The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive, of Each County, Volume 2Thomas Maiden, 1809 - Architecture |
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Page 71 - Yea, is he yet so lusty ? Well, let the pope send him a hat when he will, Mother of God, he shall wear it on his shoulders then ; for I will leave him never a head to set it on.
Page 197 - These rows appear to me to have been the same with the ancient vestibules ; and to have been a form of building preserved , from the time that the city was possessed by the Romans. They were built before the doors, mid-way between the streets and the houses ; and were the places where the dependents waited for the coming out of their patrons, under which they might walk away the tedious minutes of expectation.
Page 178 - He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks; till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
Page 266 - Sir, we have heard what you did at the House in the morning, and before many hours all England will hear it : but, Sir,, you are mistaken to think that the Parliament is dissolved ; for no power under heaven can dissolve them but themselves : therefore take you notice of that.
Page 264 - My brother Henry must heir the land, My brother Frank must be at his command ; Whilst I, poor Jack, will do that That all the world shall wonder at.
Page 165 - The shape is an oblong square ; the interior length being 200 feet, the breadth 46, and the height of the vaulted roof 60. This building has neither pillars nor side aisles, but is supported by strong spiring buttresses, surmounted with pinnacles.
Page 265 - His conduct in the High Court which condemned the dethroned monarch to a violent death, has been so frequently related by historians, that we shall avoid entering into the detail, and only observe, that the strong attachment to republican principles which appears to have actuated him on that occasion, animated him to the latest period of his existence ; for when, on his deathbed, he was advised to examine himself about the matter of the King's death, he affirmed, that if it was to do again, he would...
Page 362 - House, was a celebrated atheist of the last age. He was a man of wit, and had by rote, all the ribaldry and common-place jests against religion and scripture, which are well suited to display pertness and folly, and to unsettle a giddy mind ; but are offensive to men of sense, whatever their opinions may be ; and are neither intended nor adapted to investigate truth.
Page 40 - ... for the latitude of Cambridge : the lower part of the sphere, so much of it as is invisible in England, is cut off; and the lower or southern ends of the meridians, or truncated semicircles, terminate on, and are screwed down to, a strong circle of oak, of about thirteen feet diameter, which when the sphere is put into motion runs upon large rollers of lignum vitee,in the manner that the tops of some windmills are made to turn round.
Page 527 - Magnalia Dei. A Relation Of some of the many Remarkable Passages in Cheshire Before the Siege of Namptwich, during the Continuance of it: And at the happy raising of it by the victorious Gentlemen Sir Tho. Fairfax and Sir William Brereton. Together With the Deliverance and Victory by the Garrison at Nottingham: certified in a Letter to a worthy Member of the House of Commons.