A topographical account of the isle of Axholme, Volume 1The author, 1815 - 356 pages |
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aforesaid ancient appurtenances banks brother called canal and collateral Carr Charles Harbord Charles Wesley collateral cut commissioners common company of proprietors county of York Crowle daughter decree demesne demesne or manor dike divers drain drainage Duke Earl earl marshal England Epworth Exchequer feet Fishlake four gravel grounds Hatfield chase Haxey heirs and assigns heirs and successors Henry honour hundred acres isle of Axholme John Lamote Keadby king kyng labour late letters patents Lord majesty majesty's Misterton Moubray notwithstanding parcel thereof parliament participants particular thereof mentioned pcell thereof peat pence persons Portington pounds preached premises presents before granted rent or value river Robert Cambell Roger Samuel Wesley sand rock sewers shew shillings singular Sir Cornelius Vermuyden Sir William Curteine sluice soil Stainford Sykehouse tenements tenure or occupation things Thomas Brinley Thorne thousand Timothy Vanuleteren Trent unto waste Wesley's Wroot yearly rent
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Page 241 - I'LL praise my Maker with my breath ; And when my voice is lost in death, Praise shall employ my nobler powers : My days of praise shall ne'er be past, While life, and thought, and being last, Or immortality endures.
Page 200 - Thy sun shall no more go down ; neither shall thy moon withd'raw itself: for the Lord shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.
Page 159 - If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
Page 243 - When he came to that part of the service, " Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God to take unto himself the soul of our dear brother...
Page 269 - I am not ashamed : for I know whom I have 'believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.
Page 260 - In age and feebleness extreme, Who shall a sinful worm redeem? Jesus, my only hope thou art, Strength of my failing flesh and heart; O could I catch a smile from thee, And drop into eternity.
Page 224 - It is now two years and almost four months since I left my native country, in order to teach the Georgian Indians the nature of Christianity : but what have I learned myself in the mean time 1 Why, (what I the least of all suspected,) that I who went to America to convert others, was never myself converted to God...
Page 248 - ... perfect piety. In his conversation we might be at a loss, whether to admire most his fine classical taste, his extensive knowledge of men and things, or his overflowing goodness of heart. While the grave and serious were charmed with his wisdom, his sportive sallies of innocent mirth delighted even the young and thoughtless ; and both saw in his uninterrupted cheerfulness the excellency of true religion.
Page 242 - Lord, for these and all thy mercies : bless the Church and king ; and grant us truth and peace, through Jesus Christ our Lord, for ever and ever !' At another time he said, ' He causeth his servants to lie down in peace.
Page 229 - Inasmuch as ye did it unto the least of these my brethren, ye did it unto me.