The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive, of Each County, Volume 1 |
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... Earl of Aylesbury transferred them to Ampthill . Bedford is seated in the midst of a very rich tract of land , called the Vale of Bedford , the soil of which being exceedingly fruitful , and well cultivated , produces abundant crops of ...
... Earl of Aylesbury transferred them to Ampthill . Bedford is seated in the midst of a very rich tract of land , called the Vale of Bedford , the soil of which being exceedingly fruitful , and well cultivated , produces abundant crops of ...
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... Earl of Exeter , Sir George Blundell , and Thomas Snaggs , as being seized of seve- ral parts of the Barony of Bedford , respectively claimed to exe- cute the office of almoner ; and as the fees of that office , to have the silver alms ...
... Earl of Exeter , Sir George Blundell , and Thomas Snaggs , as being seized of seve- ral parts of the Barony of Bedford , respectively claimed to exe- cute the office of almoner ; and as the fees of that office , to have the silver alms ...
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... earl of Salisbury . He was advanced to this dignity about the the tenth of Edward the Fourth ; but in the seventeenth of the same King was deprived of his honors by authority of parlia- ment , under pretence , that his income was not ...
... earl of Salisbury . He was advanced to this dignity about the the tenth of Edward the Fourth ; but in the seventeenth of the same King was deprived of his honors by authority of parlia- ment , under pretence , that his income was not ...
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... Earl of Hun- tingdon . It was dedicated to the Holy Trinity , the Virgin Mary , and Helena , the mother of Constantine the Great . At the dis- solution its revenues were valued at 2841. 12s . 112d . The church is a very fine structure ...
... Earl of Hun- tingdon . It was dedicated to the Holy Trinity , the Virgin Mary , and Helena , the mother of Constantine the Great . At the dis- solution its revenues were valued at 2841. 12s . 112d . The church is a very fine structure ...
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... Earl of Warwick , to restore the deposed Henry . Having raised forces , he joined Margaret of Anjou before the battle of Tewkesbury . He was appointed by the general , John , Earl of Somerset , to command what was called the middle ward ...
... Earl of Warwick , to restore the deposed Henry . Having raised forces , he joined Margaret of Anjou before the battle of Tewkesbury . He was appointed by the general , John , Earl of Somerset , to command what was called the middle ward ...
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Page 333 - Stand, never overlooked, our favourite elms, That screen the herdsman's solitary hut ; While far beyond, and overthwart the stream, That, as with molten glass, inlays the vale, The sloping land recedes into the clouds ; Displaying on its varied side the grace Of hedge-row beauties numberless, square tower, Tall spire, from which the sound of cheerful bells Just undulates upon the listening ear ; Groves, heaths, and smoking villages remote.
Page 371 - Grown all to all, from no one vice exempt; And most contemptible, to shun contempt; His passion still to covet gen'ral praise, His life, to forfeit it a thousand ways; A constant bounty which no friend has made; An angel tongue which no man can persuade...
Page 296 - Consult the Genius of the Place in all; That tells the Waters or to rise, or fall; Or helps th...
Page 371 - Wharton, the scorn and wonder of our days, Whose ruling passion was the lust of praise: Born with whate'er could win it from the wise, Women and fools must like him or he dies; Though wondering senates hung on all he spoke, The club must hail him master of the joke.
Page 180 - There, interspers'd in lawns and opening glades, Thin trees arise that shun each other's shades. Here in full light the russet plains extend : There wrapt in clouds the bluish hills ascend. E'en the wild heath displays her purple dyes, And 'midst the desert fruitful fields arise, That crown'd with tufted trees and springing corn, Like verdant isles, the sable waste adorn.
Page 203 - Here hills and vales, the woodland and the plain, Here earth and water seem to strive again ; Not chaos-like together crush'd and bruis'd, But, as the world, harmoniously confus'd : Where order in variety we see, And where, though all things differ, all agree.
Page 148 - The Accusing Spirit, which flew up to heaven's chancery with the oath, blushed as he gave it in, and the Recording Angel, as he wrote it down, dropped a tear upon the word, and blotted it out for ever.
Page 371 - In the worst inn's worst room, with mat half-hung, The floors of plaster, and the walls of dung, On once a flock-bed, but repair'd with straw, With tape-tied curtains, never meant to draw, The George and Garter dangling from that bed Where tawdry yellow strove with dirty red, Great Villiers lies — alas!
Page 296 - And you, brave COBHAM ! to the latest breath, Shall feel your ruling passion strong in death : Such in those moments as in all the past ; " Oh, save my country, Heaven !
Page 51 - Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree ; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.