The Beauties of England and Wales: Or, Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive, of Each County, Volume 20Verner & Hood, 1813 |
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... principal productions of the fen - district , and which , as food for sheep , exceeds turnips both in regard to fattening and milk ; tur- nips , clover , trefoil , white clover , and sainfoin . The crops not commonly cultivated consist ...
... principal productions of the fen - district , and which , as food for sheep , exceeds turnips both in regard to fattening and milk ; tur- nips , clover , trefoil , white clover , and sainfoin . The crops not commonly cultivated consist ...
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... principal exports . Lowestoff is cele- brated for its herring fishery , which was formerly more produc- tive than at present ; and of which farther notice will be taken in treating of that town . The principal fabric of the county was ...
... principal exports . Lowestoff is cele- brated for its herring fishery , which was formerly more produc- tive than at present ; and of which farther notice will be taken in treating of that town . The principal fabric of the county was ...
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... principal town in this hundred . It is a large pleasant , well - built place , constitutes a half hundred of itself , and has a weekly market on Fridays , well supplied with fish , wild fowl , and all other provisions . Towards the fens ...
... principal town in this hundred . It is a large pleasant , well - built place , constitutes a half hundred of itself , and has a weekly market on Fridays , well supplied with fish , wild fowl , and all other provisions . Towards the fens ...
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... embellishments being three niches on each side , corresponding with those in the projecting wings of the west front : but the principal object which claims attention G2 attention here , is the beautiful arch , the symmetry SUFFOLK . 83.
... embellishments being three niches on each side , corresponding with those in the projecting wings of the west front : but the principal object which claims attention G2 attention here , is the beautiful arch , the symmetry SUFFOLK . 83.
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... principal , and probably the most ancient , usually continues three weeks . The charter for it was granted to the abbot in 1272 , by king Henry III and it was formerly one of the most celebrated marts in the kingdom . It was then held ...
... principal , and probably the most ancient , usually continues three weeks . The charter for it was granted to the abbot in 1272 , by king Henry III and it was formerly one of the most celebrated marts in the kingdom . It was then held ...
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Page 277 - 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 90 - ... 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 105 - 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 21 - 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 199 - 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 110 - 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 1 - 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 76 - 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 71 - 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.