The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive, of Each County, 12. kötet,2. kiadás |
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16. oldal
... latter part of the 17th century , travelled through Oxfordshire he found the farmers unskilful , boorish , and sordid . Few circum- stances of enquiry can be more pleasing than those which involve the progress of human intellect . In a ...
... latter part of the 17th century , travelled through Oxfordshire he found the farmers unskilful , boorish , and sordid . Few circum- stances of enquiry can be more pleasing than those which involve the progress of human intellect . In a ...
25. oldal
... latter to take the usufruct of the land for a stipulated term of years , and no longer , at a prescribed ratio of recompense , appear to have chiefly grown into custom within the last century . Pre- vious to that period the landholders ...
... latter to take the usufruct of the land for a stipulated term of years , and no longer , at a prescribed ratio of recompense , appear to have chiefly grown into custom within the last century . Pre- vious to that period the landholders ...
31. oldal
... latter prodigy Dr. Plot informs us was preserved at Ricot at the time of his writing , and there are several plates in the Natural History illustrative of this singular " Breed . " annually . He supposes that the carcase of this little ...
... latter prodigy Dr. Plot informs us was preserved at Ricot at the time of his writing , and there are several plates in the Natural History illustrative of this singular " Breed . " annually . He supposes that the carcase of this little ...
38. oldal
... latter district , occupies a pleasant po- sition ; and the valley formed by the Thames expands into a rich plain , full of verdure , woods , and population . The Kennet here joins its tributary waters , flowing eastward from the Down's ...
... latter district , occupies a pleasant po- sition ; and the valley formed by the Thames expands into a rich plain , full of verdure , woods , and population . The Kennet here joins its tributary waters , flowing eastward from the Down's ...
42. oldal
... latter branch has gradually advanced in consequence , and is now productive of a considerable influx of money to the county , and affords employment to great numbers of the local population . A coarse sort of velvet is made at Bloxham ...
... latter branch has gradually advanced in consequence , and is now productive of a considerable influx of money to the county , and affords employment to great numbers of the local population . A coarse sort of velvet is made at Bloxham ...
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448. oldal - ... college situated in a purer air ; so that his house was a university in a less volume ; whither they came not so much for repose as study ; and to examine and refine those grosser propositions, which laziness and consent made current in vulgar conversation.
269. oldal - And wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude, Where, with her best nurse, contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impaired. He that has light within his own clear breast May sit i...
272. oldal - My love, my life, said I, explain This change of humour : pr'ythee, tell : That falling tear — What does it mean ? She sigh'd ; she smil'd : and to the flowers Pointing, the lovely moralist said : See, friend, in some few fleeting hours, See yonder, what a change is made. Ah me! the blooming pride of May, And that of beauty are but one: At morn both flourish bright and gay, Both fade at evening, pale, and gone; At dawn poor Stella...
126. oldal - English, surrendered to the use of himself for life, and after to the use of his eldest son and his...
46. oldal - The king started a little, and said : ' By my faith, my lord, I thank you for your good cheer, but I may not endure to have my laws broken in my sight. My attorney must speak with you.
434. oldal - Immediately there was heard so loud a crack, as if heaven had split asunder; every one was now solicitous for the safety of his neighbour, and called to one another throughout the field : No answer being...
348. oldal - And one of the prisoners who had been taken in the action said, 'that he was confident Mr. Hambden was hurt, for he saw him ride off the field before the action was done, which he never used to do, and with his head hanging down, and resting his hands upon the neck of his horse;' by which he concluded he was hurt.
180. oldal - The Master, Fellows, and Scholars of the College of Pembroke, in the University of Oxford, of the foundation of king James, at the cost and charges of Thomas Tesdale and Richard Wightwick...
434. oldal - ... safety, called to one another: those that were nearest our lovers, hearing no answer, stepped to the place where they lay: they first saw a little smoke, and after, this faithful pair - John with one arm about his Sarah's neck, and the other held over her face, as if to screen her from the lightning. They were struck dead, and already grown stiff and cold in this tender posture. There was no mark or discolouring on their bodies, only that Sarah's eyebrow was a little singed, and a small spot...
89. oldal - Westminster, forming a new catechism, and scheme of religion,) ever ventured to make any answer to it; nor is it indeed to be answered, but must remain to the world's end, as a monument of the learning, courage, and loyalty, of that excellent place, against the highest malice and tyranny that was ever exercised in or over any nation...