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... London to Derby , by Rugby and Leicester Railway Route from Leeds to Derby , through Chesterfield Railway Route from Ambergate to Matlock and Rowsley Index 121 129 137 140 147 151 153 DERBYSHIRE Covers an area of 1029 square miles , or ...
... London to Derby , by Rugby and Leicester Railway Route from Leeds to Derby , through Chesterfield Railway Route from Ambergate to Matlock and Rowsley Index 121 129 137 140 147 151 153 DERBYSHIRE Covers an area of 1029 square miles , or ...
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... London , 132 m .; from Birmingham , 42 m .; from Bristol , 134 m .; from Manchester , 70 m .; from Liverpool , 101 m .; from York , 88 m .; from Edinburgh , 300 m . THE county town , is situated in the southern division of the county ...
... London , 132 m .; from Birmingham , 42 m .; from Bristol , 134 m .; from Manchester , 70 m .; from Liverpool , 101 m .; from York , 88 m .; from Edinburgh , 300 m . THE county town , is situated in the southern division of the county ...
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... London , by Roubilliac ; to Mary Elizabeth Chichester , wife of the Rev. J. H. Chichester , 1830 , by Westmacott ; to Richard Bateman , Esq . , 1721 , by Chantrey ; and several others . The south aisle of the chancel is the Cavendish ...
... London , by Roubilliac ; to Mary Elizabeth Chichester , wife of the Rev. J. H. Chichester , 1830 , by Westmacott ; to Richard Bateman , Esq . , 1721 , by Chantrey ; and several others . The south aisle of the chancel is the Cavendish ...
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... London , who died in 1631 , and of whom it is said , that ' In the great plague ( 1625 ) neglecting his safety , he abode in the city , to provide for the relief of the sick poor ; and left by will for charitable uses the sum of £ 4000 ...
... London , who died in 1631 , and of whom it is said , that ' In the great plague ( 1625 ) neglecting his safety , he abode in the city , to provide for the relief of the sick poor ; and left by will for charitable uses the sum of £ 4000 ...
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... London to avoid the plague , died of that dreadful pestilence at Derby in 1666 ; to the Bateman family ; to William Alle- strey , recorder of Derby in 1655 , and several members of his family ; to the Richardsons ; to the Cox family ...
... London to avoid the plague , died of that dreadful pestilence at Derby in 1666 ; to the Bateman family ; to William Alle- strey , recorder of Derby in 1655 , and several members of his family ; to the Richardsons ; to the Cox family ...
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Page 96 - This guest of summer, The temple-haunting martlet, does approve By his loved mansionry that the heaven's breath Smells wooingly here : no jutty, frieze, Buttress, nor coign of vantage, but this bird Hath made his pendent bed and procreant cradle : Where they most breed and haunt, I have observed The air is delicate.
Page 120 - With boughs that quaked at every breath, Grey birch and aspen wept beneath ; Aloft, the ash and warrior oak Cast anchor in the rifted rock ; And higher yet the pine-tree hung His shatter'd trunk, and frequent flung, Where seemed the cliffs to meet on high, His boughs athwart the narrowed sky.
Page 61 - There is no instance of a man before Gibbons who gave to wood the loose and airy lightness of flowers, and chained together the various productions of the elements with a free disorder natural to each species.
Page 120 - Boon nature scattered, free and wild, Each plant or flower, the mountain's child. Here eglantine embalmed the air, Hawthorn and hazel mingled there ; The primrose pale, and violet flower, Found in each cliff a narrow bower...
Page i - Second: exhibiting a General View of the Progress of Mathematical and Physical Science, since the revival of Letters in Europe.
Page 86 - Fear no more the frown o' the great, Thou art past the tyrant's stroke; Care no more to clothe, and eat; To thee the reed is as the oak: The sceptre, learning, physic, must All follow this, and come to dust.
Page 135 - So beauteous did the scenery of this delightful spot appear to him, that, to use his own words, " the pleasantness of the river, mountains, and meadows about it, cannot be described, unless Sir Philip Sidney, or Mr. Cotton's father were again alive to do it.
Page 34 - Grace, since the weather did cut off all exercises abroad, how she passed the time within ? She said that all day she wrought with her needle, and that the diversity of the colours made the work seem less tedious, and continued so long at it till very pain made her to give over ; and with that laid her hand on her left side, and complained of an old grief newly increased there.
Page 90 - I have joined two others with you, who will take from you the trouble. Your favourable aspect will, I know, be a great comfort to my distressed orphans. I am not desirous that they should be great, but good ; and my next request is, that they may be brought up in the fear and admonition of the Lord.