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Page xix - Love had he found in huts where poor men lie; His daily teachers had been woods and rills, The silence that is in the starry sky, The sleep that is among the lonely hills.
Page xix - To build, to plant, whatever you intend. To rear the column, or the arch to bend, To swell the terrace, or to sink the grot; In all, let nature never be forgot.
Page xix - Consult the genius of the place in all; .That tells the waters or to rise or fall; Or helps the ambitious hill the heavens to scale Or scoops in circling theatres the vale : Calls in the country, catches opening glades, Joins willing woods, and varies shades from 'shades: Now breaks, or now directs, the intending lines ; Paints as you plant, and, as you work, designs.
Page 39 - Low in a vale, with springs well stored, and wood, And sovereign herbs whence failing health's renewed, A neighbouring abbey next invites the eye : Stupendous act of former piety ! From streams and springs which nature here contrives, The name of Fountains this sweet place derives.
Page 64 - House, London, W. Single copies of the yearly Index may be obtained. Many of the societies in union with the Society of Antiquaries take a sufficient number of copies to issue with their transactions to each of their members. The more this plan is extended the less will be the cost of the Index to each society.
Page 14 - And it came to pass on the morrow, that Pashur brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then said Jeremiah unto him, The LORD hath not called thy name Pashur, but Magormissabib.
Page 64 - ... their transactions for issue to each of their members. The value of the index for purposes of research and as a record of each year's archaeological work is so well recognised that many societies have adopted the latter system, and the more this is extended the less will be the cost to each society. For particulars of this and other works now being carried on by the associated societies application should be made to WH St.
Page ix - The Society was formed in 1892 to study and preserve the antiquities of the East Riding of the County of York. It has already done important work, making extensive excavations at Watton Priory, a Gilbertine house, near Driffield ; and has also taken part in excavations at Warter Priory, near Pocklington.
Page 55 - In cujus rei testimonium has literas nostras fieri fecimus Patentes. Teste me ipso apud Westmonasterium decimo octavo die Decembris, anno Regni nostri Quarto.
Page 64 - INDEX, Care of WH ST. JOHN HOPE, Esq., Society of Antiquaries, Burlington House, W. Societies in union with the Society of Antiquaries, and other societies, may obtain single copies of the yearly index or a sufficient number of copies to bind up with their transactions for issue to each of their members.

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