Reliquiæ antiquæ eboracenses; or, Remains of antiquity: relating to the county of YorkCooke and Clark, Printers, 1855 - 96 pages |
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Page 83 - And it came to pass on the morrow, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the high places of Baal, that thence he might see the utmost part of the people.
Page 52 - Light, God's eldest daughter, is a principal beauty in a building: yet it shines not alike from all parts of heaven. An east window welcomes the infant beams of the sun, before they are of strength to do any harm, and is offensive to none but a sluggard. A south window in summer is a chimney with a fire in it, and needs the screen of a curtain. In a west window in summer time towards night, the sun grows low, and over familiar, with more light than delight.
Page 32 - March, 1545, giving his soul to God Almighty, St. Mary, and All Saints, and his body to be buried in the...
Page 4 - Patroclus. The mound supposed by Xenophon, to contain the remains of Alyattes, father of Croesus, King of Lydia, was of stone and earth, and more than a quarter of a league in circumference. In later times, Alexander the Great, caused a tumulus to be heaped over his friend Hephestion, at the cost of twelve hundred talents, no mean sum even for a conqueror like Alexander, it being £232,500 Sterling.
Page 3 - And they shall not lie with the mighty that are fallen of the uncircumcised, which are gone down to hell with their weapons of war: and they have laid their swords under their heads, but their iniquities shall be upon their bones, though they were the terror of the mighty in the land of the living.
Page 8 - The intrepid countenance of the Britons, and the spirit that animated their whole army, struck Ostorius with astonishment. He saw a river to be passed; a palisade to be forced ; a steep hill to be surmounted ; and the several posts defended by a prodigious multitude. The soldiers, notwithstanding, burned with impatience for the onset. All things give way to valour, was the general cry. The tribunes and other officers seconded the ardour of the men. Ostorius reconnoitred the ground, and having marked...
Page 32 - May, 1449,) giving her soul ut supra and her body to be buried in the Quire of the parish Church of Fryston upon Ayre.
Page 4 - Hector's barrow was of stones and earth. Achilles erected a tumulus upwards of an hundred feet in diameter, over the remains of his friend Patroclus. The mound supposed by Xenophon to contain the remains of Alyattes, father of Croesus, king of Lydia, was of stone and earth, and more than a quarter of a league in circumference. In later times, Alexander the Great caused a tumulus to be heaped over his friend Hephaestion, at the cost of 1200 talents, no mean sum, even for a conqueror like Alexander,...
Page 22 - Eboracenses, a quarto work, published at Leeds in the year 1852. The following extract from the article will explain the nature of the discovery. " They were found in quarrying on Tower Hill ; but owing to the nature of the operations, and the unlocked for discovery of relics by the people employed, it is believed that many similar remains were demolished. On one occasion, an urn, bleached by the tempests of an entire winter, was observed to protrude half its own bulk from the stratum of soil in...
Page 52 - In a west window in summer time towards night, the sun grows low, and over familiar, with more light than delight. A north window is best for butteries and cellars, where the beer will be sour for the sun's smiling on it. Thorough lights are best for rooms of entertainment, and windows on one side for dormitories.