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... King's Teignton , after passing under Teign bridge , spreads into a wide estuary , and falls into the sea between Shal- don and Teignmouth , its course being about thirty miles . The principal bridges over the Teign are those on the ...
... King's Teignton , after passing under Teign bridge , spreads into a wide estuary , and falls into the sea between Shal- don and Teignmouth , its course being about thirty miles . The principal bridges over the Teign are those on the ...
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... king of Castille's navie was driven toward the mouth of this water , wher is no harbour but periculus rokkes . " - Leland's Itin . vol . iii . p . 28 . I. BOOK Further upwards , from the approach of the GENERAL DESCRIPTION . 33 Halbeton ...
... king of Castille's navie was driven toward the mouth of this water , wher is no harbour but periculus rokkes . " - Leland's Itin . vol . iii . p . 28 . I. BOOK Further upwards , from the approach of the GENERAL DESCRIPTION . 33 Halbeton ...
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... King's Nympton , falling into the Taw near Newnham bridge . The Mole rises in Exmoor about two miles north of The Mole . North Molton , from which place , passing by South Mol- ton and George Nympton , it joins the Bray nearly oppo ...
... King's Nympton , falling into the Taw near Newnham bridge . The Mole rises in Exmoor about two miles north of The Mole . North Molton , from which place , passing by South Mol- ton and George Nympton , it joins the Bray nearly oppo ...
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... The surface of the present marshes of King's Teignton Palkian MSS . referred to by Mr. Polwhele . I. BOOK is nearly on a level with the top GENERAL DESCRIPTION . 53 the Starcross side the sands are visibly yielding to the ...
... The surface of the present marshes of King's Teignton Palkian MSS . referred to by Mr. Polwhele . I. BOOK is nearly on a level with the top GENERAL DESCRIPTION . 53 the Starcross side the sands are visibly yielding to the ...
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... king , and verdicts against the Earls were obtained . Such , however , was their in- fluence and power , and such the iniquity of these times , that the law was not suffered to have its due course against them , nor could any justice be ...
... king , and verdicts against the Earls were obtained . Such , however , was their in- fluence and power , and such the iniquity of these times , that the law was not suffered to have its due course against them , nor could any justice be ...
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Seite 232 - Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the Lord.
Seite 100 - Tarshish was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of all kinds of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded for thy wares.
Seite 83 - ... the sudden, violent, and unprepared revolutions incident to barbarians are so much guided by caprice, and terminate so often in cruelty, that they disgust us by the uniformity of their appearance; and it is rather fortunate for letters that they are buried in silence and oblivion.
Seite 144 - And in his days came first three ships of the Northmen from the land of robbers. The reve (30) then rode thereto, and would drive them to the king's town; for he knew not what they were; and there was he slain. These were the first ships of the Danish men that sought the land of the English nation.
Seite 228 - Prideaux, a gentleman of Devonshire, being thrown into prison, and dreading the severe and arbitrary spirit which at that time met with no control, was obliged to buy his liberty of Jefferies at the price of £15,000 ; though he could never so much as learn the crime of which he was accused.
Seite 174 - We will have the sacrament hang over the high altar, and there to be worshipped, as it was wont to be; and they which will not thereto consent, we will have them die like heretics against the holy catholic faith.
Seite 380 - Park, each in the spot on which it actually perished, upon the different ledges and landing places that occur in the course of its descent, and from which, if a second deluge were admitted to this fissure, it could only drift them downwards, and with them the loose angular fragments amidst which they now lie, to the lowest chambers in which the bottom of this fissure terminates.
Seite 174 - We will not receive the new service, because it is but like a Christmas game; but we will have our old service of matins, mass, even-song, and procession in Latin, as it was before. And so we the Cornish men, whereof certain of us understand no English, utterly refuse this new English.
Seite 458 - ... and from the pinion of the shoulder to the end of the nose ; thin loose skin, covered with hair of a soft and furry nature, inclined to curl whenever the animal is in good condition and in full coat, when it also becomes mottled with darker shades of its permanent color, which is that of a bright blood red, without white, or other spots, particularly on the male ; a white udder is sometimes passed over, but seldom without objection, • " This description may be considered as a summary of the...
Seite 498 - In a legal sense, a forest is a certain territory of woody grounds and fruitful pastures, privileged for wild beasts and fowls of forest, chase, and warren, to rest and abide there in the safe protection of the king, for his delight and pleasure...