The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive, of Each County, 10. kötet,1. kiadás |
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102. oldal
... prisoner , obliged the captive Monarch to give up , for his ransom , the whole of the extensive tract from which the kingdoms of Essex and Sussex were formed : soon after he made himself master of London , most probably through the ...
... prisoner , obliged the captive Monarch to give up , for his ransom , the whole of the extensive tract from which the kingdoms of Essex and Sussex were formed : soon after he made himself master of London , most probably through the ...
105. oldal
... prisoners to London , by the " citizens and others , " * Asser . Flor . Wor . Malms . de Gest . Reg . Ethelred is supposed to have held London in fee , as , after his death , it was delivered up , with Oxford , by his widow , the ...
... prisoners to London , by the " citizens and others , " * Asser . Flor . Wor . Malms . de Gest . Reg . Ethelred is supposed to have held London in fee , as , after his death , it was delivered up , with Oxford , by his widow , the ...
117. oldal
... prisoner at the battle of Lincoln , in 1140 , by Robert , Earl of Gloucester , they continued to support his cause . This greatly irritated the haughty Maud , who , on the ascendancy of her afiairs , " resolved to revenge her- self upon ...
... prisoner at the battle of Lincoln , in 1140 , by Robert , Earl of Gloucester , they continued to support his cause . This greatly irritated the haughty Maud , who , on the ascendancy of her afiairs , " resolved to revenge her- self upon ...
119. oldal
... prisoner at St. Alban's , was obliged to consent to its being given up , together with his Castles of Walden and Plessy . In the same year a Synod , or Council , was held in Loudon , in which Stephen obtained the pro- mise of an aid ...
... prisoner at St. Alban's , was obliged to consent to its being given up , together with his Castles of Walden and Plessy . In the same year a Synod , or Council , was held in Loudon , in which Stephen obtained the pro- mise of an aid ...
146. oldal
... prisons , did plucke in peeces those that were newly brought amongst them , and greedily devoured them halfe alive . " This Famine is stated to have been brought on by a continuance of wet weather . In 1318 , great discontents were ...
... prisons , did plucke in peeces those that were newly brought amongst them , and greedily devoured them halfe alive . " This Famine is stated to have been brought on by a continuance of wet weather . In 1318 , great discontents were ...
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acres Aldermen Aldgate appears arms assembled attended beheaded Bills Bishop body Bridge brought burnt charter Church Citizens City of London commerce committed Common Council Company Court Crown death Ditto divers dreadful Duke Duke of York Earl Edward England Essex feet Fire four France granted Guildhall Hall Henry Hist horses House of Commons Howe's Stow Ibid increased inhabitants John King King's Kingdom land Lane liberty Lond London Bridge Lord Mayor Maior Majesty March ment merchants Metropolis Middlesex night occasion officers Palace parish Parliament passed Paul's persons Petition Plague Popish Plot Port of London present Prince principal prisoners privileges proceedings Proclamation Queen reign river Thames Roman Royal says Stow sent Sheriffs shew ships side soon afterwards Southwark Stow's Ann Street suffered tion Tower Hill town trade Treason Tyburn unto wall Westminster Westminster Hall whilst whole William
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323. oldal - While it was in my power I did my duty, but that being taken away by a higher power, it is my duty to obey.
512. oldal - Sir, will you grant and keep, and by your oath confirm to the people of England, the laws and customs to them granted by the kings of England, your lawful and religious predecessors ; and namely, the laws, customs, and franchises' granted to the clergy by the glorious king St. Edward, your predecessor, according to the laws of God, the true profession of the gospel established in this kingdom...
59. oldal - Now to the sister hills that skirt her plain, To lofty Harrow now, and now to where Majestic Windsor lifts his princely brow. In lovely contrast to this glorious view, Calmly magnificent, then will we turn To where the silver Thames first rural grows. There let the feasted eye unwearied stray; Luxurious, there, rove through the pendent woods That nodding hang o'er Harrington's retreat...
60. oldal - Enchanting vale ! beyond whate'er the Muse Has of Achaia or Hesperia sung! O vale of bliss ! O softly-swelling hills ! On which the Power of Cultivation lies, And joys to see the wonders of his toil.
375. oldal - I say they had dug several pits in another ground, when the distemper began to spread in our parish, and especially when the dead-carts began to go about, which was not, in our parish, till the beginning of August. Into these pits they had put perhaps fifty or sixty bodies each ; then they made larger holes, wherein they buried all that the cart brought in a week, which, by the middle to the end of August, came to from...
346. oldal - May it please your majesty, I have neither eyes to see, nor tongue to speak in this place, but as the House is pleased to direct me...
526. oldal - That the influence of the Crown had increased, was increasing, and ought to be diminished:
572. oldal - Council, notified to the bank last night, a copy of which is hereunto annexed, the governor, deputy-governor, and directors of the Bank of England think it their duty to inform the proprietors of the bank stock, as well as the public at large, that the general concerns of the bank are in the most affluent and prosperous situation, and such as to preclude every doubt as to the security of its notes.
356. oldal - London trained bands, and auxiliary regiments, (of whose inexperience of danger, or any kind of service, beyond the easy practice of their postures in the Artillery Garden, men had till then too cheap an estimation,) behaved themselves to wonder ; and were, in truth, the preservation of that army that day. For they stood as a bulwark and rampire to defend the rest ; and when their wings of horse were scattered and dispersed, kept their ground so steadily, that, though prince Rupert himself led up...
448. oldal - his sword was thrust through him, but no blood was on his clothes, or about him ; his shoes were clean ; his money was in his pocket, but nothing was about his neck [although when he went from home, he had a large laced band on], and a mark was all round it, an inch broad, which showed he had been strangled.