The Antiquities of Furness: Illustrated with EngravingsGeorge Ashburner, and may be had of R.S. Kirby, London-House-Yard; Messrs. Lackington, Allen and Company London; H. Mozley, Gainsborough; Wilson and Spence, York; Troughton, and Gore, Liverpool; Thompson and Sons, Manchester; Ware, Whitehaven., 1805 - 426 oldal |
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... thing wanting to give a just and satisfactory account of the whole , and to preserve its memory to future ages . Nothing of this kind has been attempted before this , and those who visit the ruins return with a confused idea of the ...
... thing wanting to give a just and satisfactory account of the whole , and to preserve its memory to future ages . Nothing of this kind has been attempted before this , and those who visit the ruins return with a confused idea of the ...
11. oldal
... thing yet discovered ; and suppositions , unless founded on facts , are little to be depended upon . Furness is surrounded with beacons , which might receive the alarm from those at a distance in any quarter ; but whether they be ...
... thing yet discovered ; and suppositions , unless founded on facts , are little to be depended upon . Furness is surrounded with beacons , which might receive the alarm from those at a distance in any quarter ; but whether they be ...
17. oldal
... thing that is not imported . Tea and coffee are in general use , and oatmeal is almost proscribed . Three miles to the west of Ulverston is Whitridge , the Peru of Furness . Iron ore is found there at the depth of from 20 to 30 yards ...
... thing that is not imported . Tea and coffee are in general use , and oatmeal is almost proscribed . Three miles to the west of Ulverston is Whitridge , the Peru of Furness . Iron ore is found there at the depth of from 20 to 30 yards ...
30. oldal
... thing that is horrid or terrible . They are bold and steep , without the projecting precipice , the over- hanging rock , or pendant cliff . The hanging woods , waving enclosures , and airy sites , are elegant , beautiful and picturesque ...
... thing that is horrid or terrible . They are bold and steep , without the projecting precipice , the over- hanging rock , or pendant cliff . The hanging woods , waving enclosures , and airy sites , are elegant , beautiful and picturesque ...
37. oldal
... things that prove it to be of Roman origin : no inscription has however as yet been discovered , that can serve to enucleate its original name . The Amboglana * of the Notitia is no ways applica- ble to it , for that is described to be ...
... things that prove it to be of Roman origin : no inscription has however as yet been discovered , that can serve to enucleate its original name . The Amboglana * of the Notitia is no ways applica- ble to it , for that is described to be ...
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The Antiquities of Furness: Illustrated with Engravings Thomas West,William Close Nincs elérhető előnézet - 2018 |
The Antiquities of Furness: Illustrated with Engravings - Primary Source Edition Thomas West,William Close Nincs elérhető előnézet - 2013 |
Gyakori szavak és kifejezések
abbot of Furness acres aforesaid Aldingham amongst ancient anno annum appears Bapt Bardsea baron of Kendal belonging Braddyll Broughton called Cartmel carucates castle chapel church Conishead Conishead priory Coniston court Cumberland customary tenants Dalton daugh daughter died without issue dissolution dutchy earl eldest Elizabeth Esthwaite father Furness Abbey Furness Fells George Graithwaite granted Hawkshead heir High Furness Isle of Walney Item king Henry Kirkby Ireleth lake Lancashire land Leven liberty lord lordship Low Furness Lowick manor Margaret married Mary Michael le Fleming miles monastery monks Morecambe moss Muchland parish parliament Pennington present Preston priory Rampside Rawlinson rectory rent Richard river river Leven road Robert Roger Roman ruins sands Sawrey Saxon sayd side Sir John Sir Thomas successors tenements ther tithes tyme Ulverston unto Urswick VIII walls Westmorland wife William de Lancaster William Sandys Windermere woods
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346. oldal - ... he would give vent to the effusions of his fancy, and harangue in the most animated manner upon the subject of his art, with a sublimity of idea, and a peculiarity of expressive language, that was entirely his own, and in which education or reading had no share. These sallies of natural genius, clothed in natural eloquence, were perfectly original, very highly edifying, and entertaining in the extreme. They were uttered in a hurried accent, an elevated tone, and very commonly accompanied with...
67. oldal - ... with the abbot in a vestment : their names are written on labels issuing from their mouths : the abbot's name is defaced, which would have given a date to the whole. In the second partition are the figures of St. George and the dragon. In the sixth is represented St. Catharine, with the emblems of her martyrdom, the sword and wheel.
180. oldal - The grant is indeed only during the life of the corporation; which may endure for ever : but when that life is determined by the dissolution of the body politic, the grantor takes it back by reversion, as in the case of every other grant for life.
72. oldal - Mortain, providing and consulting in God's hand for the salvation of my soul and of that of my wife the Countess Matilda, and for the soul of my lord and uncle Henry, King of England and Duke of Normandy, and for the souls of all faithful people, both quick and dead, in this year of our Lord's incarnation 1 126 — seeing that the bounds of this our age are breaking and falling daily into decay — seeing, again, how all the transitory pomp of this world, with the flowers and rosy chaplets and palms...
1. oldal - The Lordship of Furness comprehends all that tract of land, with the islands included, commencing in the north at the Shire Stones, on Wrynose Hills, and descending by Elterwater into Windermere, and by the outlet of that lake, at Newby Bridge, over Leven Sands into the sea. Extending along the sea, it includes the isle of Foulney, the pile of Fouldrey, and the Isle of Walney. Beyond which, turning to the north-east, it ascends, first by the estuary of Duddon, and then by the river itself, — •...
67. oldal - The window consists of seven compartments, or partitions. In the third, fourth, and fifth, are depicted, in full proportion, the Crucifixion, with the Virgin Mary on the right, and the beloved disciple on the left side of the cross : angels are expressed receiving the sacred blood from the five precious wounds...
46. oldal - Every mesne lord and free homager, as well as the customary tenants, took an oath of fealty to the abbot, to be true to him against all men, excepting the king. Every mesne lord obeyed the summons of the abbot, or his steward, in raising his quota of armed men, and every tenant of a whole tenement furnished a man and horse of war...
68. oldal - The tower has been supported by four magnificent arches, of which only one remains entire. They rested upon four tall pillars, whereof three are finely clustered, but the fourth is of a plain unmeaning construction. The west end of the church seems to have been an additional part, intended for a belfry, to ease the main tower ; but that is as plain as the rest : had the monks even intended it, the stone would not admit of such work as has been executed at Fountains and Rievaulx Abbies.
68. oldal - ... four seats adorned with Gothic ornaments. In these the officiating priest, with his attendants, sat at intervals during the solemn service of high mass. In the middle space, where the first barons of Kendal are interred, lies a procumbent figure of a man in armour, cross-legged. The chapter-house...
70. oldal - TRANSEPT is 130 feet : the south-wall is 6 feet, and the north wall 3 feet 6 inches in thickness : the inside width of the transept is 28 feet 4 inches : the thickness of the two side walls, 8 feet 8 inches. The whole breadth of the transept is, therefore, 37 feet. The inside width of the nave is 66 feet ; and the thickness of the two side walls, 8 feet : therefore the whole width of the nave is 74 feet. The height of the side walls of the church has been about 54 feet. , The inside of the CHAPTER-HOUSE...