The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive, of Each County: Devonshire ; DorsetshireT. Maiden, 1803 - 736 pages |
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... persons , who pasture the stock of the neighbouring townships at a very low rate . In the higher parts of the moor , to the north and west , are vast tracts of wet swampy ground , which prove exceedingly dangerous to the pasturing ...
... persons , who pasture the stock of the neighbouring townships at a very low rate . In the higher parts of the moor , to the north and west , are vast tracts of wet swampy ground , which prove exceedingly dangerous to the pasturing ...
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... persons who have made improvements in those generally used . Bounties have also been given for improving the breeds of sheep and cattle ; and re- wards distributed among the most deserving servants in husbandry , whether male or female ...
... persons who have made improvements in those generally used . Bounties have also been given for improving the breeds of sheep and cattle ; and re- wards distributed among the most deserving servants in husbandry , whether male or female ...
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... persons who commanded for the King . The inhabitants , during the latter days of this siege , were nearly reduced to famine ; being obliged to feed on horse- flesh , and other loathsome viands . Their loyalty , and brave defence ...
... persons who commanded for the King . The inhabitants , during the latter days of this siege , were nearly reduced to famine ; being obliged to feed on horse- flesh , and other loathsome viands . Their loyalty , and brave defence ...
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... person , with Eadyga , his Queen , attended at the in- stallation , and placed the Bishop in his new See ; which at the same time he endowed with the lands and emoluments that had previously belonged to Crediton . The See being thus ...
... person , with Eadyga , his Queen , attended at the in- stallation , and placed the Bishop in his new See ; which at the same time he endowed with the lands and emoluments that had previously belonged to Crediton . The See being thus ...
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... persons . The canopies to the niches differ on the buttresses , and from the four first divisions on the third part . " In the second tier , all the statues are standing , except in the niche joining the centre small angular buttress ...
... persons . The canopies to the niches differ on the buttresses , and from the four first divisions on the third part . " In the second tier , all the statues are standing , except in the niche joining the centre small angular buttress ...
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Page 141 - Here Reynolds is laid, and, to tell you my mind, He has not left a wiser or better behind ; His pencil was striking, resistless, and grand ; His manners were gentle, complying, and bland ; Still born to improve us in every part, His pencil our faces, his manners our heart...
Page 91 - After a grateful commemoration of the fifty-five years of union and happiness which he enjoyed with Mabel his wife, the good earl thus speaks from the tomb : What we gave, we have ; What we spent, we had ; What we left, we lost...
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Page 435 - ... thick crust, extremely baked. His table cost him not much, though it was good to eat at. "His sports supplied all but beef and mutton; except...
Page 122 - ... was of great cost and value. Many other of the rooms were well adorned with mouldings and fret-work, some of whose marble clavils were so delicately fine, that they would reflect an object true and lively from a great distance.
Page 435 - In the hole of the desk were store of tobacco pipes that had been used. " On one side of this end of the room was the door of a closet wherein stood the strong beer and the wine, which never came thence but in single glasses, that being the rule of the house exactly observed ; for he never exceeded in drink or permitted it. On the other side was the door of an old chapel, not used for devotion.
Page 503 - Pensive hast follow'd to the silent tomb, Steer'd the same course to the same quiet shore, Not parted long, and now to part no more ! Go, then, where only bliss sincere is known! Go, where to love and to enjoy are one! Yet take these tears, mortality's relief, And till we share your joys, forgive our grief: These little rites, a stone, a verse receive, 'Tis all a father, all a friend can give!
Page 192 - The many fatal accidents which happened from ships running upon these dreadful rocks, cither in the night, at high water, or in bad weather, occasioned a strong desire of contriving some method of warning mariners of their danger; and at length, in the year 1696) notwithstanding the insuperable difficulties which seemed to attend the plan, Mr. Henry Winstanley,* of Littlebury, in Essex...
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