The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive, of Each County, Volume 15, Part 1Thomas Maiden, 1814 - Architecture |
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... seems to prove the con- sequence and great population of the district at that period . These hundreds did not exist long , under the names mentioned in Domesday ; but , though they fluctuated in title , the number . for some time ...
... seems to prove the con- sequence and great population of the district at that period . These hundreds did not exist long , under the names mentioned in Domesday ; but , though they fluctuated in title , the number . for some time ...
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... seems only to have its simplicity of operation to recommend it . — Turnips , the most important introduction that English agriculture has yet experienced , find a suitable soil in nearly every division of the county , and they are ...
... seems only to have its simplicity of operation to recommend it . — Turnips , the most important introduction that English agriculture has yet experienced , find a suitable soil in nearly every division of the county , and they are ...
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... seems to fall with consonant magnificence when it sinks beneath the pressure of conflict , amid the general havoc of a wide field of chivalry ; but this castle crumbled into ruins under the petty assaults of sordid hands , -bannerless ...
... seems to fall with consonant magnificence when it sinks beneath the pressure of conflict , amid the general havoc of a wide field of chivalry ; but this castle crumbled into ruins under the petty assaults of sordid hands , -bannerless ...
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... seems evident that the pile was soon levelled with the ground , as no mention of it occurs in any page of historical record . In the time of Henry III . Sir Henry Rokebye obtained from the crown a charter for a weekly market , and for a ...
... seems evident that the pile was soon levelled with the ground , as no mention of it occurs in any page of historical record . In the time of Henry III . Sir Henry Rokebye obtained from the crown a charter for a weekly market , and for a ...
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... seems wilfully to have quitted common sense . " This , it is observed , must relate to Alexander de Savensby , who was conse- crated in 1224 , and who , according to Godwin , was a very learned man , " but pretended to visions and ...
... seems wilfully to have quitted common sense . " This , it is observed , must relate to Alexander de Savensby , who was conse- crated in 1224 , and who , according to Godwin , was a very learned man , " but pretended to visions and ...
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