The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive, of Each County, Volume 5 |
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... Elizabeth , occasioned a scene of horror in Durham ; not fewer than sixty - six persons being executed to satisfy the brutality of Sir George Bowes , who boasted , that in a tract of country , sixty miles in length , and forty in ...
... Elizabeth , occasioned a scene of horror in Durham ; not fewer than sixty - six persons being executed to satisfy the brutality of Sir George Bowes , who boasted , that in a tract of country , sixty miles in length , and forty in ...
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... Elizabeth , a doubt had arisen , whether the penalties of the statute of Philip and Mary extended to per- sons " borne within the Queene's dominions , and being of that fellowship , by disguising their apparell , and counterfeiting ...
... Elizabeth , a doubt had arisen , whether the penalties of the statute of Philip and Mary extended to per- sons " borne within the Queene's dominions , and being of that fellowship , by disguising their apparell , and counterfeiting ...
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... Elizabeth . The estate was for- merly divided among many families , but has been aggregated by different purchases . The mansion is situated on a gentle ascent , with an eastern aspect : it contains a small though valuable collec- tion ...
... Elizabeth . The estate was for- merly divided among many families , but has been aggregated by different purchases . The mansion is situated on a gentle ascent , with an eastern aspect : it contains a small though valuable collec- tion ...
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... Elizabeth , granted by that Sovereign for the foundation of a Grammar - School , through the solicitations of Henry , Earl of Darlington , and Bishop Pilkington , whose influence the inhabitants had besought for that purpose . The ...
... Elizabeth , granted by that Sovereign for the foundation of a Grammar - School , through the solicitations of Henry , Earl of Darlington , and Bishop Pilkington , whose influence the inhabitants had besought for that purpose . The ...
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... - posed to represent Sir John Coniers who married " Elizabeth , eldest daughter of Bromflete , Lord St. John , and Bromflet . " + The * Hutchins , Vol . III . p . 149 . + Leland . The legs of the figure are crossed ; the feet 94 DURHAM .
... - posed to represent Sir John Coniers who married " Elizabeth , eldest daughter of Bromflete , Lord St. John , and Bromflet . " + The * Hutchins , Vol . III . p . 149 . + Leland . The legs of the figure are crossed ; the feet 94 DURHAM .
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Page 376 - Wished yourselves unmarried again ; Or in a twelve-month and a day Repented not in thought any way, But continued true in thought and desire, As when you joined hands in holy quire.
Page 339 - It may please your grace, that were not for " mine ease: they are most of them my retainers, that " are come to do me service at such a time as this, and
Page 376 - As when you join'd hands in holy quire. If to these conditions without all fear, Of your own accord you will freely swear, A whole gammon of bacon you shall receive. And bear it hence with love and good leave ; For this is our custom at Dunmow well known ; Tho' the pleasure be ours, the bacon's your own.
Page 151 - ... the Boat moving, as it were, upon a centre; the fine entrance below is of use in dividing the waves, when rowing against them ; and, combined with the convexity of the bottom, and the elliptical form of the stem, admits her to rise with wonderful buoyancy in...
Page 117 - All were welcome that came; and even their beasts had so much care taken of them, that it was humorously said, " If a horse was turned loose in any part of the country, it would immediately make its way to the rector of Houghton's.
Page 35 - Journal (first edition, p. 281.) ..." we came to Durham (AD 1657), where was a Man come down from London, to set up a College there, to make Ministers of Christ, as they said : I went, with some others, to reason with the Man, and to let him see, ' That to teach Men Hebrew, Greek, and Latin, and the Seven Arts' which was all but the Teachings of the Natural Man, was not ' the Way to make them Ministers of Christ.
Page 677 - Weave the warp, and weave the woof, The winding-sheet of Edward's race. Give ample room, and verge enough The characters of hell to trace. Mark the year, and mark the night, When Severn shall re-echo with affright, The shrieks of death through Berkeley's roofs that ring ; Shrieks of an agonizing king...
Page 37 - Whereupon the king, furiously enraged, presently repaired to the hermit's place, with his daughter, attended by several knights, where he instantly accosted the servant of God in the following manner : ' What ! art thou he, who, under the colour of religion, profanest the temple and sanctuary of God ? Art thou he, who, under the cloak and profession of an hermit, exercisest thyself in all...
Page 694 - The recommendatory Letter of Oliver Cromwell to William Lenthall, esq. speaker of the House of Commons, for erecting a college and university at Durham, and his Letters Patent (when lord protector) for founding the same; with the Address of the provost and fellows of the said college, &c." 4to. " A sketch of the Life and Character of Bishop Trevor,
Page 150 - ... nearly with the level of the keel. The ends of the bottom section form that fine kind of entrance- observable in the lower part of the bow of the fishing boat, called a coble, much used in the north.