The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive, of Each County, Band 7Thomas Maiden, 1808 - 524 Seiten |
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... period a strong situation , contiguous to the modern St. Albans , and afterwards advanced to the rank of a Municipium . On his defeat , and the consequent fall of his capital , he submitted to the Roman arms ; though Cæsar , even ...
... period a strong situation , contiguous to the modern St. Albans , and afterwards advanced to the rank of a Municipium . On his defeat , and the consequent fall of his capital , he submitted to the Roman arms ; though Cæsar , even ...
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... period . Under the domination of the Romans , Verulam acquired the dignity and privileges of a Municipium , and this as early as the time of Aulus Plautius ; a circumstance that strikingly intimates its previous consequence . Its ...
... period . Under the domination of the Romans , Verulam acquired the dignity and privileges of a Municipium , and this as early as the time of Aulus Plautius ; a circumstance that strikingly intimates its previous consequence . Its ...
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... period , the enmity of its citizens to the Gospel was so great , that , as a disgrace to Albanus's memory , and as a ter- ror to other Christians , they had the story of his murder inscribed upon marble , and inserted in the city walls ...
... period , the enmity of its citizens to the Gospel was so great , that , as a disgrace to Albanus's memory , and as a ter- ror to other Christians , they had the story of his murder inscribed upon marble , and inserted in the city walls ...
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... period . The most memorable of these discoveries , however , was made in the time of Eadmer , who again employing men to ransack the ruins , they " tore up the foundations of a great place in the midst of the ancient city ; and while ...
... period . The most memorable of these discoveries , however , was made in the time of Eadmer , who again employing men to ransack the ruins , they " tore up the foundations of a great place in the midst of the ancient city ; and while ...
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... period of the time of his martyrdom . This fabric , Bede describes as of " admirable workmanship , and worthy of such a martyr ; " * and as even existing in his days , as appears from the words that immediately follow : • in quo ...
... period of the time of his martyrdom . This fabric , Bede describes as of " admirable workmanship , and worthy of such a martyr ; " * and as even existing in his days , as appears from the words that immediately follow : • in quo ...
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Seite 367 - I came into the House one morning, well clad, and perceived a gentleman speaking, whom I knew not, very ordinarily apparelled ; for it was a plain cloth suit, which seemed to have been made by an ill country tailor ; his linen was plain, and not very clean; and I remember a speck or two of blood upon his little band, which was not much larger than his collar : his hat was without a hatband. His stature was of a good size ; his sword stuck close to his side ; his countenance swollen and reddish; his...
Seite 464 - Us, the point upwards : next came the Queen, in the sixty-fifth year of her age, as we were told, very majestic ; her face oblong, fair, but wrinkled ; her eyes small, yet black and pleasant ; her nose a little hooked ; her lips narrow and her teeth black (a defect the English seem subject to, from their too great use of sugar...
Seite 375 - ' are most of them old decayed serving men and tapsters, " ' and such kind of fellows ; and,' said I, ' their troops " ' are gentlemen's sons, younger sons, and persons of " ' quality ; do you think that the spirits of such base and " ' mean fellows will ever be able to encounter gentlemen. " ' that have honour and courage, and resolution in them...
Seite 371 - May it please your majesty, I have neither eyes to see, nor tongue to speak in this place, but as the House is pleased to direct me...
Seite 417 - I do hereby freely promise, and engage myself, to be true and faithful to the Lord Protector and the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland ; and shall not (according to the tenor of the Indenture whereby I am returned to serve in this present Parliament) propose, or give my consent, to alter the Government as it is settled in a Single Person and a Parliament.'* Sign that, or go home again to your countries.
Seite 413 - I have sought the Lord night and day, that He would rather slay me than put me upon the doing of this work.
Seite 465 - Latin, and the Languages I have mentioned, she is mistress of Spanish, Scotch, and Dutch: Whoever speaks to her, it is kneeling; now and then she raises some with her Hand.
Seite 407 - What if a Man should take upon him to be King?" WHITELOCKE, "I think that Remedy would be worse than the Disease.
Seite 464 - Her bosom was uncovered, as all the English ladies have it till they marry ; and she had on a necklace of exceeding fine jewels ; her hands were small, her fingers long, and her stature neither tall nor low ; her air was stately, her manner of speaking mild and obliging.
Seite 420 - The heir, on the death of his ancestor, if of full age, was plundered of the first emoluments arising from his inheritance, by way of relief and primer seisin ; and, if under age, of the whole of his estate during infancy. And then, as Sir Thomas Smith...