Proceedings and Papers, Томи 5 – 6

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Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire, 1853
Pedigrees and arms of various families of Lancashire and Cheshire included in many of the volumes.
 

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Сторінка 100 - And every oblation of thy meat offering shalt thou season with salt; neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the covenant of thy God to be lacking from thy meat offering: with all thine offerings thou shalt offer salt.
Сторінка 139 - Alfred commanded long ships to be built to oppose the "esks;" they were full-nigh twice as long as the others; some had sixty oars, and some had more ; they were both swifter and steadier, and also higher than the others. They were shapen neither like the Frisian nor the Danish, but so as it seemed to him they would be most efficient.
Сторінка 141 - A great battle took place between this host and the army of the West Saxons and Mercians, commanded by Athelstane, and Edward, his brother, in which the invaders were defeated with enormous loss. One of the Saxon Chronicles, in the account which it gives of this battle says, A. 937. This year Athelstane, and Edmund, his brother, led a force to Brunenburh, and there fought against Anlaf, and Christ helping, had the victory ; and slew five kings and seven earls. Sharon Turner, in his History of the...
Сторінка 115 - Anson, a negro man, about 5 feet 6 inches high, aged 20 years and upwards, and broadset. Whoever will bring the said man back to Dent, or give any information that he may be had again, shall receive a handsome reward, from Mr. Edmund Sill, of Dent ; or Mr. David Kenyon, merchant, in Liverpool.
Сторінка 78 - COTTON. No contemporary Record mentions the fact of " There Ma'ties being present," — which proves, nevertheless, the deep interest taken by the court in the prosecution of this Lord. It is added, " The tryall lasted for 7 howers." In the account given by the " State Tryalls," it appears that the noble prisoner, on being called on for his defence, said, " May it please Your Grace, a great part of the day is spent, and I would beg the favour of Your Grace that I may have the favour till to-morrow...
Сторінка 16 - A critical and chronological History of the Rise, Progress, Declension, and Revival of Knowledge, chiefly religious; in two periods, the period of tradition from Adam to Moses, and the period of Letters from Moses to Christ.
Сторінка 86 - A Collection of the several Statutes and Parts of Statutes, now' in Force, relating to High Treason, and misprision of High Treason.
Сторінка 134 - The Sea-man's Dictionary ; or an Exposition And Demonstration of all the Parts and Things belonging to a Shippe : Together with an Explanation of all the Termes and Phrases used in the Practique of Navigation.
Сторінка 16 - In those days its progress was naturally slow ; and in so small a community there was also little or no external addition. The marked increase which the town received, of Londoners,* who flocked to it after the great plague of 1665, and the great fire of 1666, had scarcely yet made any visible difference in it, though they led eventually to important results. It is only at the very closef of the century that we find insufficient accommodation in the Chapel of St. Nicholas, and an effort made to erect...
Сторінка 179 - Mr. Vernon, in remarking upon these facts, observes, " the language of our seamen in general is well worth a close investigation, as it certainly contains not a few archaisms ; but the subject requires time and patience, for in the mouths of those who call the Bellerophon and the Ville de Milan, the Billy Ruffian and the Wheel-em-along, there is nothing " But doth suffer a sea-change Into something new and strange.

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