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... once , with bailiffs and constables , broke down the gates and fences , to the dismay and indignation of the farmers . The Abbey received some compensation for an exchange of lands made A. D. 1531 between the King and the Convent . King ...
... once , with bailiffs and constables , broke down the gates and fences , to the dismay and indignation of the farmers . The Abbey received some compensation for an exchange of lands made A. D. 1531 between the King and the Convent . King ...
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... once been the residence and see of a bishop , West- minster has ever since retained the title of City , as Lord Chief Justice Coke and Judge Blackstone define the condition of that appellation to be . Now the term is considered to apply ...
... once been the residence and see of a bishop , West- minster has ever since retained the title of City , as Lord Chief Justice Coke and Judge Blackstone define the condition of that appellation to be . Now the term is considered to apply ...
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... once more an Order in Council prohibited further building . In 1708 there were 3,079 houses in St. Margaret's Parish . In 1728 the Church of St. John the Evangelist was built , and a parish attached to it . - - One of the causes which ...
... once more an Order in Council prohibited further building . In 1708 there were 3,079 houses in St. Margaret's Parish . In 1728 the Church of St. John the Evangelist was built , and a parish attached to it . - - One of the causes which ...
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... once more the picturesque homes in their pomp of old , and repeopling them with mimic life , we map out - as for a holiday walk amid the hum of their busy crowds - the streets and houses which were the scenes of events , or places of ...
... once more the picturesque homes in their pomp of old , and repeopling them with mimic life , we map out - as for a holiday walk amid the hum of their busy crowds - the streets and houses which were the scenes of events , or places of ...
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... once inhabited by William of Ely , Treasurer to King John , —with a Court and Free Chapel , wherein to celebrate mass for himself and family , paying yearly to them and their successors a wax taper upon the Festival of St. Edward . His ...
... once inhabited by William of Ely , Treasurer to King John , —with a Court and Free Chapel , wherein to celebrate mass for himself and family , paying yearly to them and their successors a wax taper upon the Festival of St. Edward . His ...
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Page 142 - O eloquent, just, and mighty Death ! whom none could advise, thou hast persuaded ; what none hath dared, thou hast done ; and whom all the world hath flattered, thou only hast cast out of the world and despised ; thou hast drawn together all the far-stretched greatness, all the pride, cruelty, and ambition of man, and covered it all over with these two narrow words, Hie jaeet ! Lastly, whereas this book, by the title it hath, calls itself The First Part of tlie General History of the World...
Page 159 - Old Law did save, And such as yet once more I trust to have Full sight of her in Heaven without restraint, Came vested all in white, pure as her mind.
Page 275 - EVEN such is time, that takes in trust Our youth, our joys, our all we have, And pays us but with earth and dust; Who, in the dark and silent grave, When we have wandered all our ways, Shuts up the story of our days; But from this earth, this grave, this dust, My God shall raise me up, I trust!
Page 339 - Earth has not anything to show more fair: Dull would he be of soul who could pass by A sight so touching in its majesty: This City now doth, like a garment, wear The beauty of the morning; silent, bare, Ships, towers, domes, theatres, and temples lie Open unto the fields, and to the sky; All bright and glittering in the smokeless air.
Page 55 - With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit or arms, while both contend To win her grace whom all commend.
Page 221 - Here out of the window it was a most pleasant sight to see the City from one end to the other with a glory about it, so high was the light of the bonfires, and so thick round the City, and the bells rang everywhere.
Page 6 - My care is like my shadow in the sun, Follows me flying, flies when I pursue it, Stands and lies by me, doth what I have done.
Page 159 - Methought I saw my late espoused saint Brought to me like Alcestis from the grave, Whom Jove's great son to her glad husband gave, Rescued from death by force though pale and faint.
Page 195 - There is given Unto the things of earth, which Time hath bent, A spirit's feeling, and where he hath leant His hand, but broke his scythe, there is a power And magic in the ruined battlement, For which the palace of the present hour Must yield its pomp, and wait till ages are its dower.
Page 274 - Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage ; Minds innocent and quiet take That for a hermitage. If I have freedom in my love, And in my soul am free, Angels alone that soar above Enjoy such liberty.