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... called daybell . " An inconvenient custom was that of allowing all kinds of animals and fowls to roam the streets freely . This made much confusion of traffic ; the Leet Book states that " daily hurt comes from having beasts at large ...
... called daybell . " An inconvenient custom was that of allowing all kinds of animals and fowls to roam the streets freely . This made much confusion of traffic ; the Leet Book states that " daily hurt comes from having beasts at large ...
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... called upon for a speech . He rose , on the strength of Moët et Chandon , and observed , with grandiloquence , " Dear friends , it gives me great pleasure this evening to omit making a speech to you . " He sat down amidst cheers ...
... called upon for a speech . He rose , on the strength of Moët et Chandon , and observed , with grandiloquence , " Dear friends , it gives me great pleasure this evening to omit making a speech to you . " He sat down amidst cheers ...
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... . The street now named Dyer Street used to be Cheeping St. , so called because the Lord Mayor originally demanded twopence halfpenny " half yearly at Cheepingavel for buying and selling in his fairs In the Cotswold Hills 65.
... . The street now named Dyer Street used to be Cheeping St. , so called because the Lord Mayor originally demanded twopence halfpenny " half yearly at Cheepingavel for buying and selling in his fairs In the Cotswold Hills 65.
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... called " A Cotswold Village , " in which he tells in a most sympathetic and inter- esting manner about the wholesome and simple life in these hills . He tells of strange animal pets , and many other things which a superficial traveller ...
... called " A Cotswold Village , " in which he tells in a most sympathetic and inter- esting manner about the wholesome and simple life in these hills . He tells of strange animal pets , and many other things which a superficial traveller ...
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... called Grismunde's Tower . . . . The place is now a warren for conies , and there hath be found menne's bones . " It was so common to find Roman trinkets , indeed , that only a few years . ago a simple modern messenger boy was wear- ing ...
... called Grismunde's Tower . . . . The place is now a warren for conies , and there hath be found menne's bones . " It was so common to find Roman trinkets , indeed , that only a few years . ago a simple modern messenger boy was wear- ing ...
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Страница 80 - With that grim ferryman* which poets write of, Unto the kingdom of perpetual night. The first that there did greet my stranger soul Was my great father-in-law, renowned Warwick, Who cried aloud, " What scourge for perjury Can this dark monarchy afford false Clarence ?
Страница 162 - My Lord of Ely, when I was last in Holborn, I saw good strawberries in your garden there : I do beseech you send for some of them.
Страница 345 - My sledge and hammer lie reclined, My bellows, too, have lost their wind; . My fire's extinct, my forge decayed, And in the dust my vice is laid. My coal is spent, my iron's gone, My nails are drove, my work is done ; My fire-dried corpse lies here at rest, And, smoke-like, soars up to be bless'd.
Страница 80 - At which words King Edward said nothing, but with his hand thrust him from him (or, as some say, stroke him with his gauntlet), whom incontinent they that strode about, which were George Duke of Clarence, Richard duke of Gloucester, Thomas Marquis Dorset, and William Lord Hastings, suddenly murdered and piteously mangled.
Страница 36 - Leofric ! could my name be forgotten, and yours alone remembered ! But perhaps my innocence may save me from reproach ; and how many as. innocent are in fear and famine ! No eye will open on me but fresh from tears.
Страница 12 - Meanwhile, the queen had no sooner stepped on the bridge than a new spectacle was provided ; for, as soon as the music gave signal that she was so far advanced, a raft, so disposed as to resemble a small floating island, illuminated by a great variety of torches, and surrounded by floating pageants formed to represent sea-horses, on which sat Tritons, Nereids...
Страница 198 - at the Mount of St Mary's, in the stony stage where I now stand, I have brought you some fine biscuits, baked in the oven of charity, carefully conserved for the chickens of the church, the sparrows of the spirit, and the sweet swallows of salvation.
Страница 359 - ... to preach. It is reported that, as they drew near to the city, after their manner, with the holy cross, and the image of our sovereign Lord and King, Jesus Christ, they, in concert...
Страница 143 - Slavery ; vastly fond of great Noises that fill the Ear, such as the firing of Cannon, Drums, and the ringing of Bells, so that it is common for a number of them, that have got a Glass in their Heads, to go up into some Belfry, and ring the Bells for Hours together, for the sake of Exercise.
Страница 360 - As soon as they entered the dwelling-place assigned them, they began to imitate the course of life practised in the primitive church : applying themselves to frequent prayer, watching, and fasting ; preaching the word of life to as many as they could ; despising all worldly things, as not belonging to them ; receiving only their necessary food from those they taught...