Transactions - Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society, Volumes 1-2Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society, 1876 - Bristol (England) |
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Page 258 - Tenserie, and when the miserable inhabitants had no more to give, then plundered they, and burnt all the towns, so that well mightest thou walk a whole day's journey nor ever shouldest thou find a man seated in a town, or its lands tilled.
Page 144 - C.). Notices of the Historic Persons buried in the Chapel of St. Peter ad Vincula, in the Tower of London, with an account of the discovery of the supposed remains of Queen Anne Boleyn.
Page 326 - Babylonia gives a most imperfect idea of its former state, which must be estimated not from, modern statistics, but from the accounts of ancient writers and the evidences which the country itself presents. From them we conclude that this region was among the most productive upon the face of the earth, spontaneously producing some of the best gifts of God to man, and capable, under careful management, of being made one continuous garden. CHAPTER III. THE PEOPLE. " A mighty nation, an ancient nation."—...
Page 48 - ... about this land, how it was peopled, or by what men : then sent his men over all England into every shire, and caused to be ascertained how many hundred hides were in the shire, or what land the king himself had, and cattle within the land, or what dues he ought to have in twelve months from the shire.
Page 62 - I, AB, do declare that I hold that there lies no obligation upon me or any other person from the oath commonly called the Solemn League and Covenant, and that the same was in itself an unlawful oath, and imposed upon the subjects of this realm against the known laws and liberties of the kingdom.
Page 174 - ... the greatest and the last of the old Norman chivalry, — kinglier in pride, in state, in possessions, and in renown, than the king himself, — Richard Nevile, Earl of Salisbury and Warwick.
Page 37 - O my Father, if this cup may not pass from me, except I drink it, thy will be done.
Page 48 - So very narrowly he caused it to be " traced out, that there was not a single hide, nor one virgate of land, nor even, " it is shame to tell, though it seemed to him no shame to do, an ox, nor a cow, " nor a swine was left, that was not set down.
Page 120 - It requires a greater effort of imagination on our part to imagine a pack of wild dogs co-operating with priscan men in driving a herd of wild cattle or wild pigs (both of which were represented in the Cissbury Pits) along a track in which a pitfall had been dug and covered over. Still what we know justifies us, ifec.
Page 48 - I may narrate somewhat prolixly — what or how much each man had who was a holder of land in England, in land, or in cattle, and how much money it might be worth.