| Richard Warner - England - 1802 - 318 pages
...Lord Cobham; Sir Francis Stanhope, and Sir Thomas Tresham. The cost and expence of this entertainment may be . guessed at, by the quantity of beer then...ensuing, Lord Leicester obtained, by grant of the Queen, a weekly market here, upon the Wednesday, and a fair yearly on Midsummer-day." This was the... | |
| Richard Warner - 1824 - 506 pages
...Thomas Tresham. The cost and expense whereof may be guessed at by the quantity of beer then drunk, which amounted to three hundred and twenty hogsheads of the ordinary sort, as I have credibly heard."* * Hist, of Warwickshire, Dagdale, Thomas's edit, p. 236. One of ihe last specimens... | |
| Theology - 1826 - 688 pages
...entilled, 'The Princely Pleasures of Kenilworth Casile. &c.' — the cost and expense whereof may be guest at by the quantity of beer then drank, which amounted to three hundred and twenty hogsheads of the ordinnry sort, as 1 have credibly heard." During the civil wars the castle was seized by Cromwell,... | |
| Theology - 1826 - 684 pages
...entitled, 'The Princely Pleasures of Kenilworth Casile, &c.' — the cost and expense whereof may be guest at by the quantity of beer then drank, which amounted to three hundred and tweniv hocsheads of the ordintiry sort, as I have credibly heard." During the civil wars the castle... | |
| Walter Scott - Waverley novels. Selections - 1833 - 418 pages
...feet long ; as also Arion on a dolphin, and rare music. The costs and expenses of these entertainments may be guessed at by the quantity of beer then drank,...three hundred and twenty hogsheads of the ordinary fort; and, for the greater honour thereof, Sir Thomas Cecil, son and heir to the Lord Burleigh, Lord... | |
| Mr. Forsyth - Characters and characteristics in literature - 1833 - 348 pages
...feet long; as also Arion on a dolphin, and rare music. The costs and expenses of these entertainments may be guessed at by the quantity of beer then drank,...three hundred and twenty hogsheads of the ordinary fort; and for the greater honor thereof, Sir Thomas Cecil, son and heir to' the Lord Burleigh, Lord... | |
| Walter Scott - Waverley novels. Selections - 1833 - 412 pages
...feet long ; as also Arion on a dolphin, and rare music. The costs and expenses of these entertainments may be guessed at by the quantity of beer then drank,...three hundred and twenty hogsheads of the ordinary fort; and, for the greater honour thereof, Sir Thomas Cecil, son and heir to the Lord Burleigh, Lord... | |
| 1833 - 448 pages
...The costs and expenses of these entertainments may be guessed at by the quantity of beer then drunk, which amounted to three hundred and twenty hogsheads of the ordinary sort; and, for the greater honour thereof, Sir Thomas Cecil, son and heir to the Lord Burleigh, Lord Treasurer;... | |
| William Beattie - Abbeys - 1842 - 398 pages
...long ; as also Arion, on a dolphin ; and rare music. The costs and expenses of these entertainments may be guessed at by the quantity of beer then drank,...hundred and twenty hogsheads of the ordinary sort. More simple amusements were also studiously introduced : the rural neighbours were armorial bearings... | |
| William Beattie - 1844 - 404 pages
...long ; as also Arion, on a dolphin; and rare music. The costs and expenses of these entertainments may be guessed at by the quantity of beer then drank,...hundred and twenty hogsheads of the ordinary sort. More simple amusements were also studiously introduced : the rural neighbours were assembled to run... | |
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