The Beauties of England and Wales: Or, Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive, of Each County, Том 24Verner & Hood, 1812 |
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... kind , in cases where the monarch left more than one son , naturally happened by the ancient law of Gavel - kind Little is heard of Wales in history during the Danish dynasty . The Danes made some incursions on the coast , but effected ...
... kind , in cases where the monarch left more than one son , naturally happened by the ancient law of Gavel - kind Little is heard of Wales in history during the Danish dynasty . The Danes made some incursions on the coast , but effected ...
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... kind of buildings so far increase , that Mr. Pennant enumerates one hundred and forty - three castles in the principa- lity ; and the number is probably short of the actual amount . On the conquest of Wales by Edward the First , that ...
... kind of buildings so far increase , that Mr. Pennant enumerates one hundred and forty - three castles in the principa- lity ; and the number is probably short of the actual amount . On the conquest of Wales by Edward the First , that ...
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... kind . For one knight's fee , usually comprising about a thousand acres of land , the possessor was obliged to remit to the royal palace in the autumn , one horse - load of wheat , ground into flour , one ox , a barrel of mead , nine ...
... kind . For one knight's fee , usually comprising about a thousand acres of land , the possessor was obliged to remit to the royal palace in the autumn , one horse - load of wheat , ground into flour , one ox , a barrel of mead , nine ...
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... kind peculiar to them , and the cognate tribes of Gaul . It abounded with singular tenets , and the mode of worship comprised numerous superstitious rites , the remaining vestiges of which form some of the most interesting antiquities ...
... kind peculiar to them , and the cognate tribes of Gaul . It abounded with singular tenets , and the mode of worship comprised numerous superstitious rites , the remaining vestiges of which form some of the most interesting antiquities ...
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... kind of knowledge , rela- tive to their system , was retained wholly by tradition , in apho- risms , • Pliny Lib . XVI . c . 95 . Richards's Aboriginal Britons . risms , poems , and adages of a peculiar cast 38 CAMBRIA .
... kind of knowledge , rela- tive to their system , was retained wholly by tradition , in apho- risms , • Pliny Lib . XVI . c . 95 . Richards's Aboriginal Britons . risms , poems , and adages of a peculiar cast 38 CAMBRIA .
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adjacent afford ancient Anglesea appears appellation arch Bangor Bards Beaumaris beautiful Beuno bishop British Britons building Caer Caernarvon Caernarvonshire called Cambria Cantref Cardiganshire castle celebrated Chester church coal considerable consisting copper Denbigh Denbighshire denominated distance district earl Edward England English erected estates feet Flint Flintshire formed fortress ground Gwynedd Henry hill Holyhead honour hundred inhabitants island John king land late latter Llewelyn Llyn lofty lord Menai ment Merioneth Merionethshire miles Mona monarch Montgomeryshire mountains nearly North Wales numerous observes obtained occasion Ordovices Owen parish passing Pennant persons possession Powys present prince principal probably reign residence river river Dee road rock Roman royal Ruthin Saxons Segontium Severn side situated slate South Wales stone supposed Thomas tion tower town Traeth Traeth mawr vale vicinity walls Welsh William wood Wrexham Wynne yards
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