The Popular History of England: An Illustrated History of Society and Government from the Earliest Period to Our Own Times, Հատոր 5Estes and Lauriat, 1874 |
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... says that many repair to Bath from all parts of the land , " the poor for alms , the pained for ease . " The beggars came , like fowl to the barn - door , where there was " the general confluence of gentry . " Wood , the architect ...
... says that many repair to Bath from all parts of the land , " the poor for alms , the pained for ease . " The beggars came , like fowl to the barn - door , where there was " the general confluence of gentry . " Wood , the architect ...
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... says , " there were , when I was there , no less than fifteen glass houses in Bristol , which is more than are in the city of London . " The glass - houses of London had nothing of the character of factories about them . They were ...
... says , " there were , when I was there , no less than fifteen glass houses in Bristol , which is more than are in the city of London . " The glass - houses of London had nothing of the character of factories about them . They were ...
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... says Defoe , " the poor wretch working and heaving himself up gradually , as we thought with difficulty . * * * He was clothed all in leather ; had a cap of the same without brims ; and some tools in a little basket which he drew up ...
... says Defoe , " the poor wretch working and heaving himself up gradually , as we thought with difficulty . * * * He was clothed all in leather ; had a cap of the same without brims ; and some tools in a little basket which he drew up ...
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... says that from Durham to Newcastle the mountains of Coal , lying at the mouth of numerous pits , gave a view of the unexhausted store which supplies not only London but all the South part of England . The people of London , he remarks ...
... says that from Durham to Newcastle the mountains of Coal , lying at the mouth of numerous pits , gave a view of the unexhausted store which supplies not only London but all the South part of England . The people of London , he remarks ...
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... says of the gentry of his time , " They are for the most part the worst instructed , and the least knowing , of any of their rank I ever met with . ' They are ill - taught and ill - bred ; haughty and insolent ; they have no love for ...
... says of the gentry of his time , " They are for the most part the worst instructed , and the least knowing , of any of their rank I ever met with . ' They are ill - taught and ill - bred ; haughty and insolent ; they have no love for ...
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The Popular History of England: An Illustrated History of Society ..., Հատոր 5 Charles Knight Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1859 |
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Էջ 177 - were let loose to play upon the earth, so truth be in the field, we do injuriously, by licensing and prohibiting, to misdoubt her strength. Let her and falsehood grapple. Who ever knew truth put to the worse in a free and open encounter ?
Էջ 409 - When I approach Her loveliness, so absolute she seems And in herself complete, so well to know Her own, that what she wills to do or say Seems wisest, virtuousest, discreetest, best; All higher knowledge in her presence fall* Degraded ; wisdom in discourse with her Loses
Էջ 75 - Declaration of Eights it was maintained " That the raising or keeping a Standing Army within the kingdom in time of peace, unless it be with consent of Parliament, is against law." An accidental occurrence gave a legislative
Էջ 409 - and like folly shows ; Authority and reason on her wait, As one intended first, not after made Occasionally; and, to consummate all, Greatness of mind, and nobleness, their seat Build in her loveliest, and create an awe About her, as a guard angelic plac'd.
Էջ 430 - I was born in the year 1632, in the city of York, of a good family, though not of that county, my father being a foreigner of Bremen, who settled first at Hull. He got a good estate by merchandize, and leaving off his trade, lived afterwards at York ; from whence he had married my mother, whose
Էջ 29 - by laying rails of timber, from the colliery down to the river, exactly straight and parallel; and bulky carts are made with four rowlets fitting these rails ; whereby the carriage is so easy that one horse will draw four or five chaldron of coals, and is an immense benefit to the coal-merchant.
Էջ 255 - crown by virtue of the limitation of this present Act, and is, are, or shall be reconciled to, or shall hold communion with the See or Church of Rome, or shall profess the Popish religion, or shall marry a Papist, shall be subject to such incapacities as in such case or cases are by the said recited Act
Էջ 426 - at great Bourbon's feet her silken sons; Or Tiber, now no longer Roman, rolls, Vain of Italian arts, Italian souls : To happy convents, bosom'd deep in vines, Where slumber abbots, purple as their wines : To isles of fragrance, lily-silvered vales, Diffusing languor in the panting gales : To lands of singing or of dancing slaves, Love-whispering woods, and lute-resounding
Էջ 408 - In various talk th' instructive hours they pass'd, Who gave the ball, or paid the visit last; One speaks the glory of the British queen, And one describes a charming Indian screen ; A third interprets motions, looks, and eyes ; At every word a reputation dies; Snuff, or the fan, supply each pause of chat, With singing, laughing, ogling, and all that.
Էջ 417 - divided between two opposite opinions: or rather, to speak my thoughts freely, I believe in general that there is, and has been, such a thing as witchcraft, but at the same time can give no credit to any particular instance of it.