A History of the Parish of Leyton, Essex ... |
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Page 302 - I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards: I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruits: I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees...
Page 302 - And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.
Page 304 - indignity to, and a breach of the privilege of, this " House for any person to presume to give in written " or printed newspapers any account or minutes of the " debates or other proceedings of this House, or of any " Committee thereof." And, " that upon discovery of the " authors, printers, or publishers, this House will proceed " against the offenders with the utmost severity.
Page 214 - Us by an Act passed in the fifth year of the reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled "An Act for the Amendment and better Administration of the Laws relating to the Poor in England and Wales...
Page 302 - Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
Page 280 - Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King William IV, intituled ' An Act to facilitate the conveyance of Workhouses and other property of Parishes and of Incorporations or Unions of Parishes in England and Wales...
Page 262 - ... the Circumstances of the Danger, and to put the said Forces under the Command of such General Officers as His Majesty shall be pleased to appoint, and to direct the said Forces to be led by their respective Officers into any Parts of Great Britain, for the repelling and Prevention of any Invasion and for the Suppression of any Rebellion or Insurrection within Great Britain ; and from...
Page 331 - Sir Thomas White was sheriff of London in 1546, and lord mayor in 1553, when he was knighted by queen Mary for his services, in preserving the peace of the city during the rebellion of sir Thomas Wyatt. Of the rest of his history, or personal character, sentiments,, and pursuits, no particulars have been recovered, except what may be inferred from his many and wise acts of liberality. He must have been no common man who...
Page 237 - July in the ninth [year of the reign of our Sovereign Lady Anne, by the Grace] of God of Great Britain France [and Ireland] Queen, Defender of the Faith, Anno Domini, 1710.
Page 346 - Feast days do not so much as wear any surplice, he, by way of supererogation, preached in his. The sight did stir up in me more of pity than anger to see the folly of the man ; but if he preach in a fool's coat we will go and hear him.