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... means satisfactory , their assertions evidently resting not on public and authentic records , or well grounded research , but on oral tradition and vulgar report alone . The anglo - saxon chronicler Asserius , and after him Henry of ม ...
... means satisfactory , their assertions evidently resting not on public and authentic records , or well grounded research , but on oral tradition and vulgar report alone . The anglo - saxon chronicler Asserius , and after him Henry of ม ...
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... the countrey there aboutes , and not by any other means . ' Per . 170 . " 2 * Hence , according to Dr. Harris , came the old barbarous latin word gulda , a wood or grave . donations of lands lying out of the Weald , to INTRODUCTION .
... the countrey there aboutes , and not by any other means . ' Per . 170 . " 2 * Hence , according to Dr. Harris , came the old barbarous latin word gulda , a wood or grave . donations of lands lying out of the Weald , to INTRODUCTION .
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... means of secur ing themselves against the injuries to which they were con- tinually exposed , but by closely adhering to their chief , and falling into a submisssive dependance upon him . If the feudal government was so little favorable ...
... means of secur ing themselves against the injuries to which they were con- tinually exposed , but by closely adhering to their chief , and falling into a submisssive dependance upon him . If the feudal government was so little favorable ...
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... means of certain privileges and a separate jurisdiction . An ancient French writer calls them a new and wicked device , to procure liberty to slaves , and encourage them in shaking off the dominion of their masters . Besides possessing ...
... means of certain privileges and a separate jurisdiction . An ancient French writer calls them a new and wicked device , to procure liberty to slaves , and encourage them in shaking off the dominion of their masters . Besides possessing ...
Page xxi
... mean that interest could devise was alternately employed to rivet the chains which imposture had forged , and engage the blind and stupid conformity of mankind : and as long as men could be kept in this state of ignorance , the arts of ...
... mean that interest could devise was alternately employed to rivet the chains which imposture had forged , and engage the blind and stupid conformity of mankind : and as long as men could be kept in this state of ignorance , the arts of ...
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acres adjoining advowson afterwards aisle ancient anno appears Appledore Archbishop Bart belonging Bethersden Biddenden Bishop called Canterbury castle chancel chapel church dedicated considerable Cranbrook crown daughter dedicated to ST demesne descendants Domesday Duke Earl east Edward III Elizabeth erected former formerly gavel-kind Goudhurst granted Hadlow Hasted Hawkhurst held Henry VIII hill Horsmonden Kent King Edward Knight Lambarde Lamberhurst lands latter Lord Maidstone manor mansion marsh Medway miles nearly neighbourhood Newenden owner parish parsonage Penshurst Pluckley possessions present principal priory Queen rector reign of Edward reign of Henry reign of King remains residence Richard river river Beult road Robert Rochester Rolvenden Saxon says scite seat side Sir Edward Sir Horatio Mann Sir John Sir Thomas situated Smarden soil southward stone Sussex tenants Tenterden timber town Tunbridge tythes vicarage village Wateringbury Weald west end William wood Yalding
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Page xxviii - Careless their merits or their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en his failings lean'd to virtue's side ; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watch'd and wept, he pray'd and felt for all...
Page xxviii - 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 202 - ... palaces, navigation, &c. but now sallow, &c. are rejected, and nothing but oak any where regarded ; and yet see the change ; for when our houses were builded of willow, then had we oaken men ; but now that our houses are come to be made of oak, our men are not only become willow, but a great many altogether of straw, which is a sore alteration.
Page xxviii - His pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en his failings lean'd to virtue's side : But in his duty prompt at every call, He watch'd and wept, he pray'd and felt for all. And as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt its new-fledg'd offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reprov'd each dull delay, Allur'd to brighter worlds, and led the way.
Page xxxi - Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, When it is in the power of thine hand to do it. Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, And to-morrow I will give: When thou hast it by thee.
Page 201 - ... there are old men yet dwelling in the village where I remain, which have noted three things to be marvellously altered in England within their sound remembrance. One is, the multitude of chimneys lately erected ; whereas, in their young days, there were not above two or three, if so many, in most uplandish towns of the realm...
Page 202 - Now have we many chimnies; and yet out tender**** complain of rheums, catarrhs, and poses; then had we none but reredosses, and our heads did never ache. For as the smoke in those days was supposed to be a sufficient hardening for the timber of the house, so it was reputed a far better medicine to keep the good man and his family from the quacke or pose, wherewith, as then, very few were acquainted.
Page 202 - With us the nobility, gentry, and students, do ordinarily go to dinner at eleven before noon, and to supper at five, or between five and six at afternoon. The merchants dine and sup seldom before twelve at noon and six at night, especially in London. The husbandmen dine also at high noon, as they call it, and sup at seven or eight; but out of term in our universities the scholars dine at ten.
Page 166 - Nature shall join you ; Time shall make it grow A work to wonder at - perhaps a Stowe.
Page 201 - ... as well lodged as the lord of the town : So well were they contented. 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.