An Account of the Past and Present State of the Isle of Man: Including a Topographical Description; a Sketch of Its Mineralogy; an Outline of Its Laws, with the Privileges Enjoyed by Strangers; and a History of the Island |
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... Buildings , and Agriculture 24 of the Island CHAP . IV . .30 On the Manufactures of the Island 54 CHAP . V. On the Trade of the Island . 60 CHAP . VI . On the Herring and the Herring Fishery ........... CHAP . VII . b .69 The Arms of ...
... Buildings , and Agriculture 24 of the Island CHAP . IV . .30 On the Manufactures of the Island 54 CHAP . V. On the Trade of the Island . 60 CHAP . VI . On the Herring and the Herring Fishery ........... CHAP . VII . b .69 The Arms of ...
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... building ; and a quarry is worked at this place a little above high water mark . The softer parts of the coarsest sort , where washed by the waves , have left several deep caverns and grotesque figures in the harder rock . The creeks ...
... building ; and a quarry is worked at this place a little above high water mark . The softer parts of the coarsest sort , where washed by the waves , have left several deep caverns and grotesque figures in the harder rock . The creeks ...
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... building , renders this manufacture of less im- portance . The pier of Douglas harbour is built of yel- lowish sand - stone : this is not a production of the island ; but was imported from the vicinity of Runcorn in Cheshire . Mona ...
... building , renders this manufacture of less im- portance . The pier of Douglas harbour is built of yel- lowish sand - stone : this is not a production of the island ; but was imported from the vicinity of Runcorn in Cheshire . Mona ...
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... build their nests in rabbit burrows , and so abun- dant were they that five thousand young ones were annually taken without any apparent di- minution of the number . Some years ago a large Russian merchant vessel was wrecked upon the ...
... build their nests in rabbit burrows , and so abun- dant were they that five thousand young ones were annually taken without any apparent di- minution of the number . Some years ago a large Russian merchant vessel was wrecked upon the ...
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... build in the rocks , great store of conies , red deer ; and , in the summer time , arrive here out of Ireland and the western parts of Scotland many of those small hawks called merlyns . " I ob- served Scolopax Arquata , the curlieu ...
... build in the rocks , great store of conies , red deer ; and , in the summer time , arrive here out of Ireland and the western parts of Scotland many of those small hawks called merlyns . " I ob- served Scolopax Arquata , the curlieu ...
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acre act of Tinwald afterwards appear Bailiff Ballaugh barrel bill Bishop boat British called Castle Rushen Castletown Chaloner chief chiefly church clay-slate common consent Coroner court crown custom Deemster Douglas dozen Duke of Athol duty Earl of Derby English estates feet fish former formerly four Godred Godred Crovan Governor granted grey wacké-slate half harbour House of Keys hundred inhabitants Ireland island Isle jury King of England King of Norway Kirk Michael land Laxey licence Lord Lord's Malew Manks Marown ment miles natives nearly northern Norway obliged offender officers Olave parish parliament party Peel Peel castle person possession pounds present prison punishment Ramsey Reginald reign respecting revenue rocks Scotland sheading sheep shillings side slate Sodor soil Statute-book statutes stone strata sufficient supposed Tinwald tion tithes town trade usually vessels yards
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Page 257 - AB do swear that I will, without respect of favour or friendship, love or gain, consanguinity or affinity, envy or malice, execute the laws of this isle justly, betwixt our Sovereign Lord, the King, and his subjects within this isle, and betwixt party and party, as indifferently as the herring's back bone doth lie* in the midst of the fish.
Page 72 - ... ocean. It is divided into distinct columns of five or six miles in length and three or four in breadth, and they drive the water before them with a kind of rippling...
Page 130 - That after having passed through a great number of vaults, he came into a long narrow place ; which, the farther he penetrated, he perceived he went more and more on a descent : till having travelled, as near as he could guess, for the space of a mile, he began to see a little gleam of light, which, though it seemed to come from a vast distance, was the most delightful object he ever beheld.
Page 85 - The arms of the bishopric are, on three ascents, the Virgin Mary, her arms extended between two pillars ; on the dexter, a church ; in base, the ancient arms of Man.
Page 200 - Day. First, you shall come thither in your royal array, as a king ought to do, by the prerogatives and royalties of the land of Mann. And upon the Hill of Tynwald...
Page 271 - I, AB do swear, That I will truly and honestly demean myself in the Practice of an Attorney [or Solicitor] according to the best of my Knowledge and Ability. So help me God.
Page 257 - By this book, and by the holy contents thereof, and by the wonderful works that God hath miraculously wrought in heaven above and in...
Page 62 - Report of the Commissioners, appointed by His Majesty to inquire into the Ecclesiastical Revenues of England and Wales.
Page 201 - Glanfaba, shall make Affence, upon Paine of Life and Lyme, that noe Man make any Disturbance or Stirr in the Time of Tinwald, or any Murmur or Rising in the King's Presence, upon Paine of Hanging and Drawing. And then shall let your Barrons and all other know you to be their King and Lord, and what time you were here you received the Land as Heyre Apparent in your Father's Days.
Page 308 - English government : that his father had the power of increasing the duties with the consent of the...