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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R. Baldwin, 1811 - Isle of Man - 365 pages

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Page 62 - Report of the Commissioners, appointed by His Majesty to inquire into the Ecclesiastical Revenues of England and Wales.
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...

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