The History and Antiquities of Scarborough, and the VicinityThomas Wilson and Son, 1811 - 435 páginas |
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... nature and paucity of the materials , and from the difficulty of general connexion , necessarily involved in recording the particulars of a detached and interrupted detail . He has to express his acknowledgements to his friends for ...
... nature and paucity of the materials , and from the difficulty of general connexion , necessarily involved in recording the particulars of a detached and interrupted detail . He has to express his acknowledgements to his friends for ...
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... Natural Productions , and for various original documents relative to the Ancient History ; to the Rev. FRANCIS WRANGHAM for many interesting favours ; and to the Rev. DANIEL LYSONS , Author of the Environs of London , ' for his ...
... Natural Productions , and for various original documents relative to the Ancient History ; to the Rev. FRANCIS WRANGHAM for many interesting favours ; and to the Rev. DANIEL LYSONS , Author of the Environs of London , ' for his ...
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... Natural History SECTION IL Trade , -Fisheries ..... -- SECTION III . Poor , -Parochial Assessments , -- Charita- ble Institutions , & c . BOOK III . VICINITY OF SCARBOROUGH . Introduction , -Walsgrave 32-129 130-175 ... 176-238 238-248 ...
... Natural History SECTION IL Trade , -Fisheries ..... -- SECTION III . Poor , -Parochial Assessments , -- Charita- ble Institutions , & c . BOOK III . VICINITY OF SCARBOROUGH . Introduction , -Walsgrave 32-129 130-175 ... 176-238 238-248 ...
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... nature , the mind is too frequently led astray by the delu- sive excursions of fancy . There is no authentic account in history of the foun- dation of Scarborough , though it may reasonably be pre- sumed that it had as early an origin ...
... nature , the mind is too frequently led astray by the delu- sive excursions of fancy . There is no authentic account in history of the foun- dation of Scarborough , though it may reasonably be pre- sumed that it had as early an origin ...
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... natural barrier to any hostile invasions from the sea , and must have been formidable stations when occupied by the Roman troops . The country to the west also , has presented a grand line of defence . The hills rise with gentle ascents ...
... natural barrier to any hostile invasions from the sea , and must have been formidable stations when occupied by the Roman troops . The country to the west also , has presented a grand line of defence . The hills rise with gentle ascents ...
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Página 401 - In the worst inn's worst room, with mat half-hung, The floors of plaster, and the walls of dung, On once a flock-bed, but repair'd with straw, With tape-tied curtains, never meant to draw, The George and Garter dangling from that bed Where tawdry yellow strove with dirty red, Great Villiers lies — alas!
Página 401 - No fool to laugh at, which he valued more. There, victor of his health, of fortune, friends, And fame, this lord of useless thousands ends!
Página 367 - I do love these ancient ruins. We never tread upon them but we set Our foot upon some reverend history : And, questionless, here in this open court, Which now lies naked to the injuries Of stormy weather, some men + lie...
Página 426 - And let us not be weary in well doing : for 'in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
Página 98 - The crush of thunder and the warring winds, Shook by the slow but sure destroyer Time, Now hangs in doubtful ruins o'er its base. And flinty pyramids, and walls of brass, Descend : the Babylonian spires are sunk ; Achaia, Rome, and Egypt, moulder down. Time shakes the stable tyranny of thrones, And tottering empires rush by their own weight. This huge rotundity we tread, grows old ; And all those worlds that roll around the sun, The sun himself, shall die ; and ancient Night Again involve the desolate...
Página 286 - ... (were they ever so strong) durst not give the onset. He suffered no woman to be oppressed, violated, or otherwise molested; poor men's goods he spared, abundantly relieving them with that which by theft he got from abbeys, and the houses of rich earls : whom Major (the historian) blameth for his rapine and theft; but of all thieves he affirmeth him to be the prince, and the most gentle thief.
Página 403 - Do not brand me with infidelity, when I tell you, that I am almost ashamed to offer up my petitions at the throne of Grace, or to implore that divine mercy in the next world which I have so scandalously abused in this.
Página 189 - Having, therefore, made an experiment herself, and persuaded others to do the same, it was found to be efficacious in some complaints, and became the usual physic of the inhabitants. It was afterwards in great reputation with the citizens of York, and the gentry of the county, and at length was so generally recommended, that several persons of quality came from a great distance to drink it ; preferring it before all the others they had formerly frequented, even the Italian, French and German spaws.
Página 180 - I pass'd — and they were gone. Read, ye that run, the awful truth With which I charge my page; A worm is in the bud of youth, And at the root of age.
Página 110 - ... to them in a dialect he had never before used ; for he was a very generous man, and lived in his house decently and plentifully, and had never made any the least suit or pretence for money. Now he told them that he was going upon an expedition in which many honest men must lose their lives...