The Beauties of England and Wales: Or, Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive, of Each County, Volym 21Verner & Hood, 1814 |
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... miles ; and the greatest breadth thirty - six miles . According to Cary's map the county contains 597,477 and a half acres , at the calcu- lation of eighty chains , statute measure , to a mile . The city and county of Coventry form a ...
... miles ; and the greatest breadth thirty - six miles . According to Cary's map the county contains 597,477 and a half acres , at the calcu- lation of eighty chains , statute measure , to a mile . The city and county of Coventry form a ...
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... miles broad , begins at the Brails - bill , and extends beyond Gaydon and Knightcote . The soil of the Barlichway Hundred , in the neighbourhood of War- wick , and to the south and south - west of that vicinity , is fre- quently a ...
... miles broad , begins at the Brails - bill , and extends beyond Gaydon and Knightcote . The soil of the Barlichway Hundred , in the neighbourhood of War- wick , and to the south and south - west of that vicinity , is fre- quently a ...
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... miles and a half in length , begins at the termination of the Birmingham and Fazely at Whit- tington Brook , and ends in the Trent and Mersey Canal at Frad- ley Heath . There is , also , a Cut , of about one mile in length , to the ...
... miles and a half in length , begins at the termination of the Birmingham and Fazely at Whit- tington Brook , and ends in the Trent and Mersey Canal at Frad- ley Heath . There is , also , a Cut , of about one mile in length , to the ...
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... miles ; when it again be- comes private , and so continues till it reaches High Cross . Here the turnpike - road from Lutterworth to Atherstone passes over it , for about two miles of its progress towards Hinkley ; and returning to it ...
... miles ; when it again be- comes private , and so continues till it reaches High Cross . Here the turnpike - road from Lutterworth to Atherstone passes over it , for about two miles of its progress towards Hinkley ; and returning to it ...
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... miles to the south- west of the city of Coventry , and is at nearly the same distance , on the north east , from the town of Warwick . Sir William Dug- dale observes , that , previous to the conquest , Kenilworth was a member of the ...
... miles to the south- west of the city of Coventry , and is at nearly the same distance , on the north east , from the town of Warwick . Sir William Dug- dale observes , that , previous to the conquest , Kenilworth was a member of the ...
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The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations ..., Volym 15, Del 1 John Britton Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1814 |
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Sida 101 - Be of good comfort, Master Ridley, and play the man. We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.
Sida 246 - Warwick ; his father was a butcher, and I have been told heretofore by some of the neighbours that when he was a boy he exercised his father's trade, but when he killed a calf he would do it in a high style, and make a speech.
Sida 245 - ... to the players, in order to have it acted ; and the persons into whose hands it was put, after having turned it carelessly and superciliously over, were just upon returning it to him with an ill-natured answer, that it would be of no service to their company ; when...
Sida 245 - The latter part of his life was spent, as all men of good sense will wish theirs may be, in ease, retirement, and the conversation of his friends. He had the good fortune to gather an estate equal to his occasion, and, in that, to his wish ; and is said to have spent some years before his death at his native Stratford.
Sida 187 - Abbingdon coining home that night, the commission and proclamation being shewn to him, he denied any such men to be in his house; and voluntarily to die at his own gate, if any such were to be found in his house, or in...
Sida 245 - It is at this time, and upon this accident, that he is said to have made his first acquaintance in the playhouse. He was received into the company then in being, at first in a very mean rank; but his admirable wit, and the natural turn of it to the stage, soon distinguished him, if not as an extraordinary actor, yet as an excellent writer.
Sida 233 - Good frend for Jesvs' sake forbeare To digg the dvst encloased heare; Blese be ye. man yt spares thes stones, And cvrst be he yt. moves my bones.
Sida 287 - Such was Roscommon, not more learn'd than good, With manners gen'rous as his noble blood; To him the wit of Greece and Rome was known, And ev'ry author's merit, but his own. Such late was Walsh — the Muse's judge and friend, Who justly knew to blame or to commend; To failings mild, but zealous for desert; The clearest head, and the sincerest heart.
Sida 352 - ... made for the practical business of the State. In debate he was clear, natural, and convincing. His knowledge in all things which concerned his duty, profound. He understood beyond any man of his time the revenues of his country ; which he preferred to every thing — except its liberties. He was a perfect master of the law of Parliament, And attached to its privileges until they were set up against the rights of the people.