The Worthies of Westmorland: Or, Notable Persons Born in that County Since the Reformation, Том 1J. Robinson, 1849 |
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... hath its name , according to common acceptation , from its being a western moorish country . The learned archbishop Usher , in his Antiquities of the British churches , page 303 , quotes several authors as deriving it from Marius a king ...
... hath its name , according to common acceptation , from its being a western moorish country . The learned archbishop Usher , in his Antiquities of the British churches , page 303 , quotes several authors as deriving it from Marius a king ...
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... hath still less resemblance of the moor . If the county had bordered upon the western sea , it might have been conjectured that it had received its name from thence ; but as Cumberland lies between this county and the sea on the west ...
... hath still less resemblance of the moor . If the county had bordered upon the western sea , it might have been conjectured that it had received its name from thence ; but as Cumberland lies between this county and the sea on the west ...
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... hath no reference to the Roman mile . Theirs was somewhat short of the English statute measure , in the proportion ( according to Mr. Horsley ) of about 13 to 14. Mr. Horsley further observes , that through the most part of England ...
... hath no reference to the Roman mile . Theirs was somewhat short of the English statute measure , in the proportion ( according to Mr. Horsley ) of about 13 to 14. Mr. Horsley further observes , that through the most part of England ...
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... hath a consider- able quantity of level ground , though surrounded on every side with high mountains * . Lying near the western ocean , it is much exposed to RAIN , brought by the South - west winds , which blow in this part for above ...
... hath a consider- able quantity of level ground , though surrounded on every side with high mountains * . Lying near the western ocean , it is much exposed to RAIN , brought by the South - west winds , which blow in this part for above ...
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... hath its veins of spar : but as yet no trials have been made . The sixth and highest eleva- tion is Cross - Fell . From whence descending the first depression is Green Fell ; the mineral produc- tions whereof are lead , copper , coal ...
... hath its veins of spar : but as yet no trials have been made . The sixth and highest eleva- tion is Cross - Fell . From whence descending the first depression is Green Fell ; the mineral produc- tions whereof are lead , copper , coal ...
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