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... George II .; and Thomas Jefferys , geographer to George III . in J. E. BAILEY . 1772 . Stretford . " BISOMS INNE . " - In the year 1627 certain burgesses of Walsall journeyed to London to obtain a royal charter confirming the rights and ...
... George II .; and Thomas Jefferys , geographer to George III . in J. E. BAILEY . 1772 . Stretford . " BISOMS INNE . " - In the year 1627 certain burgesses of Walsall journeyed to London to obtain a royal charter confirming the rights and ...
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... George , Duke of Isabel Neville , dau . of the Clarence . Earl of Warwick . John , Earl of Lincoln , killed at Stoke . Edmund , Earl of Suffolk , beheaded 1513 . Richard , killed at Pavia , 1525 . Margaret , Countess Sir Richar of ...
... George , Duke of Isabel Neville , dau . of the Clarence . Earl of Warwick . John , Earl of Lincoln , killed at Stoke . Edmund , Earl of Suffolk , beheaded 1513 . Richard , killed at Pavia , 1525 . Margaret , Countess Sir Richar of ...
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... George , Duke of Isabel Neville , dau . of the Clarence . Earl of Warwick . John , Earl of Lincoln , killed at Stoke . Edmund , Earl of Suffolk , beheaded 1513 . Richard , killed at Pavia , 1525 . Margaret , Countess Sir Richard of ...
... George , Duke of Isabel Neville , dau . of the Clarence . Earl of Warwick . John , Earl of Lincoln , killed at Stoke . Edmund , Earl of Suffolk , beheaded 1513 . Richard , killed at Pavia , 1525 . Margaret , Countess Sir Richard of ...
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... GEORGE BLACK . Glasgow . diseases use to carry with them , p . 5 ; and again , p . 61 , he remarks that eighty and ninety years of age was ordinary in every place , ' and among other instances of longevity names one Polzew , who died a ...
... GEORGE BLACK . Glasgow . diseases use to carry with them , p . 5 ; and again , p . 61 , he remarks that eighty and ninety years of age was ordinary in every place , ' and among other instances of longevity names one Polzew , who died a ...
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... George Clifford , third Earl of Cumberland . The latter died in 1605 , aged forty - seven , s . p.m. , but left an only daughter , Ann Clifford , married first to Richard Sackville , Earl of Dorset , secondly to Philip , Earl of ...
... George Clifford , third Earl of Cumberland . The latter died in 1605 , aged forty - seven , s . p.m. , but left an only daughter , Ann Clifford , married first to Richard Sackville , Earl of Dorset , secondly to Philip , Earl of ...
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Page 113 - Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience...
Page 58 - He is made one with Nature: there is heard His voice in all her music, from the moan Of thunder, to the song of night's sweet bird; He is a presence to be felt and known In darkness and in light, from herb and stone, Spreading itself where'er that Power may move Which has withdrawn his being to its own; Which wields the world with never-wearied love, Sustains it from beneath, and kindles it above.
Page 284 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long : And then, they say, no spirit dare stir abroad ; The nights are wholesome ; then no planets strike, No fairy takes, nor witch hath power to charm, So hallow'd and so gracious is the time.
Page 208 - Thus the devil played at chess with me, and yielding a pawn, thought to gain a queen of me, taking advantage of my honest endeavours; and whilst I laboured to raise the structure of my reason, he strived to undermine the edifice of my faith.
Page 157 - We take this to be, on the whole, the worst similitude in the world. In the first place, no stream meanders, or can possibly meander, level with its fount. In the next place, if streams did meander level with their founts, no two motions can be less like each other...
Page 284 - O gentle Sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down. And steep my senses in forgetfulness...
Page 120 - Thy spirit, Independence ! let me share, Lord of the lion heart and eagle eye ! Thy steps I follow 'with my bosom bare, Nor heed the storm that howls along the sky.
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Page 194 - And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart, praising God, and having favour with all the people.
Page 314 - One song employs all nations; and all cry, ' Worthy the Lamb, for he was slain for us!' The dwellers in the vales and on the rocks Shout to each other, and the mountain tops From distant mountains catch the flying joy; Till, nation after nation taught the strain, Earth rolls the rapturous Hosanna round.