London, by David Hughson, المجلد 51808 |
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الصفحة 64
... in England where property is more divided than in Kent , a natural consequence of the tenure of of gavel - kind , which is prevalent throughout the 64 CIRCUIT OF LONDON . Kent, like other maritime counties on the eastern side ...
... in England where property is more divided than in Kent , a natural consequence of the tenure of of gavel - kind , which is prevalent throughout the 64 CIRCUIT OF LONDON . Kent, like other maritime counties on the eastern side ...
الصفحة 65
Edward Pugh. of gavel - kind , which is prevalent throughout the county , and one of the properties of which is the equal division of lands among all the sons of a family . Hence the yeomanry of Kent , have long been famous for their ...
Edward Pugh. of gavel - kind , which is prevalent throughout the county , and one of the properties of which is the equal division of lands among all the sons of a family . Hence the yeomanry of Kent , have long been famous for their ...
الصفحة 66
... GAVELKIND is an antient tenure peculiar , among the English counties , to that of Kent ; our description would be very incomplete without giving some account of this tenure ; and therefore we present our readers with the fol- lowing ...
... GAVELKIND is an antient tenure peculiar , among the English counties , to that of Kent ; our description would be very incomplete without giving some account of this tenure ; and therefore we present our readers with the fol- lowing ...
الصفحة 67
... Gavelkind . In the reign of Henry VI . there were not above thirty or forty persons in the county of Kent , who held by any other tenure than this of Gavelkind ; which was afterwards al- tered upon the petition of several Kentish ...
... Gavelkind . In the reign of Henry VI . there were not above thirty or forty persons in the county of Kent , who held by any other tenure than this of Gavelkind ; which was afterwards al- tered upon the petition of several Kentish ...
الصفحة 168
... Gavelkind in the preceding part of this volume . One of these customs was that of castle guard , but now rents are paid in lieu of it . " These are paid on St. Andrew's Day , Old Style , and the custom has been held that if the rent is ...
... Gavelkind in the preceding part of this volume . One of these customs was that of castle guard , but now rents are paid in lieu of it . " These are paid on St. Andrew's Day , Old Style , and the custom has been held that if the rent is ...
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الصفحة 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...
الصفحة 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...
الصفحة 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!
الصفحة 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?
الصفحة 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...
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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...
الصفحة 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.