Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire, Bände 5-6

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Seite 89 - XXXI. The Stanley Papers, Part II. The Derby Household Books, comprising an account of the Household Regulations and Expenses of Edward and Henry, third and fourth Earls of Derby ; together with a Diary, containing the names of the guests...
Seite 100 - And every oblation of thy meat offering shalt thou season with salt; neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the covenant of thy God to be lacking from thy meat offering: with all thine offerings thou shalt offer salt.
Seite 139 - East-Anglia, in such wise that the forces could not overtake them before they came to the eastern parts of the land of Essex, to an island that is out on the sea, which is called Mersey.
Seite 86 - A Collection of the several Statutes and Parts of Statutes, now' in Force, relating to High Treason, and misprision of High Treason.
Seite 26 - Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye princes; I, even I, will sing unto the Lord; I will sing praise to the Lord God of Israel.
Seite 139 - Alfred commanded long ships to be built to oppose the "esks;" they were full-nigh twice as long as the others; some had sixty oars, and some had more ; they were both swifter and steadier, and also higher than the others. They were shapen neither like the Frisian nor the Danish, but so as it seemed to him they would be most efficient.
Seite 76 - Nevertheless," says Bede, " he made it after the manner of the Scots, not of stone, but of hewn oak." Surely this exception, " after the manner of the Scots," would prove rather that the manner of the English was different.
Seite 16 - A critical and chronological History of the Rise, Progress, Declension, and Revival of Knowledge, chiefly religious; in two periods, the period of tradition from Adam to Moses, and the period of Letters from Moses to Christ.
Seite 91 - My lusts they do me leave, My fancies all are fled, And tract of time begins to weave Grey hairs upon my head. For Age with stealing steps Hath clawed me with his crutch, And lusty Life away she leaps As there had been none such.
Seite 135 - ... love of peace and charity ; his continence and humility ; his mind superior to anger and avarice, and despising pride and vain-glory ; his industry in keeping and teaching the heavenly commandments ; his diligence in reading and watching ; his authority becoming a priest in reproving the haughty and powerful, and at the same time his tenderness in comforting the afflicted, and relieving or defending the poor.

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