The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive, of Each County, Volume 1 |
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... became subject to the West - Saxons , under Egbert . On the more accurate division of the kingdom into shires , & c . by the great ALFRED , this county was called Bedfordshire : proba- bly from the name of its chief town , which the ...
... became subject to the West - Saxons , under Egbert . On the more accurate division of the kingdom into shires , & c . by the great ALFRED , this county was called Bedfordshire : proba- bly from the name of its chief town , which the ...
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... became lord mayor of London in 1561. The singular increase in the value of this gift requires a full relation . The corporation of Bedford , in the year 1553 , petitioned King Edward the Sixth to erect a Protestant free - school , for ...
... became lord mayor of London in 1561. The singular increase in the value of this gift requires a full relation . The corporation of Bedford , in the year 1553 , petitioned King Edward the Sixth to erect a Protestant free - school , for ...
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... became a Baptist . He commenced preaching about 1656 , and continued that vocation till the year 1660 , when the mis- taken policy of the times caused him to be arrested , and thrown into prison , where he remained twelve years . During ...
... became a Baptist . He commenced preaching about 1656 , and continued that vocation till the year 1660 , when the mis- taken policy of the times caused him to be arrested , and thrown into prison , where he remained twelve years . During ...
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... became an harbor for thieves , who easily eluded detection , by seeking shelter in the " 7 woods This is the term generally adopted ; though Dunstaple is more ancient , and better corresponds with its etymology . woods with which the ...
... became an harbor for thieves , who easily eluded detection , by seeking shelter in the " 7 woods This is the term generally adopted ; though Dunstaple is more ancient , and better corresponds with its etymology . woods with which the ...
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... became famous for miracles , which moved the said abbot to build there a residence for her , and other nuns that had resorted to her ; and the said build- ing happening to be burnt , he again rebuilt the same . " What these miracles ...
... became famous for miracles , which moved the said abbot to build there a residence for her , and other nuns that had resorted to her ; and the said build- ing happening to be burnt , he again rebuilt the same . " What these miracles ...
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Page 296 - Consult the Genius of the Place in all; That tells the Waters or to rise, or fall; Or helps th...
Page 385 - 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; A fool, with more of wit than half mankind...
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.
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 66 - Sidney's sister, Pembroke's mother. Death, ere thou hast slain another Fair and learn'd and good as she, Time shall throw a dart at thee.
Page 201 - 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 312 - Statesman, yet friend to truth ! of soul sincere, In action faithful, and in honour clear ! Who broke no promise, serv'd no private end, Who gain'd no title, and who lost no friend ; Ennobled by himself, by all approv'd, Prais'd, wept, and honour'd, by the Muse he lov'd.
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 388 - 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 356 - I am persuaded his power and interest at that time were greater to do good or hurt than any man's in the kingdom, or than any man of his rank hath had in any time; for his reputation of honesty was universal, and his affections seemed so publicly guided, that no corrupt or private ends could bias...