The Topographer: Containing a Variety of Original Articles, Illustrative of the Local History and Antiquities of England, Volume 2Sir Egerton Brydges Robson and Clarke, 1790 - Great Britain |
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... town , 5s . 1651. March 15th , paid to the Painter for fetting up the States Arms , 16s . Name of John Milton occurs 1669 . 1611. Paid for an houre glaffe for the pulpitt , 12d . 1636. First mention of Overfeers , before called ...
... town , 5s . 1651. March 15th , paid to the Painter for fetting up the States Arms , 16s . Name of John Milton occurs 1669 . 1611. Paid for an houre glaffe for the pulpitt , 12d . 1636. First mention of Overfeers , before called ...
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... town , and has a re- markable fair annually for horfes and cattle . It has no fields or Jand belonging to it , except the gardens and yards belonging to the houses , which has given rife to this proverb , " That a goofe will eat up all ...
... town , and has a re- markable fair annually for horfes and cattle . It has no fields or Jand belonging to it , except the gardens and yards belonging to the houses , which has given rife to this proverb , " That a goofe will eat up all ...
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... town , that all thofe who are born here , have an harsh and rattling kind of fpeech , uttering their words with much difficulty , and wharling in the throat , and cannot well pronounce the letter R ; which , whether it be from fome ...
... town , that all thofe who are born here , have an harsh and rattling kind of fpeech , uttering their words with much difficulty , and wharling in the throat , and cannot well pronounce the letter R ; which , whether it be from fome ...
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... town unto Hugh de Vere , Earl of Oxford , in frank- marriage with his fifter Haweis de Quincy , in the time of Henry III . In the reign of Edw . I , Sir Simon Friday , Kt . Robert de Champaign , and Win . de Winterborne , held lands ...
... town unto Hugh de Vere , Earl of Oxford , in frank- marriage with his fifter Haweis de Quincy , in the time of Henry III . In the reign of Edw . I , Sir Simon Friday , Kt . Robert de Champaign , and Win . de Winterborne , held lands ...
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... town , upon the creek of the river , is fituate in the Hundred of Sutton Lath . At the time of the Danish invasion , this place was made remarkable for being the harbour of their Fleet , but more particularly for the cruelty which they ...
... town , upon the creek of the river , is fituate in the Hundred of Sutton Lath . At the time of the Danish invasion , this place was made remarkable for being the harbour of their Fleet , but more particularly for the cruelty which they ...
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Page 141 - Plucking ripe clusters from the tender shoots. Their port was more than human, as they stood ; I took it for a faery vision Of some gay creatures of the element, That in the colours of the rainbow live, And play in the plighted clouds.
Page 84 - God made the world, or else I am so sharply taunted, so cruelly threatened, yea, presently, sometimes with pinches, nips, and bobs, and other ways, which I will not name for the honour I bear them, so without measure misordered, that I think myself in hell, till time come that I must go to Mr.
Page 249 - A stranger yet to pain! I feel the gales that from ye blow A momentary bliss bestow, As waving fresh their gladsome wing My weary soul they seem to soothe, And, redolent of joy and youth, To breathe a second spring.
Page 84 - I wist all their sport in the park is but a shadow to that pleasure that I find in Plato. Alas ! good folk, they never felt what true pleasure meant.'
Page 84 - Before I went into Germany, I came to Broadgate in Leicestershire, to take my leave of that noble lady, Jane Grey, to whom I was exceeding much beholding. Her parents, the duke and duchess, with all the household, gentlemen and gentlewomen, were hunting in the park. I found her in her chamber, reading...
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Page 84 - Duchess, with all the household, gentlemen and gentlewomen, were hunting in the park : I found her in her chamber, reading " Phaedon Platonis " in Greek, and that with as much delight as some gentlemen would read a merry tale in Boccace.
Page 88 - The satyrs and the fauns, by Dian set to keep Rough hills and forest-holts, were sadly seen to weep, When thy high-palmed harts, the sport of bows and hounds, By gripple borderers' hands were banished thy grounds.
Page 249 - SAY, Father THAMEs (for thou haft feen Full many a fprightly race, Difporting on thy margent green, The paths of pleafure trace) Who foremoft now delight to cleave With pliant...
Page 84 - I do but learning, is full of grief, trouble, fear and whole misliking unto me. And thus my book hath been so much my pleasure and bringeth daily to me more pleasure and more, that in respect of it all other pleasures in very deed be but trifles and very troubles unto me.