The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive, of Each County, Volume 5 |
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... seat of science , arts , and equal sway ! Freedom's fair throne , amid the subject sea , Thee fav'ring Heaven design'd , From wild despotic rage , the fortress of mankind . For this he rais'd thy rocky mound , And pour'd thy roaring ...
... seat of science , arts , and equal sway ! Freedom's fair throne , amid the subject sea , Thee fav'ring Heaven design'd , From wild despotic rage , the fortress of mankind . For this he rais'd thy rocky mound , And pour'd thy roaring ...
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... seat - houses , and hamlets , are scattered ; and the view is terminated by the mounts of Penshaw and Warden - low , which make an elegant break on the horizontal line . To the south - west , the Yorkshire hills above Barmingham form ...
... seat - houses , and hamlets , are scattered ; and the view is terminated by the mounts of Penshaw and Warden - low , which make an elegant break on the horizontal line . To the south - west , the Yorkshire hills above Barmingham form ...
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... seat of George Allan , Esq . is pleasantly seated about one mile south from Darlington , of which , and of the adjacent country , it com- mands some very fine views . The Mansion is a respectable mo- dern building , and contains a very ...
... seat of George Allan , Esq . is pleasantly seated about one mile south from Darlington , of which , and of the adjacent country , it com- mands some very fine views . The Mansion is a respectable mo- dern building , and contains a very ...
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... seat of the Surtees , who settled here soon after the Conquest , and probably derived their name from the situation of their residence on the river's banks , Sur- Tecs ; i , e . upon Tees : they held their manor by military service of ...
... seat of the Surtees , who settled here soon after the Conquest , and probably derived their name from the situation of their residence on the river's banks , Sur- Tecs ; i , e . upon Tees : they held their manor by military service of ...
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... seat of Sir Harry Vane Tempest , Bart . was , in the reign of Edward the First , the property of Sir Hugh Capel , Kat . from whom it passed through various families to Thomas Budd , Esq . who became possessed , by purchase , early in ...
... seat of Sir Harry Vane Tempest , Bart . was , in the reign of Edward the First , the property of Sir Hugh Capel , Kat . from whom it passed through various families to Thomas Budd , Esq . who became possessed , by purchase , early in ...
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Abbey Abbot acres afterwards aisle altar ancient Antiquities appears arches beautiful Bishop Bishop of Durham brick building built called Camulodunum Castle Cathedral centre chancel Chapel Church Cirencester Colchester Crown dedicated to St Domesday Book Domesday Survey Duke Durham Earl east Edward the Confessor effigies eminence England erected Essex estates expence feet Gateshead Glocester Gloucestershire granted ground Hall Henry the Eighth Henry the Third hill inches inclosed inhabitants inscription King Lady land late latter London Lord Lysons manor mansion miles monks monument nave nearly number of houses obtained original ornamented parish Peter de Montfort pillars possession principal Priory Queen reign of Edward reign of Henry remains Richard river river Wear Robert Roman Saxon seat Severn Sir John situated South Shields square stone Sunderland supposed Tewkesbury Thomas tion tower town transept various village wall west end William
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Page 261 - With one sole pen I writ this book, Made of a grey goose quill ; A pen it was when it I took, And a pen I leave it still.
Page 241 - Where, thro' a shapeless breach, his stream resounds; As high in air the bursting torrents flow, As deep recoiling surges foam below, Prone down the rock the whitening sheet descends, And viewless Echo's ear, astonished, rends. Dim-seen, thro' rising mists, and ceaseless show'rs, The hoary cavern, wide-surrounding, low'rs. Still, thro...
Page 486 - Chapter, apparelled in copes and proper vestments, with garlands of roses on their heads, sent the body of the buck to be baked, and had the head and horns fixed on a pole before the cross, in their procession round about the church, till they issued at the west door, where the keeper that brought it blowed the death of the buck, and then the horns that were about the city answered him in like manner ; for which they had each...
Page 37 - Latin, and the seven arts, which were all but the teachings of the natural man, was not the way to make them ministers of Christ. For the languages began at Babel; and to the Greeks, that spake Greek as their...
Page 369 - It may please your grace, that were not for mine ease. They are most of them my retainers, that are come to do me service at such a time as this, and chiefly to see your grace.
Page 164 - The stems are segments of a circle, with considerable rakes. The bottom section, to the floor-heads is a curve fore and aft, with the sweep of the keel. The floor timber has a small rise curving from the keel to the floor-heads. A...
Page 355 - Whose Basis on Devotion stands. While yet We draw this vital Breath, We can our FAITH and HOPE declare : But CHARITY beyond our Death, Will ever in our Works appear. Best be He call'd among good Men, Who to his GOD this Column rais'd : Tho' Lightning strike the Dome again; The Man, who built it, shall be prais'd.
Page 150 - West, and was defended from the superincumbent earth by four large flat stones, which the relater, a man of great probity, who was present when the skeleton was measured, and who himself took the teeth out of the jaw, saw removed. The coins were found on the South side of the skeleton, near the right hand.
Page 165 - But, exclusive of the cork, the admirable construction of this boat gives it a decided pre-eminence, the ends being similar, the boat can be rowed either way ; and this peculiarity of form alleviates her rising over the waves.
Page 306 - ... to deliver themselves up to mercy, it was necessary, for the example of others, and that the peace of the kingdom might be no more disturbed in that manner, that some military justice should be executed; and therefore, that council had determined they three should be presently shot to death...