The History and Antiquities of Selby: In the West Riding of the County of York, Containing Its Ancient and Present State, Ecclesiastical and Civil, Collected from Various Public Records, and Other Authentic Evidences; with Notices of the Neighbouring Parish of Brayton, and the Town-ships of Thorpe Willoughby, Burn, Barlow, Hambleton, and Gateforth

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W. B. Bellerby, 1867 - 333 Seiten

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Seite 201 - Of fruits, and flowers, and bunches of knot-grass, And diamonded with panes of quaint device, Innumerable of stains and splendid dyes, As are the tiger-moth's deep-damask'd wings; And in the midst, 'mong thousand heraldries, And twilight saints, and dim emblazonings, A shielded scutcheon blush'd with blood of queens and kings.
Seite 44 - For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a door-keeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
Seite 314 - Dec., 1446) giving his soul to God Almighty, St. Mary and all saints, and his body to be buried in the Quire of the parish Church of St.
Seite 224 - March, 1545, giving his soul to God Almighty, St. Mary, and All Saints, and his body to be buried in the...
Seite 23 - Or that the past will always win A glory from its being far, And orb into the perfect star We saw not when we moved therein?
Seite 151 - It could never be hoped, that more sober and dispassionate men would ever meet together in that place, or fewer who brought ill purposes with them ; nor could any man imagine what offence they had given, which put the king upon?
Seite 133 - MP late a member of the said house, serving as one of the knights of...
Seite 235 - A stone on the floor of the retro-choir to John Johnson, master and mariner, dated 1737, is crowded with nautical metaphor. ' Tho' Boreas with his Blustring blasts Has tos't me to and fro, Yet by the handy work of God I'm here Inclos'd below And in this Silent Bay I lie With many of our...
Seite 59 - In this king's time," says he, " all was dissension, and evil, and rapine. Against him soon rose rich men. They had sworn oaths, but no truth maintained, — they were all...
Seite 137 - She prevailed on the first of these gentlemen, who died without issue, to settle his estate on her and her heirs, who were abundantly produced from her second marriage : her third husband, who was very rich, was led by her persuasions to make a similar disposition of his fortune, to the utter prejudice of his daughters by a former wife ; and now, unsated with the wealth and the caresses of three husbands, she finished her conquests by marrying the Earl of Shrewsbury, the richest and most powerful...

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