The Works of the Late Edward Dayes: Containing An Excursion Through the Principal Parts of Derbyshire and Yorkshire, with Illustrative Notes by E.W. Brayley; Essays on Painting; Instructions for Drawing and Coloring Landscapes; and Professional Sketches of Modern ArtistsMrs. Dayes, 1805 - 359 pages |
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... degrees ; the water of the Hamps being at 46 ° . and those of the Manifold at 48 ° . The temperature of the air was 51 ° . In a little recess , or chasm , in the lime - stone rocks which overhang the hole whence the former stream issues ...
... degrees ; the water of the Hamps being at 46 ° . and those of the Manifold at 48 ° . The temperature of the air was 51 ° . In a little recess , or chasm , in the lime - stone rocks which overhang the hole whence the former stream issues ...
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... degree of activity , I soon found myself in the right track . * About six miles from the Dale , after passing over a moorish country , I came to New - Haven , † a commodious 8 * The pedestrian may proceed this way from the Dale , but he ...
... degree of activity , I soon found myself in the right track . * About six miles from the Dale , after passing over a moorish country , I came to New - Haven , † a commodious 8 * The pedestrian may proceed this way from the Dale , but he ...
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... degree free of the Lords , who thereby lost their foot soldiers . The act against retainers , prevented the Lords having in their service the younger sons of good families , who were men of spirit , and well skilled in arms , and and ...
... degree free of the Lords , who thereby lost their foot soldiers . The act against retainers , prevented the Lords having in their service the younger sons of good families , who were men of spirit , and well skilled in arms , and and ...
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... degree of trade is carried on at Rippon , the people living chiefly within themselves : it was formerly remarkable for manufacturing spurs , the excellence of which had grown into a proverb . The woollen cloth trade must have flourished ...
... degree of trade is carried on at Rippon , the people living chiefly within themselves : it was formerly remarkable for manufacturing spurs , the excellence of which had grown into a proverb . The woollen cloth trade must have flourished ...
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... the Danes at York . This Ella and Osbright were set up as Kings by the rebellious Northumbrians , who met with their deaths at York , about the year 867 , from the Danes . 1 E.Degree pine ! Rippon Minster . Yorkshire . J.C. 122 YORKSHIRE .
... the Danes at York . This Ella and Osbright were set up as Kings by the rebellious Northumbrians , who met with their deaths at York , about the year 867 , from the Danes . 1 E.Degree pine ! Rippon Minster . Yorkshire . J.C. 122 YORKSHIRE .
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