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... reigns of Edward III . and Henry V. having for their apostle the famous John Wicliffe ; they were esteemed heretics ... reign of Edward VI . and the Lollards are esteemed the worthy founders of the Protestant religion , and a species of ...
... reigns of Edward III . and Henry V. having for their apostle the famous John Wicliffe ; they were esteemed heretics ... reign of Edward VI . and the Lollards are esteemed the worthy founders of the Protestant religion , and a species of ...
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... reign of Henry VIII . The floor paved with stone , the roof covered with lead ; the bases of the pillars octagonal , the arches , and most of the windows , mo- dern Gothic ; the floor of the chancel is two steps higher than that of the ...
... reign of Henry VIII . The floor paved with stone , the roof covered with lead ; the bases of the pillars octagonal , the arches , and most of the windows , mo- dern Gothic ; the floor of the chancel is two steps higher than that of the ...
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... reign of Edward I. Faukeshall is said to contain twenty - nine acres of meadow , valued at three shil- lings an acre ; and eighty acres of arable land , at fourpence an acre . It probably received its name from Foukes de Brent , who ...
... reign of Edward I. Faukeshall is said to contain twenty - nine acres of meadow , valued at three shil- lings an acre ; and eighty acres of arable land , at fourpence an acre . It probably received its name from Foukes de Brent , who ...
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... reign of queen Anne it appears to have been a place of great public resort ; for in the Spectator , No. 383 , dated May 20 , 1712 , Mr. Addison has introduced his favourite character , Sir Roger de Coverley , as accompanying him in * Mr ...
... reign of queen Anne it appears to have been a place of great public resort ; for in the Spectator , No. 383 , dated May 20 , 1712 , Mr. Addison has introduced his favourite character , Sir Roger de Coverley , as accompanying him in * Mr ...
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... reign of St. Edward , having determined to make a pilgrimage to Rome , he had obtained a licence from that monarch ' to vest it in the monks . It was then worth 37. and in 1291 was taxed at 107. It now belongs to the dean and chapter of ...
... reign of St. Edward , having determined to make a pilgrimage to Rome , he had obtained a licence from that monarch ' to vest it in the monks . It was then worth 37. and in 1291 was taxed at 107. It now belongs to the dean and chapter of ...
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abbey afterwards antient archbishop archbishop of Canterbury arches bart beautiful belonging bishop Blackheath bridge building built called Canterbury castle chancel chapel Charles Charles II court crown Croydon Dartford dedicated to St Deptford died Domesday Book duke earl east Edward Edward III elegant eminent England erected expence feet formerly four gallery gardens George granted Gravesend Greenwich ground Guildford hall handsome Henry VIII Hill honour hospital hundred inhabitants inscription James Kent king knights lady land late London lord Maidstone manor mansion marble Mary mayor memory miles monument noble ornamented painted palace park parliament portrait present prince queen Elizabeth residence Richard river river Medway river Mole river Thames road Rochester Roman royal Saxon seat Sevenoak side Sir John Sir Thomas Sir William situated stone Surrey Thames tion tower town Tring village wall Windsor wood
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Página 430 - 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 repaired 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...
Página 371 - Now to the sister hills that skirt her plain, To lofty Harrow now, and now to where Majestic Windsor lifts his princely brow. In lovely contrast to this glorious view, Calmly magnificent, then will we turn To where the silver Thames first rural grows. There let the feasted eye unwearied stray; Luxurious, there, rove through the pendent woods That nodding hang o'er Harrington's retreat...
Página 430 - Shrewsbury and love; Or just as gay at council, in a ring Of mimic statesmen, and their merry king. No wit to flatter, left of all his store! 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!
Página 3 - With which she calculates, computes and scans All distance, motion, magnitude, and now Measures an atom, and now girds a world? In London ; where has commerce such a mart, So rich, so throng'd, so drain'd, and so supplied, As London— opulent, enlarged, and still Increasing London?
Página 411 - There is an old tale goes, that Herne the hunter, Sometime a keeper here in Windsor forest, Doth all the winter time, at still midnight, Walk round about an oak, with great ragg'd horns; And there he blasts the tree, and takes the cattle ; And makes milch-kine yield blood, and shakes a chain In a most hideous and dreadful manner...
Página 11 - madam I may not call you, mistress I am ashamed to call you, and so I know not what to call you ; but, howsoever, I thank you.
Página 203 - RICHARD WATTS, Esq. by his Will, dated 22 Aug. 1579, founded this Charity for Six poor Travellers, who not being ROGUES, or PROCTORS, May receive gratis for one Night, Lodging, Entertainment, and Fourpence each.
Página 345 - Cooper's Hill is the work that confers upon him the rank and dignity of an original author. He seems to have been, at least among us, the author of a species of composition that may be denominated local poetry, of which the fundamental subject is some particular landscape, to be poetically described, with the addition of such embellishments as may be supplied by historical retrospection or incidental meditation.
Página 373 - Father of light and life, Thou Good Supreme ! O teach me what is good ; teach me Thyself ! Save me from folly, vanity, and vice, From every low pursuit ; and feed my soul With knowledge, conscious peace, and virtue pure, Sacred, substantial, never-fading bliss...
Página 460 - Lord, I am a great deal older than your Grace, " and have, I believe, heard more arguments for " Atheism than ever your Grace did ; but I have " lived long enough to see there is nothing in them ; " and so, I hope, your Grace will.