The History and Antiquities of Scarborough, and the VicinityThomas Wilson and Son, 1811 - 435 páginas |
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... side is a town called Burgh or Brough , on the Yorkshire coast , where the way began again , and continued to Delgovitia . Wherever the name or termination of Burgh or Chester is found in any part of our island , it will generally lead ...
... side is a town called Burgh or Brough , on the Yorkshire coast , where the way began again , and continued to Delgovitia . Wherever the name or termination of Burgh or Chester is found in any part of our island , it will generally lead ...
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... side by side , very fresh and entire , though in some places not above twenty or twenty - two inches deep from the surface . From Delgovitia , the next station on the road to York , mentioned in the Itinerary , is Derventio , which ...
... side by side , very fresh and entire , though in some places not above twenty or twenty - two inches deep from the surface . From Delgovitia , the next station on the road to York , mentioned in the Itinerary , is Derventio , which ...
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... side of the Slade ( Saxon word for a hollow way ) near the Mere . The workmen came upon a very distinct layer of small gravelly stones , at almost two feet six inches , from the surface , laid in a convex form , nine feet wide , and six ...
... side of the Slade ( Saxon word for a hollow way ) near the Mere . The workmen came upon a very distinct layer of small gravelly stones , at almost two feet six inches , from the surface , laid in a convex form , nine feet wide , and six ...
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... side . These two considerable bays , then , must have been occasionally made use of by them ; and though no military ... sides of the bridge , between Seamer and Spittal , which is over a rivulet that runs from the vast carrs in this ...
... side . These two considerable bays , then , must have been occasionally made use of by them ; and though no military ... sides of the bridge , between Seamer and Spittal , which is over a rivulet that runs from the vast carrs in this ...
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... side of some beach , or into an open bay ; where , after debarking the troops , the vessels Toward the east of the towns of Barugh , is Kirby Misperton , where are several remains of Roman work . In digging for gravel here , a great ...
... side of some beach , or into an open bay ; where , after debarking the troops , the vessels Toward the east of the towns of Barugh , is Kirby Misperton , where are several remains of Roman work . In digging for gravel here , a great ...
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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...