A Picturesque History of Yorkshire: Being an Account of the History, Topography, and Antiquities of the Cities, Towns and Villages of the County of York, Founded on Personal Observations Made During Many Journeys Through the Three Ridings, Volume 2

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J.M. Dent, 1900 - 412 pages

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Page 104 - Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem ? I tell you, Nay: but except ye repent ye shall all likewise perish.
Page 97 - Cutler saw tenants break, and houses fall, For very want; he could not build a wall.
Page 154 - Twas but a step! the gulf he passed; But that step — it was his last! As through the mist he winged his way, (A cloud that hovers night and day,) The hound hung back, and back he drew The Master and his merlin too. That narrow place of noise and strife Received their little all of Life...
Page 53 - Christian duty, if it was a horse, an ox, or cow, &c., that was taken with the prisoner, it was thither brought along with him to the place of execution, and fastened by a cord to the pin that...
Page 368 - Highlands roused the spirit of the north ; baron and freeman gathered at York round Archbishop Thurstan, and marched to the field of Northallerton to await the foe. The sacred banners of St. Cuthbert of Durham, St. Peter of York, St. John of Beverley, and St. Wilfrid of Ripon hung from a pole fixed in a four-wheeled car which stood in the centre of the host. " I who wear no armor," shouted the chief of the Galwegians, " will go as far this day as any one with breastplate of mail ;" his men charged...
Page 159 - Pass, pass who will, yon chantry door, And, through the chink in the fractured floor Look down, and see a grisly sight ; A vault where the bodies are buried upright ! There, face by face, and hand by hand, The Claphams and Mauleverers stand...
Page 104 - I am a stranger and a sojourner with you : give me a possession of a burying-place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.
Page 27 - When she appeared in the schoolroom, her dress was changed, but just as old. She looked a little old woman, so short-sighted that she always appeared to be seeking something, and moving her head from side to side to catch a sight of it. She was very shy and nervous, and spoke with a strong Irish accent. When a book was given her, she dropped her head over it till her nose nearly touched it, and when she was told to hold her head up, up went the book after it, still close to her nose, so that it was...
Page 154 - The mingled sounds were swelling, dying, And down the Wharfe a hern was flying; When near the cabin in the wood, In tartan clad and forest-green, With hound in leash and hawk in hood, The Boy of Egremond was seen. * Blithe was his song, a song of yore ; But where the rock is rent in two, And the river rushes through, His voice was heard no more...
Page 232 - ... his bed, I could not during the operation forbear peeping over my shoulder several times to observe this extraordinary person, who was seated at the far side of the room,, untying his garters. Having aired the bed I went out, and shutting the door after me stopped and peeped through the keyhole, when I saw him rise from his seat, advance to the bed, and fall on his knees, in which attitude I left him for some time. When returning again, I found him still at prayer ; and this was his custom every...

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