The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive, of Each County, Volume 7 |
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... became divided between the East Saxon and Mercian kingdoms ; though by far the greatest part was included in the latter . * The principal Roman Stations either in or connected with this county , were DUROCOBRIVIS ; VERULAMIUM , or ...
... became divided between the East Saxon and Mercian kingdoms ; though by far the greatest part was included in the latter . * The principal Roman Stations either in or connected with this county , were DUROCOBRIVIS ; VERULAMIUM , or ...
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... became possessed of Verulam , it is probable that they enlarged its boundaries ; yet they did not confine its ex- terior form to that so generally adopted in their tactics , the rectan- ⚫gular ; but , modifying their own rules to the ...
... became possessed of Verulam , it is probable that they enlarged its boundaries ; yet they did not confine its ex- terior form to that so generally adopted in their tactics , the rectan- ⚫gular ; but , modifying their own rules to the ...
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... became Ab- bot . He had previously been Chancellor to King Ethelred , and had obtained from that Monarch a grant of the manor of Kings- bury , with all its appurtenances : of this grant he procured a con- firmation from King Canute ...
... became Ab- bot . He had previously been Chancellor to King Ethelred , and had obtained from that Monarch a grant of the manor of Kings- bury , with all its appurtenances : of this grant he procured a con- firmation from King Canute ...
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... became so violent , that the King ( Henry the Second ) found it necessary to interfere : by his mediation , and after the respective claims of the parties had been solemnly argued , during several days , in a great assembly of prelates ...
... became so violent , that the King ( Henry the Second ) found it necessary to interfere : by his mediation , and after the respective claims of the parties had been solemnly argued , during several days , in a great assembly of prelates ...
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... became more gene- ral , and the Yorkists for some time maintained their advantage ; but the van not being properly supported , either from want of skill , or treachery , on the part of an inferior officer , was at length obliged to give ...
... became more gene- ral , and the Yorkists for some time maintained their advantage ; but the van not being properly supported , either from want of skill , or treachery , on the part of an inferior officer , was at length obliged to give ...
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Page 367 - I came into the House one morning, well clad, and perceived a gentleman speaking, whom I knew not, very ordinarily apparelled ; for it was a plain cloth suit, which seemed to have been made by an ill country tailor ; his linen was plain, and not very clean; and I remember a speck or two of blood upon his little band, which was not much larger than his collar : his hat was without a hatband. His stature was of a good size ; his sword stuck close to his side ; his countenance swollen and reddish; his...
Page 464 - Us, the point upwards : next came the Queen, in the sixty-fifth year of her age, as we were told, very majestic ; her face oblong, fair, but wrinkled ; her eyes small, yet black and pleasant ; her nose a little hooked ; her lips narrow and her teeth black (a defect the English seem subject to, from their too great use of sugar...
Page 375 - ' are most of them old decayed serving men and tapsters, " ' and such kind of fellows ; and,' said I, ' their troops " ' are gentlemen's sons, younger sons, and persons of " ' quality ; do you think that the spirits of such base and " ' mean fellows will ever be able to encounter gentlemen. " ' that have honour and courage, and resolution in them...
Page 371 - May it please your majesty, I have neither eyes to see, nor tongue to speak in this place, but as the House is pleased to direct me...
Page 417 - I do hereby freely promise, and engage myself, to be true and faithful to the Lord Protector and the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland ; and shall not (according to the tenor of the Indenture whereby I am returned to serve in this present Parliament) propose, or give my consent, to alter the Government as it is settled in a Single Person and a Parliament.'* Sign that, or go home again to your countries.
Page 413 - I have sought the Lord night and day, that He would rather slay me than put me upon the doing of this work.
Page 465 - Latin, and the Languages I have mentioned, she is mistress of Spanish, Scotch, and Dutch: Whoever speaks to her, it is kneeling; now and then she raises some with her Hand.
Page 407 - What if a Man should take upon him to be King?" WHITELOCKE, "I think that Remedy would be worse than the Disease.
Page 464 - Her bosom was uncovered, as all the English ladies have it till they marry ; and she had on a necklace of exceeding fine jewels ; her hands were small, her fingers long, and her stature neither tall nor low ; her air was stately, her manner of speaking mild and obliging.
Page 420 - The heir, on the death of his ancestor, if of full age, was plundered of the first emoluments arising from his inheritance, by way of relief and primer seisin ; and, if under age, of the whole of his estate during infancy. And then, as Sir Thomas Smith...