The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive, of Each County: Middlesex |
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... according to the concurring testimony of many respectable writers , were the most numerous and powerful . They possessed a tract of country which extended from the south shore of the river Humber to that of the Tyne on the eastern coast ...
... according to the concurring testimony of many respectable writers , were the most numerous and powerful . They possessed a tract of country which extended from the south shore of the river Humber to that of the Tyne on the eastern coast ...
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... according to the usual system of Roman policy , deemed necessary to open a passable communication between them , by the means of military roads . To effect this in a county like Lancashire , required the united powers of labor and skill ...
... according to the usual system of Roman policy , deemed necessary to open a passable communication between them , by the means of military roads . To effect this in a county like Lancashire , required the united powers of labor and skill ...
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... according to the statement of Mr. Whitaker , was " formed into a separate county about 680 ; and soon after the conquest of it by Egfrid . " At this period , continues our shrewd historian , " the Roman Alauna received the honor which ...
... according to the statement of Mr. Whitaker , was " formed into a separate county about 680 ; and soon after the conquest of it by Egfrid . " At this period , continues our shrewd historian , " the Roman Alauna received the honor which ...
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... According to a report made in the year 1777 , by the then Receiver General , it contains from 3500 to 4500 acres of uninclosed , and about the same quantity of inclosed , land , The Court of this Forest is not held separately , but ...
... According to a report made in the year 1777 , by the then Receiver General , it contains from 3500 to 4500 acres of uninclosed , and about the same quantity of inclosed , land , The Court of this Forest is not held separately , but ...
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... According to Cowel , " the jurisdiction of a County Palatine was of so high a nature , that whereas all pleas touching the life or Mayhem of a man , called Pleas of the Crown , be ordinarily held and sped in the King's name , and cannot ...
... According to Cowel , " the jurisdiction of a County Palatine was of so high a nature , that whereas all pleas touching the life or Mayhem of a man , called Pleas of the Crown , be ordinarily held and sped in the King's name , and cannot ...
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