The Three Days of Wensleydale: The Valley of the YoreC. Dolman, 1854 - 296 pages |
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... four hundred years ( 1 ) , Wensleydale was included in the province of Maxima Cæsariensis , the capital of which was Ebor or York , a favourite residence of the Emperors , when in this island . Other cities adorned the province , and in ...
... four hundred years ( 1 ) , Wensleydale was included in the province of Maxima Cæsariensis , the capital of which was Ebor or York , a favourite residence of the Emperors , when in this island . Other cities adorned the province , and in ...
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... four or five centuries . In the old economy of the forests , the wild bee - stocks were always an object of attention : officers were appointed specifically for the purpose of pursuing them , and securing the wax and honey . These were ...
... four or five centuries . In the old economy of the forests , the wild bee - stocks were always an object of attention : officers were appointed specifically for the purpose of pursuing them , and securing the wax and honey . These were ...
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... four hundred years a blessing to the dale . The Earls of Richmond , and their collateral branch , the descendants of Herveius , who assumed the surname of Fitzhugh , were great benefactors to this house , which So writes the Saxon ...
... four hundred years a blessing to the dale . The Earls of Richmond , and their collateral branch , the descendants of Herveius , who assumed the surname of Fitzhugh , were great benefactors to this house , which So writes the Saxon ...
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... four murderers of St. Thomas of Canterbury , was a Wensleydale knight . On the 29th of December , in the year 1170 , he , with his three com- panions , Tracy , Brito , and Fitz - Urse , attacked the glorious martyr before the altar of ...
... four murderers of St. Thomas of Canterbury , was a Wensleydale knight . On the 29th of December , in the year 1170 , he , with his three com- panions , Tracy , Brito , and Fitz - Urse , attacked the glorious martyr before the altar of ...
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... four hundred men , on the 23rd of September . The Earl being after- wards wounded and taken prisoner at the battle of Wakefield in the following year , was placed in Pontefract Castle , and ransomed his life for a large sum , but some ...
... four hundred men , on the 23rd of September . The Earl being after- wards wounded and taken prisoner at the battle of Wakefield in the following year , was placed in Pontefract Castle , and ransomed his life for a large sum , but some ...
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The Three Days of Wensleydale: The Valley of the Yore William Gideon Michael Jones Barker No preview available - 2016 |
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Page 86 - Or the unseen genius of the wood. But let my due feet never fail To walk the studious cloister's pale, And love the high-embowed roof, With antique pillars massy proof, And storied windows richly dight, Casting a dim religious light.
Page 129 - With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit or arms, while both contend To win her grace whom all commend.
Page ix - Romans, countrymen, and lovers! hear me for my cause ; and be silent that you may hear : believe me for mine honour; and have respect to mine honour, that you may believe: censure me in your wisdom; and awake your senses that you may the better judge. If there be any in this assembly, any dear friend of Caesar's, to him I say, that Brutus' love to Caesar was no less than his.
Page 59 - A great number of them which purchased those superstitious mansions, reserved of those library books, some to serve their jakes, some to scour their candlesticks, and some to rub their boots. Some they sold to the grocers and soap sellers, and some they sent over sea to the bookbinders, not in small number, but at times whole ships full, to the wondering of the foreign nations.
Page 178 - I have nought that is fair?" saith he; "Have nought but the bearded grain? Though the breath of these flowers is sweet to me, I will give them all back again.
Page 95 - The proudest royal houses are but of yesterday, when compared with the line of the Supreme Pontiffs.* That line we trace back in an unbroken series from the Pope who crowned Napoleon in the nineteenth century to the Pope who crowned Pepin in the eighth ; and far beyond the time of Pepin the august dynasty extends, till it is lost in the twilight of fable.
Page 154 - Bidding the crop-headed Parliament swing: And, pressing a troop unable to stoop And see the rogues flourish and honest folk droop, Marched them along, fifty-score strong, Great-hearted gendemen, singing this song: God for King Charles!
Page xxxi - First, Moloch, horrid king, besmear'd with blood Of human sacrifice, and parents' tears ; Though, for the noise of drums and timbrels loud, Their children's cries unheard, that pass'd through fire To his grim idol.
Page xxiii - Who quits a world where strong temptations try, And since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly ! For him no wretches, born to work and weep, Explore the mine, or tempt the...
Page 96 - She saw the commencement of all the governments and of all the ecclesiastical establishments that now exist in the world ; and we feel no assurance that she is not destined to see the end of them all. She was great and respected before the Saxon had set foot on Britain, before the Frank had passed the Rhine, when Grecian eloquence still flourished in Antioch, when idols were still worshipped in the temple of Mecca.