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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... castle stands on this rock . The cliff at the northern part of Peel bay is a reddish brown sand - stone , much charged with clay and iron . It sometimes contains fragments of quartz , and assumes the appearance of a breccia . The finest ...
... castle stands on this rock . The cliff at the northern part of Peel bay is a reddish brown sand - stone , much charged with clay and iron . It sometimes contains fragments of quartz , and assumes the appearance of a breccia . The finest ...
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... castle is built of a very fine , white , and hard sand - stone , This was brought from the Isle of Arran . From the facts above stated , it appears that the Isle of Man consists of primitive clay - slate 22 Sketch of the Mineralogy .
... castle is built of a very fine , white , and hard sand - stone , This was brought from the Isle of Arran . From the facts above stated , it appears that the Isle of Man consists of primitive clay - slate 22 Sketch of the Mineralogy .
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... Castle- town . Very near it , to the eastward , is an an- cient tower , used for a similar purpose till this was built , a wretched dungeon , and now in ruins . The walls are completely naked , and do not form a pleasing object . The ...
... Castle- town . Very near it , to the eastward , is an an- cient tower , used for a similar purpose till this was built , a wretched dungeon , and now in ruins . The walls are completely naked , and do not form a pleasing object . The ...
Page 109
... Castle - town , Peel , and Ramsey are forwarded in the order of their names . The letter - carrier stops one day at Ramsey , and then returns by the same route with the letters for England . Every body expecting letters applies for them ...
... Castle - town , Peel , and Ramsey are forwarded in the order of their names . The letter - carrier stops one day at Ramsey , and then returns by the same route with the letters for England . Every body expecting letters applies for them ...
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... castle , a modern building of the present Duke , intended for his future residence . This is a stately edifice , and has none to vie with it upon the island . In the front is a noble ball - room equal in height to two stories of the ...
... castle , a modern building of the present Duke , intended for his future residence . This is a stately edifice , and has none to vie with it upon the island . In the front is a noble ball - room equal in height to two stories of the ...
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acre act of Tinwald afterwards appear Bailiff Balasalla 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 Lezayre 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 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 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 42 - But it may be questionable whether the rot in sheep is so much owing to the vegetables in marshy grounds, as to a flat insect called a fluke (Fasciola hepatica), which is found in these wet situations adhering to the stones and plants, and likewise in the livers and biliary ducts of sheep that are affected with the rot. From experiments conducted with accuracy, it appears that neither sheep, cows, horses, goats, nor swine feed upon this plant.
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 72 - The first check this army meets in its march southward, is from the Shetland Isles, which divide it into two parts ; one wing takes to the east, the other to the western shores of Great Britain, and fill every bay and creek with their numbers ; others pass on towards Yarmouth, the great and ancient mart of Herrings ; they then pass through the British channel, and, after that, in a manner disappear...
Page 317 - ... rents, services, and other incidents to such courts belonging, their wastes, commons, and other lands, inland waters, fisheries, and mills, and all mines, minerals, and quarries, according to their present rights therein, felons...
Page 129 - ... assign this, that there is something of enchantment in it. They tell you that the castle was at first inhabited by fairies, and afterwards by giants, who continued in...
Page 152 - ... light, but what is admitted through a small window at the east end. " About the middle of the area, a little to the northward of the churches, is a square pyramidical mount of earth, terminating obtusely.
Page 132 - Russin, in the form of a woman, who was some years since executed for the murder of her child. I have heard not only persons who have been confined there for debt, but also the soldiers of the garrison, affirm they have seen it various...