Bye-gones: Relating to Wales and the Border Counties, Volume 5Printed at the Caxton workd., 1881 |
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amongst ancient appointed Archæological Asaph Bangor bart Bishop borough Bridgnorth Bye-gones called Cambrian Carnarvon Castle century Chapel Charles Chester Church Church Stretton College Committee copy CURRENT NOTES Cymmrodorion daughter David Davies death Denbigh Denbighshire died Ditto Earl Earl of Powis Edward Eisteddfod elected English Evans father Flintshire Griffith Hanmer Henry Hill honour Hughes interesting JARCO Johannes Jones Lady late Leighton letter Lewis Llanfyllin Llanymynech Lloyd London Lord Machynlleth Mayor meeting Meifod Merionethshire Montgomeryshire Morgan Mostyn North Wales OLD OSWESTRY Oswestry Owen paper parish Peniarth Powis present Prince printed published QUERIES Recorder REPLIES residence Richard Robert Roger Roger Pope Royal Salop Salopian School Shrewsbury Shrewsbury Chronicle Shrewsbury School Shropshire Sir Watkin Society stone Thomas tion town Vaughan vicar Welsh Welshmen Welshpool Willielmus Wrexham
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Page 135 - Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.
Page 254 - Where many a time he triumph'd, is forgot. Near yonder thorn, that lifts its head on high, Where once the sign-post caught the passing eye, Low lies that house where nut-brown draughts inspired, Where grey-beard mirth, and smiling toil retired, Where village statesmen talk'd with looks profound, And news much older than their ale went round.
Page 234 - GOD, that madest earth and heaven, Darkness and light, Who the day for toil hast given, For rest the night. May Thine angel guards defend us, Slumber sweet Thy mercy send us, Holy dreams and hopes attend us, This live-long night.
Page 256 - And she forgot the stars, the moon, and sun, And she forgot the blue above the trees, And she forgot the dells where waters run, And she forgot the chilly autumn breeze...
Page 31 - Third, by the grace of God of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, and in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-four.
Page 61 - It did; and to prove that she did not keep them waiting, in a few minutes she came into the room in a loose white nightgown and shawl, her nightcap thrown off, and her hair falling upon her shoulders, her feet in slippers, tears in her eyes, but perfectly collected and dignified.
Page 3 - Under this stone lies Meredith Morgan, Who blew the bellows of our church organ ; Tobacco he hated, to smoke most unwilling, Yet never so pleased as when pipes he was filling ; No reflection on him for rude speech could be cast, Though he made our old organ give many a blast. No puffer was he, though a capital blower, He could fill double G, and now lies a note lower.
Page 234 - Guard us waking, guard us sleeping, And when we die, May we, in Thy mighty keeping, All peaceful lie ! When the last dread call shall wake us, Do not Thou, our God, forsake us, But to reign in glory take us With Thee on high.
Page 61 - Highness that they requested an audience on business of importance. After another delay, and another ringing to inquire the cause, the attendant was summoned, who stated that the Princess was in such a sweet sleep that she could not venture to disturb her. Then they said, 'We are come on business of state to the Queen, and even her sleep must give way to that.
Page 31 - Lord, 1812, at the general quarter sessions of the peace of our sovereign lord the king, holden at Cambridge, in and for the said county of Cambridge, before George Miller, esq.