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... and forms a little haven between Bawdsey and Felixstowe . 1 This in the Anstis MS . is called the Fromus . 2 Called the Deave in the Anstis MS . Although the river on which the present county town stands 4 History of Suffolk .
... and forms a little haven between Bawdsey and Felixstowe . 1 This in the Anstis MS . is called the Fromus . 2 Called the Deave in the Anstis MS . Although the river on which the present county town stands 4 History of Suffolk .
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Although the river on which the present county town stands has , in this respect , a certain priority , it does not drain a very large extent of ground , being rather con- tracted on each side by the basins of the Deben and the Stour ...
Although the river on which the present county town stands has , in this respect , a certain priority , it does not drain a very large extent of ground , being rather con- tracted on each side by the basins of the Deben and the Stour ...
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The banks then gradually retire and the bed deepens , the last contribution being from Lakenheath New Lode , whence , by Brand Creek , ' the river goes as of old to Lynn , the present lines of the Great Ouse being a modern invention .
The banks then gradually retire and the bed deepens , the last contribution being from Lakenheath New Lode , whence , by Brand Creek , ' the river goes as of old to Lynn , the present lines of the Great Ouse being a modern invention .
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Whereabouts in the Seismic Baian district Faustinus's villa lay , I suppose none can tell ; I am bold enough , however , to present my readers with a metrical version of the epigram : ' The homely grange in friend Faustinus ' hand ...
Whereabouts in the Seismic Baian district Faustinus's villa lay , I suppose none can tell ; I am bold enough , however , to present my readers with a metrical version of the epigram : ' The homely grange in friend Faustinus ' hand ...
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Each gift of visitors their goodwill tells : One bears the pale gold honey in its cells , One from Sassinian glade the bowl of cream ; The drowsy dormice some a present deem . In hamper prison'd sounds the baby voice Of hairy kids .
Each gift of visitors their goodwill tells : One bears the pale gold honey in its cells , One from Sassinian glade the bowl of cream ; The drowsy dormice some a present deem . In hamper prison'd sounds the baby voice Of hairy kids .
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Page 121 - Look how the Lion of the sea lifts up his ancient crown, And underneath his deadly paw treads the gay lilies down.
Page 273 - Huntingdonshire, on a bright day last autumn [says the picturesque Tourist], I saw sitting on wooden benches, in front of their Bastille and within their ring-wall and its railings, some half-hundred or more of these men. Tall robust figures, young mostly or of middle age; of honest countenance, many of them thoughtful and even intelligent-looking men. They sat there, near by one another; but in a kind of torpor, especially in a silence, which was very striking. In silence: for, alas, what word was...
Page 196 - Our good people be not disturbed, letted or discouraged from any lawful recreation, such as Dancing (either men or women), Archery for men, Leaping, Vaulting, or any other such harmless...
Page 196 - Church ; and as for our good people's lawful recreation, our pleasure likewise is, that after the end of divine service our good people be not disturbed, letted or discouraged from any lawful recreation, such as dancing, either men or women ; archery for men, leaping, vaulting, or any other such harmless recreation, nor from having of May-games, Whitsun-ales, and Morris-dances ; and the setting up of May-poles and other sports therewith used : so as the same be had in due and convenient time, without...
Page 196 - God: prohibiting in like sort the said recreations to any that, though conform in religion, are not present in the church at the service of God, before their going to the said recreations.
Page 196 - And likewise we bar from this benefit and liberty all such known Recusants, either men or women, as will abstain from coming to church or divine service, being therefore unworthy of any lawful recreation after the said service, that will not first come to the church and serve God...
Page 180 - From Eddystone to Berwick bounds, from Lynn to Milford Bay. That time of slumber was as bright and busy as the day; For swift to east and swift to west the ghastly war-flame spread, High on St.
Page 196 - ... the setting up of maypoles and other sports therewith used: so as the same be had in due and convenient time, without impediment or neglect of divine service; and that women shall have leave to carry rushes to the church for the decorating of it, according to their old custom.
Page 197 - May, in the sixteenth year of our Reign, of England, France and Ireland; and of Scotland the one and fiftieth.
Page 152 - ... which caused the people greatly to murmur, and specially in Suffolk, for if the Duke of Norfolk had not wisely appeased them, no doubt but they had fallen to some rioting. When the king's council was advertised of...
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| Title | The History of Suffolk Volume 12 of Histories, Popular county Popular county histories |
| Author | John James Raven |
| Publisher | E. Stock, 1895 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 21 Mar 2007 |
| Length | 287 pages |
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