The parochial history and antiquities of Stockton upon Teesby Thomas Jennett, 1829 - 578 pages |
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... give an account of this fleet , or of the proud preparations of the bishop to accompany his sovereign to the holy land . But the king proved too cunning for the prelate , by proposing a commu- tation of money for services , at the same ...
... give an account of this fleet , or of the proud preparations of the bishop to accompany his sovereign to the holy land . But the king proved too cunning for the prelate , by proposing a commu- tation of money for services , at the same ...
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... gives the following quaint distich ( perhaps not quite equally applicable here ) " Rex largitur opes , fert præsul opem , lapidica Dant operam : tribus his est opus , ut stet opus . " ale , and for extraordinary acts of hospitality ...
... gives the following quaint distich ( perhaps not quite equally applicable here ) " Rex largitur opes , fert præsul opem , lapidica Dant operam : tribus his est opus , ut stet opus . " ale , and for extraordinary acts of hospitality ...
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... give unnecessary offence . The emolu- ments of the benefice were not perverted to base or un- worthy purposes . In those days , when this country had not risen to such civilization as we have now before our eyes , when the face of the ...
... give unnecessary offence . The emolu- ments of the benefice were not perverted to base or un- worthy purposes . In those days , when this country had not risen to such civilization as we have now before our eyes , when the face of the ...
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... gives but little satisfaction to the contemplative mind . Indeed , however amusing in a romantic age , we are dis- gusted with scenes which have nothing conciliating , or .appropriate to recommend them . When the bishop was not employed ...
... gives but little satisfaction to the contemplative mind . Indeed , however amusing in a romantic age , we are dis- gusted with scenes which have nothing conciliating , or .appropriate to recommend them . When the bishop was not employed ...
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... give them battle ; which the Lord Lieutenant , whose opinion is here delivered , would not advise , neither does he conceive his majesty's army at present to be in a fitting posture to fight . " There is something more here than meets ...
... give them battle ; which the Lord Lieutenant , whose opinion is here delivered , would not advise , neither does he conceive his majesty's army at present to be in a fitting posture to fight . " There is something more here than meets ...
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acres aforesaid ancient anno appears belonging Billingham Bishop of Durham borough of Stockton bridge Burdon burgage burgesses called Capt castle Castle Eden Dene chapel charter church Cleveland coal coast Common Coralline corn county of Durham court leet Darlington Dunelm East Egglescliffe England erected feet frequent George grant Greatham ground Harperley Hartburn Hartlepool hedges heir holden honour improvement inhabitants James Cooke John king late Lord manor marshes Mayor meadow Middleton miles navigation neighbourhood Newcastle Norton observed ORDER oxgangs parish of Stockton parliament pastures poor port of Stockton Portrack possession present Preston Raisbeck river Tees Robert Rudd Seaton Sertularia ship side species Steward stone street successors Sutton Tees frozen Thomas tion town of Stockton township trade vessels vicar wheat William William Sleigh winter wood yards Yarm yearly Yorkshire
Popular passages
Page 412 - I passed ; for it is impossible that any thing should be universally tasted and approved by a multitude, though they are only the rabble of a nation, which hath not in it some peculiar aptness to please and gratify the mind of man.
Page 253 - See, a long race thy spacious courts adorn ; See future sons, and daughters yet unborn, In crowding ranks on every side arise, Demanding life, impatient for the skies...
Page 391 - Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, 'Tis yours to judge, how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land.
Page 126 - Another method of implication, whereby the king's consent is presumed, is as to all corporations by prescription, such as the city of London, and many others, which have existed as corporations, time whereof the memory of man runneth not to the contrary: and therefore are looked upon in law to be well created.
Page 317 - Oft, on a plat of rising ground I hear the far-off curfew sound Over some wide-water'd shore, Swinging slow with sullen roar; Or, if the air will not permit, Some still removed place will fit, Where glowing embers through the room Teach light to counterfeit a gloom...
Page 137 - You shall well and truly try, and true deliverance make, between our Sovereign Lord the King and the prisoner at the bar, whom you shall have in charge, and a true verdict give, according to the evidence. So help you God.
Page 467 - Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in the present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: I.
Page 35 - Here to the houseless child of want My door is open still; And though my portion is but scant, I give it with good will.
Page 214 - The preamble recites, that the proposed railway and branches from it will be of great public utility, by facilitating the conveyance of coal, iron, lime, corn, and other commodities, from the interior of the county of Durham...