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Page xxii
... four mares to his apprentice William Caxton , a considerable legacy in those days , and an early testimony of Caxton's good behaviour and integrity . Caxton went abroad to settle the same year that his master died , and was entrusted by ...
... four mares to his apprentice William Caxton , a considerable legacy in those days , and an early testimony of Caxton's good behaviour and integrity . Caxton went abroad to settle the same year that his master died , and was entrusted by ...
Page xxxiv
... four noblemen and gentlemen were disgavelled in the same manner ; and a simi- * Lamb . per . p . 11. who adds " Neither is this any cause of disdain , or of alienation of the good myndes of the one sort from the other : for no where ...
... four noblemen and gentlemen were disgavelled in the same manner ; and a simi- * Lamb . per . p . 11. who adds " Neither is this any cause of disdain , or of alienation of the good myndes of the one sort from the other : for no where ...
Page xxxviii
... four Knights , but by four tenants in gavel - kind , who shall not associate to themselves twelve Knights , but that number of tenants in gavel - kind ; and trial by battle shall not be al- lowed in such writ for those lands . The ...
... four Knights , but by four tenants in gavel - kind , who shall not associate to themselves twelve Knights , but that number of tenants in gavel - kind ; and trial by battle shall not be al- lowed in such writ for those lands . The ...
Page xlii
... Four horses with difficulty plough an acre per day in these soils . In some pa- rishes bordering on Sussex , the ploughing work is done by oxen four or five pair are generally fixed to a plough , and do about the same quantity in a day as ...
... Four horses with difficulty plough an acre per day in these soils . In some pa- rishes bordering on Sussex , the ploughing work is done by oxen four or five pair are generally fixed to a plough , and do about the same quantity in a day as ...
Page xlviii
... Four or five tons is the common weight of a loaded waggon , and under the pressure of such a load , the best materials must in some measure fail . The roads here are composed either of rag - stone , beach , iron - stone or sand ...
... Four or five tons is the common weight of a loaded waggon , and under the pressure of such a load , the best materials must in some measure fail . The roads here are composed either of rag - stone , beach , iron - stone or sand ...
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Page xxvi - A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year; Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wished to change, his place; Unskilful he to fawn, or seek for power, By doctrines fashioned to the varying hour ; Far other aims his heart had learned to prize, More bent to raise the wretched than to rise.
Page 199 - are commonly of clay, strewed with rushes, under which lies unmolested an ancient collection of beer, grease, fragments, bones, spittle, excrements of dogs and cats, and every thing that is nasty.
Page xxiv - But if we consider the matter more closely, we shall find that this interested diligence of the clergy is what every wise legislator will study to prevent...
Page xxvi - But in his duty prompt at every call, He watched and wept, he prayed and felt for all ; And, as a bird each fond endearment, tries, To tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way.
Page xxiii - The artisans, finding their profits to rise by the favour of their customers, increase as much as possible their skill and industry; and as matters are not disturbed by any injudicious tampering, the commodity is always sure to be at all times nearly proportioned to the demand.
Page xxiv - ... to bribe their indolence, by assigning stated salaries to their profession, and rendering it superfluous for them to be farther active, than merely to prevent their flock from straying in quest of new pastures. And in this manner ecclesiastical establishments, though commonly they arose at first from religious views, prove in the end advantageous to the political interests of society.
Page 197 - Pillows, said they, were thought meet only for women in childbed : As for servants, if they had any sheet above them it was well : For seldom had they any under their bodies to keep them from the pricking straws that ran oft through the canvass, and rased their hardened hides.
Page xxvi - Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en his failings leaned to virtue's side ; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watched and wept, he prayed and felt for all...
Page xxiii - But there are also some callings which, though useful and even necessary in a state, bring no particular advantage or pleasure to any individual ; and .the supreme power is obliged to alter its conduct with regard to the retainers of those professions. It must give them public encouragement in order to their subsistence, and it must provide against that negligence to which they will naturally be subject, either by annexing...
Page 194 - YE towers sublime! deserted now and drear! Ye woods ! deep sighing to the hollow blast, The musing wanderer loves to linger near, While History points to all your glories past: And startling from their haunts the timid deer, To trace the walks obscured by matted fern, Which Waller's soothing lyre were wont to hear, But where now clamours the discordant hern!