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... Edward Gibbon . 184 John Russell . 164 John Gower . 196 ... Thomas Banks 176 Thomas Guy 202 Bishop Merton .. 178 Alderman Smith .. 216 SUSSEX . General Description . History of the County Chichester . Topographical Description ...
... Edward Gibbon . 184 John Russell . 164 John Gower . 196 ... Thomas Banks 176 Thomas Guy 202 Bishop Merton .. 178 Alderman Smith .. 216 SUSSEX . General Description . History of the County Chichester . Topographical Description ...
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... Edward the Confessor , son of Ethelred , and brother of Edmund Ironside . After a reign of twenty - four years , Edward was succeeded by Harold , who being slain , with the prin- cipal Saxon nobility , and an immense number of private ...
... Edward the Confessor , son of Ethelred , and brother of Edmund Ironside . After a reign of twenty - four years , Edward was succeeded by Harold , who being slain , with the prin- cipal Saxon nobility , and an immense number of private ...
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... Bailiffs for their government . In 1448 Henry VI . gave them the liberty of appointing a Mayor instead of the Bailiffs ; in 1461 Edward IV . constituted the City a County of itself , and by a new Charter confirmed KENT . 15.
... Bailiffs for their government . In 1448 Henry VI . gave them the liberty of appointing a Mayor instead of the Bailiffs ; in 1461 Edward IV . constituted the City a County of itself , and by a new Charter confirmed KENT . 15.
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... Edward I. and has uninterruptedly continued to return two Members down to the present period ; the right of election is in the freemen , who are about 1600 in number . The population in 1821 was stated to be 12,745 . HAVING thus given a ...
... Edward I. and has uninterruptedly continued to return two Members down to the present period ; the right of election is in the freemen , who are about 1600 in number . The population in 1821 was stated to be 12,745 . HAVING thus given a ...
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... Edward the Confessor , Harold , William I. and II . , Henry I. , and Stephen . The South Porch is a handsome fabric , having a large niche on each side of the gate , and a range of five elegant canopied arches above ; the roof is beau ...
... Edward the Confessor , Harold , William I. and II . , Henry I. , and Stephen . The South Porch is a handsome fabric , having a large niche on each side of the gate , and a range of five elegant canopied arches above ; the roof is beau ...
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Abbey afterwards aisles ancient annual Fairs antiquity appearance Archbishop arches architecture beautiful Bishop building built called Canterbury Castle Cathedral celebrated centre century Chapel Chapel of Ease Choir Church Cinque Ports coast command considerable consists contains Cornwall dedicated to St died Domesday Book Duke Earl east edifice Edward Edward IV Edward the Confessor elegant Elizabeth eminence entrance erected established extensive feet formerly founded handsome Harbour held Henry VIII hill House inhabitants Island Julius Cæsar Jurats Kent King King of Kent Lord Maidstone mansion Margate Mayor ment miles from London monarchs monuments nave nearly neat neighbourhood Norman architecture ornamented parish Parliament period persons population possession present principal Queen rebuilt reign remains residence river Roman Royal Saxon School ships side situated spacious spire square tower stone Street Surrey tion tomb town transept various venerable village walls William William the Conqueror Winchester
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Страница 87 - Lunebourg table : her bosom was uncovered, as all the English ladies have it, till they marry ; and she had on a necklace of exceeding fine jewels ; her hands were small, her fingers long, and her stature neither tall nor low ; her air was stately, her manner of speaking mild and obliging.
Страница 88 - Then came two others, one with the rod again, the other with a salt-cellar, a plate, and bread ; when they had kneeled, as the others had done, and placed what was brought upon the table, they too retired with the same ceremonies performed by the first. At last came an unmarried lady (we...
Страница 197 - LIKE as the damask rose you see, Or like the blossom on the tree, Or like the dainty flower of May, Or like the morning of the day, Or like the sun, or like the shade, Or like the gourd which Jonas had; Even such is man, whose thread is spun, Drawn out, and cut, and so is done. The rose withers, the blossom blasteth, The flower fades, the morning hasteth, The sun sets, the shadow flies, The gourd consumes, and man — he dies!
Страница 88 - That day she was dressed in white silk, bordered with pearls of the size of beans, and over it a mantle of black silk, shot with silver threads ; her train was very long, the end of it borne by a marchioness ; instead of a chain she had an oblong collar of gold and jewels.
Страница 87 - ... next came the Queen, in the sixty-fifth year of her age, as we were told, very majestic; her face oblong, fair but wrinkled; her eyes small, yet black and pleasant, her nose a little hooked; her lips narrow, and her teeth black (a defect the English...
Страница 88 - As she went along in all this state and magnificence she spoke very graciously, first to one, then to another, whether foreign ministers or those who attended for different reasons, in English, French, and Italian ; for, besides being well skilled in Greek, Latin, and the languages I have mentioned, she is mistress of Spanish, Scotch and Dutch.
Страница 240 - ... was eminently delighted with those flights of imagination which pass the bounds of nature, and to which the mind is reconciled only by a passive acquiescence in popular traditions.
Страница 188 - Heavens! what a goodly prospect spreads around, Of hills, and dales, and woods, and lawns, and spires, And glittering towns, and gilded streams, till all The stretching landscape into smoke decays!
Страница 68 - tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows and choughs that wing the midway air Show scarce so gross as beetles: halfway down Hangs one that gathers samphire, dreadful trade!
Страница 148 - He seems to have been, at least among us, the author of a species of composition that may be denominated local poetry, of which the fundamental subject is some particular landscape, to be poetically described, with the addition of such embellishments as may be supplied by historical retrospection or incidental meditation.