An Account of the Past and Present State of the Isle of Man: Including a Topographical Description; a Sketch of Its Mineralogy; an Outline of Its Laws, with the Privileges Enjoyed by Strangers; and a History of the Island |
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... Northern , the other by the Southern Menavia . † Hollinshed , who wrote in the year 1584 , says , " there were formerly thirteen hundred families in this island , but now scarcely half that number . In the year 1667 the island contained ...
... Northern , the other by the Southern Menavia . † Hollinshed , who wrote in the year 1584 , says , " there were formerly thirteen hundred families in this island , but now scarcely half that number . In the year 1667 the island contained ...
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... northern tract of two thousand acres , six miles long , has been converted from a marsh to arable and pasture land by a drain of ten feet wide and six deep . The soil is peat - moss and clay . When I saw it ( in 1808 ) the drain was ...
... northern tract of two thousand acres , six miles long , has been converted from a marsh to arable and pasture land by a drain of ten feet wide and six deep . The soil is peat - moss and clay . When I saw it ( in 1808 ) the drain was ...
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... northern flat is rendered by this treatment the most fertile of any in the island . Its chief produce is barley , a considerable portion of which is sent annually to Douglas . Arable land is laid out in ridges of various sizes : those ...
... northern flat is rendered by this treatment the most fertile of any in the island . Its chief produce is barley , a considerable portion of which is sent annually to Douglas . Arable land is laid out in ridges of various sizes : those ...
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... northern world . It is principally distin- guished by the brilliant silvery colour of its body , the advancement of the lower jaw beyond the upper , and by the number of rays in the anal fin , which , in by far the greater number of ...
... northern world . It is principally distin- guished by the brilliant silvery colour of its body , the advancement of the lower jaw beyond the upper , and by the number of rays in the anal fin , which , in by far the greater number of ...
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... northern sea , and , having left their spawn in a more genial climate , seek their former habitations under the ice . The reality of the emigration of the herring , so well detailed by Mr. Pennant , begins , at present , to be greatly ...
... northern sea , and , having left their spawn in a more genial climate , seek their former habitations under the ice . The reality of the emigration of the herring , so well detailed by Mr. Pennant , begins , at present , to be greatly ...
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acre act of Tinwald afterwards appear Bailiff Ballaugh barrel bill Bishop boat British called Castle Rushen Castletown Chaloner chief chiefly church clay-slate common consent Coroner court crown custom Deemster Douglas dozen Duke of Athol duty Earl of Derby English estates feet fish former formerly four Godred Godred Crovan Governor granted grey wacké-slate half harbour House of Keys hundred inhabitants Ireland island Isle jury King of England King of Norway Kirk Michael land Laxey licence Lord Lord's Malew Manks Marown ment miles natives nearly northern Norway obliged offender officers Olave parish parliament party Peel Peel castle person possession pounds present prison punishment Ramsey Reginald reign respecting revenue rocks Scotland sheading sheep shillings side slate Sodor soil Statute-book statutes stone strata sufficient supposed Tinwald tion tithes town trade usually vessels yards
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Page 257 - AB do swear that I will, without respect of favour or friendship, love or gain, consanguinity or affinity, envy or malice, execute the laws of this isle justly, betwixt our Sovereign Lord, the King, and his subjects within this isle, and betwixt party and party, as indifferently as the herring's back bone doth lie* in the midst of the fish.
Page 72 - ... ocean. It is divided into distinct columns of five or six miles in length and three or four in breadth, and they drive the water before them with a kind of rippling...
Page 130 - That after having passed through a great number of vaults, he came into a long narrow place ; which, the farther he penetrated, he perceived he went more and more on a descent : till having travelled, as near as he could guess, for the space of a mile, he began to see a little gleam of light, which, though it seemed to come from a vast distance, was the most delightful object he ever beheld.
Page 85 - The arms of the bishopric are, on three ascents, the Virgin Mary, her arms extended between two pillars ; on the dexter, a church ; in base, the ancient arms of Man.
Page 200 - Day. First, you shall come thither in your royal array, as a king ought to do, by the prerogatives and royalties of the land of Mann. And upon the Hill of Tynwald...
Page 271 - I, AB do swear, That I will truly and honestly demean myself in the Practice of an Attorney [or Solicitor] according to the best of my Knowledge and Ability. So help me God.
Page 257 - By this book, and by the holy contents thereof, and by the wonderful works that God hath miraculously wrought in heaven above and in...
Page 62 - Report of the Commissioners, appointed by His Majesty to inquire into the Ecclesiastical Revenues of England and Wales.
Page 201 - Glanfaba, shall make Affence, upon Paine of Life and Lyme, that noe Man make any Disturbance or Stirr in the Time of Tinwald, or any Murmur or Rising in the King's Presence, upon Paine of Hanging and Drawing. And then shall let your Barrons and all other know you to be their King and Lord, and what time you were here you received the Land as Heyre Apparent in your Father's Days.
Page 308 - English government : that his father had the power of increasing the duties with the consent of the...