few fleeting hours, See yonder, what a change is made. Ah me! the blooming pride of May, And that of beauty are but one: At morn both flourish bright and gay, Both fade at evening, pale, and gone; At dawn poor Stella...
Sida 126 - English, surrendered to the use of himself for life, and after to the use of his eldest son and his...
Sida 46 - The king started a little, and said : ' By my faith, my lord, I thank you for your good cheer, but I may not endure to have my laws broken in my sight. My attorney must speak with you.
Sida 434 - Immediately there was heard so loud a crack, as if heaven had split asunder; every one was now solicitous for the safety of his neighbour, and called to one another throughout the field : No answer being...
Sida 348 - And one of the prisoners who had been taken in the action said, 'that he was confident Mr. Hambden was hurt, for he saw him ride off the field before the action was done, which he never used to do, and with his head hanging down, and resting his hands upon the neck of his horse;' by which he concluded he was hurt.
Sida 180 - The Master, Fellows, and Scholars of the College of Pembroke, in the University of Oxford, of the foundation of king James, at the cost and charges of Thomas Tesdale and Richard Wightwick...
Sida 434 - ... safety, called to one another: those that were nearest our lovers, hearing no answer, stepped to the place where they lay: they first saw a little smoke, and after, this faithful pair - John with one arm about his Sarah's neck, and the other held over her face, as if to screen her from the lightning. They were struck dead, and already grown stiff and cold in this tender posture. There was no mark or discolouring on their bodies, only that Sarah's eyebrow was a little singed, and a small spot...
Sida 89 - Westminster, forming a new catechism, and scheme of religion,) ever ventured to make any answer to it; nor is it indeed to be answered, but must remain to the world's end, as a monument of the learning, courage, and loyalty, of that excellent place, against the highest malice and tyranny that was ever exercised in or over any nation...