The history of Devonshire, Band 1 |
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... extremity of the county to the headland of Hanton , is high and rocky , and within land the hills are steep and the valleys narrow . About Bideford , to some distance , the land gently declines towards the sea , and from Portledge to ...
... extremity of the county to the headland of Hanton , is high and rocky , and within land the hills are steep and the valleys narrow . About Bideford , to some distance , the land gently declines towards the sea , and from Portledge to ...
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... extremity of the county are the Black- down Hills , so called from their dreariness , being a con- tinuation of the ridge which runs through a great part of the Kingdom . White Down , between Collumpton and Tiverton , Broad Down and ...
... extremity of the county are the Black- down Hills , so called from their dreariness , being a con- tinuation of the ridge which runs through a great part of the Kingdom . White Down , between Collumpton and Tiverton , Broad Down and ...
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... extremity of which is a farm - house , a pleasing object in the midst of this superabundance of rocks and heathy pastures . As the river approaches Holne , the vale becomes deeper and the sides of the hills are lofty and precipitous ...
... extremity of which is a farm - house , a pleasing object in the midst of this superabundance of rocks and heathy pastures . As the river approaches Holne , the vale becomes deeper and the sides of the hills are lofty and precipitous ...
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... extremity of Plympton parish , and after running through Newnham Park be- comes a considerable stream , and joins the Plym at Newbridge . The TAMAR head is a short distance from two tumuli called Wooleigh Burrows , in the parish of ...
... extremity of Plympton parish , and after running through Newnham Park be- comes a considerable stream , and joins the Plym at Newbridge . The TAMAR head is a short distance from two tumuli called Wooleigh Burrows , in the parish of ...
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... extremities of a stratum of limestone in the parish of Widworthy , a mile distant from each other , the water of which is remarkably pure and warm : over every meadow through which they flow a most luxuriant vegetation is diffused . The ...
... extremities of a stratum of limestone in the parish of Widworthy , a mile distant from each other , the water of which is remarkably pure and warm : over every meadow through which they flow a most luxuriant vegetation is diffused . The ...
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ancient appears army Axminster Barnstaple beds Bideford bones BOOK Bovey Coal bridge Brit Britons called canal CHAP chiefly clay coast colour considerable Cornwall Crediton Dart Dartmoor Devon Devonshire district Druids Earl east Exeter extensive favourable feet felspar forest formation garrison Geological granite grauwacké hills Honiton hundred hyæna King King's land lime limestone Lord Lord Hopton Lysons manufacture manure Mary Tavy mass metalliferous slate miles mineral mines Moor nearly North Bovey Oakhampton observed Oreston parish Parliament passing Plymouth portion present Prince produce quantity quarries quarters quartz reign remarkable Risdon rises river river Tamar road rock Roman Sampford Spiney sand sandstone schorl shire side soil South Molton Stannary stone strata stream surface Tamar Tavistock Tavy Teign Teignmouth thence tion Tiverton town trade trees valleys vegetable veins vicinity Wheal whilst whole wood
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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...