The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive, of Each County, Volume 15, Part 1Thomas Maiden, 1814 |
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... honour of being received with kindness and attention by all to whom I found occasion to apply . I trust that I may ... honoured by the EARL and COUNTESS of CRAVEN , on my examination of Combe Abbey . I must , likewise , beg to ac ...
... honour of being received with kindness and attention by all to whom I found occasion to apply . I trust that I may ... honoured by the EARL and COUNTESS of CRAVEN , on my examination of Combe Abbey . I must , likewise , beg to ac ...
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... honour of a Roman station to Alcester , on the Ickneild , or Ryknild , Street , in the south - west division of the county . Various minor works , connected with the military operations of this people , claim notice in an ensuing ...
... honour of a Roman station to Alcester , on the Ickneild , or Ryknild , Street , in the south - west division of the county . Various minor works , connected with the military operations of this people , claim notice in an ensuing ...
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... honour of entertaining Queen Elizabeth , in a manner so magnificent , that a notice of the festivities has been justly said to form an almost necessary page of the national an- nals . Her Majesty arrived on the 9th of July , 1575 ; and ...
... honour of entertaining Queen Elizabeth , in a manner so magnificent , that a notice of the festivities has been justly said to form an almost necessary page of the national an- nals . Her Majesty arrived on the 9th of July , 1575 ; and ...
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... honoured with knighthood , and " nyne persons were cured of the peynfull and daungerous deseaz called the King's Evill . " Robert Dudley , Earl of Leicester , died without acknowledged legitimate issue , and bequeathed Kenilworth to his ...
... honoured with knighthood , and " nyne persons were cured of the peynfull and daungerous deseaz called the King's Evill . " Robert Dudley , Earl of Leicester , died without acknowledged legitimate issue , and bequeathed Kenilworth to his ...
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... to Stoneleigh , where he was received with zealous loyalty . On this occasion it appears that he bestowed the honour of knighthood on the eldest son of his host , rious to his decease ; but his property passed , 44 WARWICKSHIRE .
... to Stoneleigh , where he was received with zealous loyalty . On this occasion it appears that he bestowed the honour of knighthood on the eldest son of his host , rious to his decease ; but his property passed , 44 WARWICKSHIRE .
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Page 245 - Shakspeare, that, take him for all in all, we shall not look upon his like again.
Page 249 - He was received into the company then in being, at first in a very mean rank; but his admirable wit, and the natural turn of it to the stage, soon distinguished him, if not as an extraordinary actor, yet as an excellent writer.
Page 250 - His father was a butcher, and I have been told heretofore by some of the neighbours, that when he was a boy he exercised his father's trade, but when he kill'da calfe he would doe it in a high style, and make a speech.
Page 207 - When Sorrow weeps o'er Virtue's sacred dust, Our tears become us, and our Grief is just: Such were the tears she shed, who grateful pays This last sad tribute of her love and praise.
Page 161 - ... fighting, he rode up and down among them, sometimes with his hat in his hand, entreating them to stand to their arms and fight like men...
Page 152 - I have been told by some old people, who in their younger years were eyewitnesses of these pageants so acted, that the yearly confluence of people to see that shew was extraordinary great, and yielded no small advantage to this city.
Page 106 - It is said by Eapin, that the countess, previous to her riding, commanded all persons to keep within doors, and from their windows, on pain of death ; but, notwithstanding this severe penalty, there was one person who could not forbear giving a look, out of curiosity; but it cost him his life.
Page 106 - ... continued to solicit him, insomuch that he told her if she would ride on horseback naked from one end of the town to the other, in the sight of all the people, he would grant her request. Whereunto she returned, ' But will you give me leave so to do ? ' And he replying