The Family Topographer: The northern circuit: Cumberland, Durham, Lancashire, Northumberland, Westmoreland, Yorkshire (three ridings) 1837J.B. Nichols and Son, 1837 |
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Seite 41 - Why dost thou, tyrant, boast thyself, Thy wicked works to praise; when his Majesty stood up and called for the 56th Psalm, beginning, Have mercy, Lord, on me I pray, For man would me devour, which the congregation, with good feeling, immediately sang.
Seite 101 - As 1 have earned the fortunes which I now possess with industry and honesty, I trust and hope that the Legislature will not in any manner alter my will, or the limitations created, but permit my property to go on in the manner in which I hereby dispose of it.
Seite 39 - Saxon hands ; 0 ye Northumbrian shades, which overlook The rocky pavement and the mossy falls Of solitary Wensbeck's limpid stream ! How gladly I recall your well-known seats, Beloved of old, and that delightful time When, all alone, for many a summer's day, 1 wandered through your calm recesses, led In silence by some powerful hand unseen.
Seite 30 - My lord bishop, I here present you with the falchion wherewith the champion Conyers slew the worm, dragon, or fiery flying serpent, which destroyed man, woman, and child ; in memory of which, the king then reigning gave him the manor of Sockburn, to hold by this tenure, that upon the first entrance of every bishop into the county, this falchion should be presented.
Seite 22 - Pembroke, &c. for a memorial of her last parting, in this place, with her good and pious mother, Margaret, Countess Dowager of Cumberland, on the 2d of April, 1616; in memory whereof she hath left an annuity of 41.
Seite 43 - Portfolio of Fragments relative to the history and antiquities of the County Palatine and Duchy of Lancaster.
Seite 29 - Durham, the earth raised itself up to a great height in the manner of a lofty tower, and remained all that day till the evening, (as it were fixed and immoveable,) when it sunk down with such a horrid noise, that it terrified all the vicinity; when the earth absorbed it, and there formed a deep pit...
Seite 39 - HILL are placed the Shire Stones, in a triangle a foot from each other, where Westmorland, Cumberland, and Lancashire meet in a point. List of Works consulted. 1 . The history and antiquities of the counties of Westmorland and Cumberland. By Joseph Nicolson, esq. and Richard Burn, LL.D.— 2 vols.
Seite 24 - ... to the village green, whence, after dancing with their swains, they proceed to the church, where they hang up their garlands, and take down those placed there on the preceding anniversary. After hearing a sermon, the youthful merry-makers are regaled with wine and cake at the rectory, and the day is closed with rustic sports. The same ceremony is observed at Warcop on St Peter's Day, and also at Shap. — Septimus Collinson, DD, Provost of Queen's College, Oxford, born at Huntsonby, Cumberland,...
Seite 24 - ... Stonehenge itself would be reduced to a poor and pigmy miniature." At CASTLE HOWARD is a fine collection of paintings, statues, antique busts, &c. In the park is a stately obelisk, upward of 100 feet high, in the centre of four avenues. The magnificent mausoleum is a circular edifice crowned with a dome, and surrounded by a handsome colonnade of Doric pillars. Over the vault is an elegant circular chapel, 34 feet in diameter. At...