Knight's Excursion Companion: Excursions from London. 1851C. Knight, 1851 - 476 Seiten |
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... ships and twenty - six galleys ) came forth into the seas , and arrived on the coast of Sussex before Bright Hamstead , and set certain of his soldiers on land to burn and spoil the country ; but the beacons were fired , and the ...
... ships and twenty - six galleys ) came forth into the seas , and arrived on the coast of Sussex before Bright Hamstead , and set certain of his soldiers on land to burn and spoil the country ; but the beacons were fired , and the ...
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... ship in safety at Brighthelmstone , and finally got away from his pursuers . The manner of this escape was as follows : -After wandering about from one hiding - place to another , for at least six weeks , he was brought by Lord Wilmot ...
... ship in safety at Brighthelmstone , and finally got away from his pursuers . The manner of this escape was as follows : -After wandering about from one hiding - place to another , for at least six weeks , he was brought by Lord Wilmot ...
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... ships of considerable burden can sail up the Arun as far as Little Hampton , which is a mile from the sea . The river is here crossed by a floating - bridge , much on the plan of that at Portsmouth harbour ; but this is of smaller size ...
... ships of considerable burden can sail up the Arun as far as Little Hampton , which is a mile from the sea . The river is here crossed by a floating - bridge , much on the plan of that at Portsmouth harbour ; but this is of smaller size ...
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... ships , commanded by the pirate Hasting , landed at the mouth of the river Rother , near Romney Marsh , and immediately possessed themselves of Apuldore , where , and at Hastings ( so called from their leader ) , they constructed forts ...
... ships , commanded by the pirate Hasting , landed at the mouth of the river Rother , near Romney Marsh , and immediately possessed themselves of Apuldore , where , and at Hastings ( so called from their leader ) , they constructed forts ...
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... ships . As the town declined , the number was reduced . The last time the Ports were called upon to provide a navy , which was in the reign of Charles II . , Hastings furnished only five ships . The Cinque Ports marine often did the ...
... ships . As the town declined , the number was reduced . The last time the Ports were called upon to provide a navy , which was in the reign of Charles II . , Hastings furnished only five ships . The Cinque Ports marine often did the ...
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Abbey ancient antiquity appearance arches architecture Bath beautiful bridge Brighton Bristol building built called Canterbury Castle Cathedral centre century chapel Cheltenham church Cinque Ports cliffs coast College Coventry curious Devonport dockyard Earl east edifice England entrance erected extends feet gates Gosport Gravesend ground hall Hamoaze handsome harbour height Henry VI Henry VIII Hever Castle High-street hill houses inhabitants interesting island Isle of Portland Isle of Thanet Isle of Wight King land lofty London look magnificent Margate miles monuments nearly neighbourhood noble Norman ornaments Oxford Park pass picturesque pier pleasant Plymouth port portion Portland Portsmouth present quadrangle railway reign remains residence Richborough river road Roman royal seen Shakspere ships side spot stands stone Stratford streets style Teignmouth terraces tower town vessels village visitor walk walls Weymouth whole
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Seite 15 - This pencil take' (she said), 'whose colours clear Richly paint the vernal year: Thine, too, these golden keys, immortal Boy! This can unlock the gates of joy; Of horror that, and thrilling fears, Or ope the sacred source of sympathetic tears.
Seite 16 - Upon his leaving school, he seems to have given entirely into that way of living which his father proposed to him ; and, in order to settle in the world after a family manner, he thought fit to marry while he was yet very young. His wife was the daughter of one Hathaway, said to have been a substantial yeoman in the neighbourhood of Stratford.
Seite 23 - At the foot of one of these squats me I, (il penseroso) and there grow to the trunk for a whole morning. The timorous hare and sportive squirrel gambol around me like Adam in Paradise, before he had an Eve ; but I think he did not use to read Virgil, as I commonly do there.
Seite 11 - And though this, probably the first essay of his poetry, be lost, yet it is said to have been so very bitter, that it redoubled the prosecution against him to that degree that he was obliged to leave his business and family in Warwickshire for some time, and shelter himself in London.
Seite 11 - Henry's holy shade; And ye, that from the stately brow Of Windsor's heights th' expanse below Of grove, of lawn, of mead survey, Whose turf, whose shade, whose flowers among Wanders the hoary Thames along His silver-winding way: Ah happy hills!
Seite 22 - Hobson kept a stable of forty good cattle, always ready and fit for travelling: but when a man came for a horse, he was led into the stable, where there was great choice, but he obliged him to take the horse which stood next to the stable door: so that every customer was alike well served according to his chance, and every horse ridden with the same justice: from whence it became a proverb, when what ought to be your election was forced upon you to say
Seite 15 - This pencil take (she said) whose colours clear Richly paint the vernal year : Thine, too, these golden keys, immortal Boy ! This can unlock the gates of Joy ; Of Horror that, and thrilling Fears, Or ope the sacred source of sympathetic Tears.
Seite 8 - Clare." t The first authentic charter is said to he datad 15 Henry III. and to be found amonr; the records in tlie Tower. AH persons who are * Masters of Arts, or Doctors in one or other of the three faculties, viz. Divinity, Civil Law, or Physic, having their names upon the college boards, holding any University Office, or being resident in the town of Cambridge, have votes in this assembly. The number of those who have a title to the appellation of Members of the Senate, is at present about two...
Seite 13 - A great maintayner of hospitality. Greatly esteemed of her betters ; misliked of none unless of the envyous.
Seite 13 - ... the envious. When all is spoken that can be said, a woman so furnished and garnished with virtue as not to be bettered, and hardly to be equalled by any. As she lived most virtuously, so she died most godly. Set down by him that best did know what hath been written to be true, Thomas Lucy?