The History and Antiquities of Scarborough, and the VicinityThomas Wilson and Son, 1811 - 435 стор. |
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... English , he alone stepped to the foot of the bridge , and , with his battle - axe , sustained the shock of the assailants , slew above forty of them , and defended both the passage and himself , until an English soldier went in a boat ...
... English , he alone stepped to the foot of the bridge , and , with his battle - axe , sustained the shock of the assailants , slew above forty of them , and defended both the passage and himself , until an English soldier went in a boat ...
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... Britons armed against Britons fought with relentless * Gildas Britannicus , surnamed The Wise , was the first of our English historians . He was born in the year 493 , and died in 580 . fury , and thus became a devoted prey to the 28.
... Britons armed against Britons fought with relentless * Gildas Britannicus , surnamed The Wise , was the first of our English historians . He was born in the year 493 , and died in 580 . fury , and thus became a devoted prey to the 28.
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... English always granted leave for fishing ; reserving the honour to themselves , but out of a lazy temper resigning the gain to others . " The lofty promontory at Scarborough , on which the ruins of the ancient Castle are situated , is ...
... English always granted leave for fishing ; reserving the honour to themselves , but out of a lazy temper resigning the gain to others . " The lofty promontory at Scarborough , on which the ruins of the ancient Castle are situated , is ...
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... English army , which engaged and defeated that of David , King of Scotland , upon Cuton - Moort , near Northallerton , anno 1138. This battle was called The STANDARD , from a car- • The Conqueror , at the intercession of the Archbishop ...
... English army , which engaged and defeated that of David , King of Scotland , upon Cuton - Moort , near Northallerton , anno 1138. This battle was called The STANDARD , from a car- • The Conqueror , at the intercession of the Archbishop ...
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... English in this Standard , that , fighting under it , they thought themselves invincible . The following account is given of this remarkable battle . " " David , King of Scotland , passed the Tyne with twenty- six thousand men , and was ...
... English in this Standard , that , fighting under it , they thought themselves invincible . The following account is given of this remarkable battle . " " David , King of Scotland , passed the Tyne with twenty- six thousand men , and was ...
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Сторінка 401 - In the worst inn's worst room, with mat half-hung, The floors of plaster, and the walls of dung, On once a flock-bed, but repair'd with straw, With tape-tied curtains, never meant to draw, The George and Garter dangling from that bed Where tawdry yellow strove with dirty red, Great Villiers lies — alas!
Сторінка 401 - No fool to laugh at, which he valued more. There, victor of his health, of fortune, friends, And fame, this lord of useless thousands ends!
Сторінка 367 - I do love these ancient ruins. We never tread upon them but we set Our foot upon some reverend history : And, questionless, here in this open court, Which now lies naked to the injuries Of stormy weather, some men + lie...
Сторінка 426 - And let us not be weary in well doing : for 'in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
Сторінка 98 - The crush of thunder and the warring winds, Shook by the slow but sure destroyer Time, Now hangs in doubtful ruins o'er its base. And flinty pyramids, and walls of brass, Descend : the Babylonian spires are sunk ; Achaia, Rome, and Egypt, moulder down. Time shakes the stable tyranny of thrones, And tottering empires rush by their own weight. This huge rotundity we tread, grows old ; And all those worlds that roll around the sun, The sun himself, shall die ; and ancient Night Again involve the desolate...
Сторінка 286 - ... (were they ever so strong) durst not give the onset. He suffered no woman to be oppressed, violated, or otherwise molested; poor men's goods he spared, abundantly relieving them with that which by theft he got from abbeys, and the houses of rich earls : whom Major (the historian) blameth for his rapine and theft; but of all thieves he affirmeth him to be the prince, and the most gentle thief.
Сторінка 403 - Do not brand me with infidelity, when I tell you, that I am almost ashamed to offer up my petitions at the throne of Grace, or to implore that divine mercy in the next world which I have so scandalously abused in this.
Сторінка 189 - Having, therefore, made an experiment herself, and persuaded others to do the same, it was found to be efficacious in some complaints, and became the usual physic of the inhabitants. It was afterwards in great reputation with the citizens of York, and the gentry of the county, and at length was so generally recommended, that several persons of quality came from a great distance to drink it ; preferring it before all the others they had formerly frequented, even the Italian, French and German spaws.
Сторінка 180 - I pass'd — and they were gone. Read, ye that run, the awful truth With which I charge my page; A worm is in the bud of youth, And at the root of age.
Сторінка 110 - ... to them in a dialect he had never before used ; for he was a very generous man, and lived in his house decently and plentifully, and had never made any the least suit or pretence for money. Now he told them that he was going upon an expedition in which many honest men must lose their lives...