The Beauties of England and Wales: Or, Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive, of Each County, Volume 20Verner & Hood, 1813 |
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... monuments of the highest antiquity in these churches are much defaced . * On the north side of the communion table in St. Mary's church , was formerly a plain altar monument for Mary Tudor , third daugh- ter of king Henry VII . This ...
... monuments of the highest antiquity in these churches are much defaced . * On the north side of the communion table in St. Mary's church , was formerly a plain altar monument for Mary Tudor , third daugh- ter of king Henry VII . This ...
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... monument is this dis- tich on the wooden palisades . Such as ye be some time ware wee , Suche as wee are , suche schall ye be . Opposite to this monument , is that of Sir William Carew , who . died in 1501 , and his wife , in 1525. She ...
... monument is this dis- tich on the wooden palisades . Such as ye be some time ware wee , Suche as wee are , suche schall ye be . Opposite to this monument , is that of Sir William Carew , who . died in 1501 , and his wife , in 1525. She ...
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... monument of sir Clement Higham , the last Ro- man Catholic speaker of the house of commons in the time of Queen Mary . Here , too , " observes Mr. Gough , * " the turn- pike road from Bury to Newmarket , is unfortunately for the repose ...
... monument of sir Clement Higham , the last Ro- man Catholic speaker of the house of commons in the time of Queen Mary . Here , too , " observes Mr. Gough , * " the turn- pike road from Bury to Newmarket , is unfortunately for the repose ...
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... monument , the arch being elegantly sculptured with foliage , and a Gothic turret rising from the head and feet , connected by a bat- tlement at top . Not less ancient probably than the preceding , is a flat slab of Sussex marble ...
... monument , the arch being elegantly sculptured with foliage , and a Gothic turret rising from the head and feet , connected by a bat- tlement at top . Not less ancient probably than the preceding , is a flat slab of Sussex marble ...
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... monument of Sussex marble , in the south- east corner of the church , is the portrait in brass of a knight in armour between his two wives , about two feet high . His hair is clipped short ; his whiskers and parted beard are long ; his ...
... monument of Sussex marble , in the south- east corner of the church , is the portrait in brass of a knight in armour between his two wives , about two feet high . His hair is clipped short ; his whiskers and parted beard are long ; his ...
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Page 279 - While lasts the mountain, or while Thames shall flow). I seem through consecrated walks to rove ; I hear soft music die along the grove : Led by the sound, I roam from shade to shade, By godlike poets venerable made : Here his first lays majestic Denham sung ; There the last numbers flow'd from Cowley's tongue.
Page 92 - ... shire ? Some only for not being drown'd, And some for sitting above ground Whole days and nights, upon their breeches, And feeling pain, were...
Page 107 - King of England, after he had escaped the swords of his merciless rebels, and his forces received a fatal overthrow at Worcester, September the 3d, 1651, was faithfully preserved and conveyed to France, departed this life the 26th day of July, 1674.
Page 23 - Extent and Boundaries. — England (including Wales) is bounded on the north by Scotland ; on the west by the Irish Sea, St George's Channel, and the Atlantic Ocean ; on the south by the English Channel ; and on the east by the German Ocean.
Page 200 - Topographer, containing a Variety of Original Articles, illustrative of the Local History and Antiquities of England...
Page 32 - Ye who the merits of the dead revere, Who hold misfortune sacred, genius dear, Regard this tomb, where Collins, hapless name, Solicits kindness with a double claim. Though nature gave him, and though science taught, The fire of fancy, and the reach of thought, Severely doom'd to penury's extreme, He pass'd in...
Page 112 - a notable man, at a thanksgiving dinner," writes a pamphleteer of the time quoted by Lysons, "having terrible long teeth, and a prodigious stomach to turn the archbishop's chapel into a kitchen, and to swallow up that palace and lands at a morsel.
Page 3 - Thirty-eight parishes or places maintain all, or part of, their poor in workhouses. The number of persons so maintained, during the year ending Easter 1803, was 1131, and the expense incurred therein, amounted to 12,1247. 8s. 8£rf. being at the rate of 101. 14s. &{d. for each person maintained in that manner.
Page 78 - Destitute, an asylum for persons discharged from prison, or from the hulks ; for unfortunate and deserted females, and others, who, from loss of character, or extreme indigence, cannot procure an honest maintenance, though willing to work.
Page 73 - Monday came, all was well. Tuesday came, he not sick. Wednesday came, and still he was well ; with which his impertinent wife did much twit him in the teeth.