The History and Topography of the Isle of Axholme: Being that Part of Lincolnshire which is West of TrentLongman, Rees, Orme, & Company, 1839 - 463 pages |
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Page viii
... land in this part of the Isle by diffe- rent individuals ; one of which , by Geoffrey de Wirce , to the same foundation , took place immediately after the Conquest . Nos- tel Priory had a cell , with a small estate , at Hirst , in the ...
... land in this part of the Isle by diffe- rent individuals ; one of which , by Geoffrey de Wirce , to the same foundation , took place immediately after the Conquest . Nos- tel Priory had a cell , with a small estate , at Hirst , in the ...
Page x
... land . The revenue of West Ferry , from the same source , was far more considerable , which probably caused it to be seized upon ; with the other Free Chapels and Chantries , in the reign of Ed- ward the Sixth . When King Henry the ...
... land . The revenue of West Ferry , from the same source , was far more considerable , which probably caused it to be seized upon ; with the other Free Chapels and Chantries , in the reign of Ed- ward the Sixth . When King Henry the ...
Page xi
... land shark , his heart is as hard as that of a political economist - like Shylock , he stands upon his bond . Talk to him of the depreciation of land , or the produce of land , and the consequent necessity of taking a lower rate of ...
... land shark , his heart is as hard as that of a political economist - like Shylock , he stands upon his bond . Talk to him of the depreciation of land , or the produce of land , and the consequent necessity of taking a lower rate of ...
Page xii
... land for their subsistence ; but possessing an acre , or half an acre of land , are day labourers , and cultivate their little plot of corn , or onions , or potatoes , during extra hours , or when they may be without employment ; or ...
... land for their subsistence ; but possessing an acre , or half an acre of land , are day labourers , and cultivate their little plot of corn , or onions , or potatoes , during extra hours , or when they may be without employment ; or ...
Page xiii
... land as would keep himself and his team fully employed ; and that , therefore , no holding ought to be less than from five and forty to fifty acres of land ; and that the larger farms ought to be arranged ac- cording to the capital of ...
... land as would keep himself and his team fully employed ; and that , therefore , no holding ought to be less than from five and forty to fifty acres of land ; and that the larger farms ought to be arranged ac- cording to the capital of ...
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Page vi - I will open my mouth in a parable ! I will utter dark sayings of old : Which we have heard and known, And our fathers have told us.
Page 421 - And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, And never eateth with pleasure. They shall lie down alike in the dust, And the worms shall cover them.
Page 155 - Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord : Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours: and their works do follow them.
Page 201 - They did so, and he took me out of the window. Just then the roof fell; but it fell inward, or we had all been crushed at once.
Page vi - For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children : that the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born ; who should arise and declare them to their children, that they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments.
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Page 176 - May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is? 20 For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears : we would know therefore what these things mean. 21 (For all the Athenians, and strangers which were there, spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing...
Page 191 - At six, as soon as family prayers were over, they had their supper; at seven the maid washed them; and, beginning at the youngest, she undressed and got them all to bed by eight; at which time she left them in their several rooms awake — for there was no such thing allowed of in our house as sitting by a child till it fell asleep.
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Page 209 - An't please your worship, they have convarted my wife. Till she went among them, she had such a tongue ; and now she is as quiet as a lamb.' ' Carry them back, carry them back,' replied the justice, ' and let them convert all the scolds in the town...