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... present , he being now on his way to New Zealand , where he is expected to arrive in a day or two . The rear of the procession was brought up by a very large number of friends , and lastly by two carriages , one the private conveyance ...
... present , he being now on his way to New Zealand , where he is expected to arrive in a day or two . The rear of the procession was brought up by a very large number of friends , and lastly by two carriages , one the private conveyance ...
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... present . That invaluable survey , Domesday , informs us how Leofric held Aitone ( Eyton ) and Hunni held Rosela ( Rossall ) , which were adjacent manors , and that these ancient possessors at the time of the Survey ( 1086 ) had been ...
... present . That invaluable survey , Domesday , informs us how Leofric held Aitone ( Eyton ) and Hunni held Rosela ( Rossall ) , which were adjacent manors , and that these ancient possessors at the time of the Survey ( 1086 ) had been ...
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... present was that day calculated to bring to men happiness than to him who for nigh 35 years had been the constant priest of that temple ; through whom , with others no longer here , perhaps , helping him , the church had been improved ...
... present was that day calculated to bring to men happiness than to him who for nigh 35 years had been the constant priest of that temple ; through whom , with others no longer here , perhaps , helping him , the church had been improved ...
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... present day ? SHREWSBURY ESCORTS . ( 6 May 1885 ) . Odo . In reference to the question of T. S. S. , it may be of interest to state that it is related in Domesday Book that when the king lodged in the city he had a body- guard ...
... present day ? SHREWSBURY ESCORTS . ( 6 May 1885 ) . Odo . In reference to the question of T. S. S. , it may be of interest to state that it is related in Domesday Book that when the king lodged in the city he had a body- guard ...
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... present cause for apprehension , and I am of opinion that if the ringing of the bells is suspended , and they are only chimed , many years may elapse before any serious increase in the present defects is observable . The decay of the ...
... present cause for apprehension , and I am of opinion that if the ringing of the bells is suspended , and they are only chimed , many years may elapse before any serious increase in the present defects is observable . The decay of the ...
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Page 216 - ... according to the act of parliament made in the first year of the reign of His Majesty and the said late queen Mary, entitled, An Act for establishing the Coronation Oath...
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Page 328 - ... carved as a head. From hence it projects to the basement of the floor, twelve feet from which rises a conical roof sustained on six narrow pointed arches, having trefoil heads. The interior forms a beautiful oriel, the roof being vaulted on eight delicate ribs, at the intersection of which in the centre is a boss of comparatively large dimensions ; on this is beautifully sculptured The Crucifixion, with St. John and the Virgin Mary at the foot of the cross, enclosed under a trefoil arch flanked...
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