The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive, of Each County, Volume 6 |
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... former is separated into two portions , by inter- vening private property : its limits comprehend about 15,493 acres ; 8694 of which belong to the Crown . On a survey made of the timber of this Forest , in the year 1608 , 1301 oak trees ...
... former is separated into two portions , by inter- vening private property : its limits comprehend about 15,493 acres ; 8694 of which belong to the Crown . On a survey made of the timber of this Forest , in the year 1608 , 1301 oak trees ...
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... former historians , that this city was built by a King of Britain , named Ludor Rous Hudibrass , 892 years before the birth of Christ , or 139 years before the foundation of Rome : but the very existence of such a King , as the above ...
... former historians , that this city was built by a King of Britain , named Ludor Rous Hudibrass , 892 years before the birth of Christ , or 139 years before the foundation of Rome : but the very existence of such a King , as the above ...
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... former had before enjoyed . ” " With respect to the hierarchy to be established , " continues Mr. Milner , who supports the history of Lucius to its full extent , " it seemed best to Lucius and his prelates , that the same should be ...
... former had before enjoyed . ” " With respect to the hierarchy to be established , " continues Mr. Milner , who supports the history of Lucius to its full extent , " it seemed best to Lucius and his prelates , that the same should be ...
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... former one , and in a similar form , that of the cross . This second building is said to have been dedicated in ho- nor of St. Amphibalus , a priest , and martyr , who having sought refuge in the house of St. Alban at Werlancester , was ...
... former one , and in a similar form , that of the cross . This second building is said to have been dedicated in ho- nor of St. Amphibalus , a priest , and martyr , who having sought refuge in the house of St. Alban at Werlancester , was ...
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... former is believed to have died by poison in this city . * After the irruption of the Saxons under Cerdic , and the defeat of the united army of the Britons in the New Forest , Venta again changed masters , and became the capital of the ...
... former is believed to have died by poison in this city . * After the irruption of the Saxons under Cerdic , and the defeat of the united army of the Britons in the New Forest , Venta again changed masters , and became the capital of the ...
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Page 503 - Or in proud falls magnificently lost, But clear and artless, pouring through the plain Health to the sick, and solace to the swain. Whose causeway parts the vale with shady rows ? Whose seats the weary traveller repose ? Who tanght that heaven-directed spire to rise ?
Page 288 - Insatiate archer ! could not one suffice ? Thy shaft flew thrice ; and thrice my peace was slain ; And thrice, ere thrice yon moon had fill'd her horn.
Page 382 - Forgive, blest shade, the tributary tear, That mourns thy exit from a world like this ; Forgive the wish that would have kept thee here, And stayed thy progress to the seats of bliss • No more confined to grov'ling scenes of night, No more a tenant pent in mortal clay, Now should we rather hail thy glorious flight, And trace thy journey to the realms of day.
Page 141 - Few men have left behind such purity of character, or such monuments of laborious piety. He has provided instruction for all ages, from those who are lisping their first lessons, to the enlightened readers of Malbranche and Locke ; he has left neither corporeal nor spiritual nature unexamined ; he has taught the Art of Reasoning, and the Science of the Stars.
Page 151 - Nimrod first the bloody chase began, A mighty hunter, and his prey was man : Our haughty Norman boasts that barbarous name, And makes his trembling slaves the royal game. The fields are ravish'd from th...
Page 287 - I can always answer, because I always know whence they have their arguments, which I have read a hundred times ; but that fellow Young is continually pestering me with something of his own."* After all, Tindal and the censurers of Young may be reconcilable.
Page 504 - This guest of summer, The temple-haunting. martlet, does approve, By his lov'd mansionry, that the heaven's breath Smells wooingly here : no jutty, frieze, Buttress, nor coigne of vantage, but this bird Hath made his pendent bed, and procreant cradle : Where they most breed and haunt, I have observ'd, The air is delicate.
Page 503 - ... The Man of Ross," each lisping babe replies. Behold the market-place with poor o'erspread ! The Man of Ross...
Page 151 - The fields are ravish'd from th' industrious swains, From men their cities, and from gods their fanes: The levell'd towns with weeds lie cover'd o'er; The hollow winds through naked temples roar; Round broken columns clasping ivy...
Page 503 - But clear and artless, pouring through the plain, Health to the sick, and solace to the swain. Whose causeway parts the vale with shady rows ? Whose seats the weary traveller repose ? Who taught that Heaven-directed spire to rise ? " The Man of Ross,