The Beauties of England and Wales: Or, Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive, of Each County, Volumen21Verner & Hood, 1814 |
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... period with those states by Ostorius Scapula , the second Roman governor of Britain . Of the subsequent history of these British nations , while con- nected with the Romans , but little can now be satisfactorily ascertained . The ...
... period with those states by Ostorius Scapula , the second Roman governor of Britain . Of the subsequent history of these British nations , while con- nected with the Romans , but little can now be satisfactorily ascertained . The ...
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... century , divided the Roman territories in Britain into two provinces , the greater part of this county was . comprehended in Britannia Secunda . 9 During During the period between the sccession of the Romans and 4 WARWICKSHIRE .
... century , divided the Roman territories in Britain into two provinces , the greater part of this county was . comprehended in Britannia Secunda . 9 During During the period between the sccession of the Romans and 4 WARWICKSHIRE .
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... period between the sccession of the Romans and the conquest of the midland district of England by the Saxons , the silence of historians respecting this tract induces us to sup- pose that the inhabitants wisely avoided civil contention ...
... period between the sccession of the Romans and the conquest of the midland district of England by the Saxons , the silence of historians respecting this tract induces us to sup- pose that the inhabitants wisely avoided civil contention ...
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... period . These hundreds did not exist long , under the names mentioned in Domesday ; but , though they fluctuated in title , the number for some time remained nearly the same . There are now four hundreds ( subdivided , for convenience ...
... period . These hundreds did not exist long , under the names mentioned in Domesday ; but , though they fluctuated in title , the number for some time remained nearly the same . There are now four hundreds ( subdivided , for convenience ...
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... period , is very unequal in regard to division . One estate ( that of Stoneleigh , ) comprises 25,000 acres ; and there are many other proprietors possessing a large extent of land . The greater part of the county is freehold , but ...
... period , is very unequal in regard to division . One estate ( that of Stoneleigh , ) comprises 25,000 acres ; and there are many other proprietors possessing a large extent of land . The greater part of the county is freehold , but ...
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Página 101 - Be of good comfort, Master Ridley, and play the man. We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.
Página 246 - Warwick ; 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 killed a calf he would do it in a high style, and make a speech.
Página 245 - ... to the players, in order to have it acted ; and the persons into whose hands it was put, after having turned it carelessly and superciliously over, were just upon returning it to him with an ill-natured answer, that it would be of no service to their company ; when...
Página 245 - The latter part of his life was spent, as all men of good sense will wish theirs may be, in ease, retirement, and the conversation of his friends. He had the good fortune to gather an estate equal to his occasion, and, in that, to his wish ; and is said to have spent some years before his death at his native Stratford.
Página 187 - Abbingdon coining home that night, the commission and proclamation being shewn to him, he denied any such men to be in his house; and voluntarily to die at his own gate, if any such were to be found in his house, or in...
Página 245 - It is at this time, and upon this accident, that he is said to have made his first acquaintance in the playhouse. 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.
Página 233 - Good frend for Jesvs' sake forbeare To digg the dvst encloased heare; Blese be ye. man yt spares thes stones, And cvrst be he yt. moves my bones.
Página 287 - Such was Roscommon, not more learn'd than good, With manners gen'rous as his noble blood; To him the wit of Greece and Rome was known, And ev'ry author's merit, but his own. Such late was Walsh — the Muse's judge and friend, Who justly knew to blame or to commend; To failings mild, but zealous for desert; The clearest head, and the sincerest heart.
Página 352 - ... made for the practical business of the State. In debate he was clear, natural, and convincing. His knowledge in all things which concerned his duty, profound. He understood beyond any man of his time the revenues of his country ; which he preferred to every thing — except its liberties. He was a perfect master of the law of Parliament, And attached to its privileges until they were set up against the rights of the people.