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... fome fur- ther observations on this auguft monument of the Roman power and greatnefs . During my refi- " dence at Newcastle upon Tyne , " fays Mr. Brand in his hiftory , " prompted by an ardour of curiofity " bordering on enthusiasm , I ...
... fome fur- ther observations on this auguft monument of the Roman power and greatnefs . During my refi- " dence at Newcastle upon Tyne , " fays Mr. Brand in his hiftory , " prompted by an ardour of curiofity " bordering on enthusiasm , I ...
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... fome of his more curious re- marks , as well as of other antiquarians , who have em- ployed their investigations in tracing and defcribing the ancient remains of Roman grandeur . All confent that Wallsend derives its etymology from its ...
... fome of his more curious re- marks , as well as of other antiquarians , who have em- ployed their investigations in tracing and defcribing the ancient remains of Roman grandeur . All confent that Wallsend derives its etymology from its ...
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... fome deep trenches , or ditches , numbers of human bones and fkeletons were found . This probably was the cemeterium , or burying- place , belonging to the camp , which feems to have been very extenfive at this place , and where they ...
... fome deep trenches , or ditches , numbers of human bones and fkeletons were found . This probably was the cemeterium , or burying- place , belonging to the camp , which feems to have been very extenfive at this place , and where they ...
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... fome hollow inftrument , they could 26 give intelligence of the approach of the enemy , " from ftation to ftation , almoft in an inftant , for the " courfe of eighty miles . I myself , " adds Mr. Mil- bank , " have seen the wall , at ...
... fome hollow inftrument , they could 26 give intelligence of the approach of the enemy , " from ftation to ftation , almoft in an inftant , for the " courfe of eighty miles . I myself , " adds Mr. Mil- bank , " have seen the wall , at ...
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... fome compenfation for the trouble of its afcent . " After the Romans had retired from Britain , it appears that the works which they had here con- ftructed were at least fo far maintained as to conti- nue it a place of confiderable ...
... fome compenfation for the trouble of its afcent . " After the Romans had retired from Britain , it appears that the works which they had here con- ftructed were at least fo far maintained as to conti- nue it a place of confiderable ...
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againſt alfo almoft alſo ancient Anderfon anno bishop of Durham Bourne bridge bufinefs building built caftle called caſtle chaldron chapel church Clofe coal-trade coals common-council confequence corporation ditto Durham erected extenfive faid town fame mayor fays fchool feems ferve feven feveral fhall fheriff fhillings fhips fhould fide firft fituation fmall fociety fome fouth ftate ftill ftone ftreet fubject fucceffors fuch fupply fupport gate Gateshead George granted Henry hiftory hofpital houfe houſe hundred inftitution inhabitants John king mafter magiftrates Matthew White Ridley mayor and burgeffes meaſure moft monaftery moſt neceffary Newcaſtle Newcastle upon Tyne Nicholas North Shields Northumberland obferved occafion paffed parliament perfon pounds prefent purpoſe refidence refpectable Ridley river Tyne Robert Roman Sandgate ſhall Sir Walter Blackett Sir William Blackett ſtate Sunderland thefe themſelves theſe thofe Thomas thoſe thouſand Tower trade Tynemouth uſeful wall Walter Blackett weft Whickham whofe William
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Seite 223 - am always ferious, I do not know what it is to be melancholy ; and can therefore take a view of nature, in her deep and folemn fcenes, with the fame pleafure as in her molt gay and delightful ones. By this means I can improve myfelf with thofe objects which others confider with terror.— When
Seite 294 - be naked and deftitute of daily food, and one of you fay unto them, depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled ; notwithstanding ye give them not thofe things which are needful to the
Seite 76 - to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to fhoot, To pour the frefli inftruftion o'er the mind, To breathe th' enlivening fpirit, and to fix The
Seite 442 - gentlemen have upon great hope of benefit come into this country to hazard their monies in coale-pits.—Mafter Beaumont, a gentleman of great ingenuity and rare parts, adventured into our mines with his thirty thoufand pounds; who brought with him many rare engines not known then in thefe parts; as the art to boore with iron rodds, to try the
Seite 223 - look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every immoderate
Seite 17 - and it carries our reflections forward to the confummation of all things, as defcribed by the unrivalled Shakefpeare. " The cloud-capt towers, the gorgeous palaces, The folemn temples, the great globe itfelf, Yea, all that it inherit, (hall diffolve ! And, like the bafelefs fabric of a vifion, Leave not a
Seite 305 - peculiar grace, To fee kind hands attending day and night, With tender miniftry from place to place ; Some prop the head ; fome from the pallid face Wipe off the faint cold dews weak nature Iheds ; Some reach the healing draught; the whilft, to chace
Seite 10 - at the diftance of forty or fifty yards, looking wildly at the object of their furprife; and, upon the leaft motion being made, they all turn round again, and gallop off with equal fpeed, but not to the fame diftance ; forming a fliorter circle, and again returning with a bolder and more threatening
Seite 508 - with fome peculiar advantages, which, though fingly of little importance, would by conjunction and concurrence open new inlets to knowledge, and give new powers to diligence." Having thus given a general detail of the various branches of trade, peculiar to this commercial town, we
Seite 441 - Many thoufand people are imployed in this trade of coales : many live by working of them in the pits: many live by conveying them in waggons and waines to the river Tyne : many men are employed in conveying the coales in keeles from the (lathes aboard the