An Account of the Island of Jersey: Containing a Compendium of Its Ecclesiastical, Civil, and Military History ... Together with Some Detail Respecting the Manners & Customs of the Inhabitants ...T. Baker, and sold by I. Fletcher, 1817 - 369 стор. |
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... causes , that have not any reference whatever to climate . Bilious af- * Mr. Gamble , in his " View of Society and Manners in the North of Ireland , " mentions the prevalence of consumptions ; and having received a medical education ...
... causes , that have not any reference whatever to climate . Bilious af- * Mr. Gamble , in his " View of Society and Manners in the North of Ireland , " mentions the prevalence of consumptions ; and having received a medical education ...
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... causes ; and these are daily increasing . It sprung from the im- provement of navigation and foreign com- merce , which employed many hands and advanced the price of labour . Corn was in consequence brought from foreign markets ...
... causes ; and these are daily increasing . It sprung from the im- provement of navigation and foreign com- merce , which employed many hands and advanced the price of labour . Corn was in consequence brought from foreign markets ...
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... causes , is compara- tively immense . Mr. Falle computed , that , in his time , nearly one third of the island was taken up in these , and in other hedge - rows , gardens , orchards , an dthe issues of houses . In other respects it can ...
... causes , is compara- tively immense . Mr. Falle computed , that , in his time , nearly one third of the island was taken up in these , and in other hedge - rows , gardens , orchards , an dthe issues of houses . In other respects it can ...
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... cause for asserting , that the island might , by greater attention , be rendered much more productive . In the north , in a variety of places , the lands bordering on the sea are little better than heaths on these are seen only a few ...
... cause for asserting , that the island might , by greater attention , be rendered much more productive . In the north , in a variety of places , the lands bordering on the sea are little better than heaths on these are seen only a few ...
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... causes . Private gardens yield every natural * luxury that the climate can produce ; and from this source the market is principally supplied with such articles as require attention . The peach - apricot is remarkable for its size and ...
... causes . Private gardens yield every natural * luxury that the climate can produce ; and from this source the market is principally supplied with such articles as require attention . The peach - apricot is remarkable for its size and ...
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Сторінка 132 - When the ear heard me, then it blessed me ; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me : because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me : and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Сторінка 341 - Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire; Hands, that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre.
Сторінка 341 - Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learned to stray ; Along the cool sequestered vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way.
Сторінка 78 - For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no pre-eminence above a beast: for all is vanity. All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
Сторінка 296 - To men of other minds my fancy flies, Embosom'd in the deep, where Holland lies. Methinks her patient sons before me stand, Where the broad ocean leans against the land, And, sedulous to stop the coming tide, Lift the tall rampire's artificial pride. Onward, methinks, and diligently slow, The firm connected bulwark seems to grow ; Spreads its long arms, amidst the watery roar, Scoops out an empire, and usurps the shore.
Сторінка 333 - ... the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, when the elements shall melt with fervent heat, when the sea and the grave shall be giving up their dead, and all shall be summoned to appear before the great God.
Сторінка 154 - superstitious usages," of the use of the surplice, the sign of the cross in baptism, the gift of the ring in marriage, the posture of kneeling at the Lord's Supper, was shared by a large number of the clergy and the laity alike.
Сторінка 58 - Lands intersected by a narrow frith Abhor each other. Mountains interposed Make enemies of nations, who had else Like kindred drops been mingled into one.
Сторінка 307 - Hail, awful scenes, that calm the troubled breast, And woo the weary to profound repose ! Can Passion's wildest uproar lay to rest, And whisper comfort to the man of woes ! Here Innocence may wander, safe from foes, And Contemplation soar on seraph wings.
Сторінка 221 - The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the falling together; and a little child shall lead them.