Bridgewater in the Later Days: Being a Succeeding Volume to "The Ancient Borough of Bridgewater,"Page and son, 1908 - 295 pàgines |
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Pàgina 150 - ... all travellers who may accidentally purpose to travel this terrible county, to avoid it as they would the devil, for a thousand to one but they break their necks or their limbs by overthrows or breakings down. They will here meet with ruts, which I actually measured, four feet deep, and floating with mud, only from a wet summer...
Pàgina 45 - Europe, have given up all accounts of witches and apparitions, as mere old wives' fables. I am sorry for it; and I willingly take this opportunity of entering my solemn protest against this violent compliment which so many that believe the Bible pay to those who do not believe it. I owe them no such service. I take...
Pàgina 145 - At both which places, they may be received in a Stage Coach every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, which performs the whole journey in four days (if God permits...
Pàgina 44 - ... part of any dead person, to be employed or used in any manner of witchcraft, sorcery, charm, or enchantment...
Pàgina 49 - A certain woman having put out her child to nurse in the country, found, when she came to take it home, that its form was so much altered that she scarce knew it ; nevertheless, not knowing what time might do, took it home for her own. But when, after some years, it could neither speak nor go, the poor woman was feign to carry it, with much trouble, in her arms ; and, one day, a poor man coming to the door, God bless you, mistress, said he, and your poor child, be pleased to bestow something on a...
Pàgina 150 - I know not, in the whole range of language, terms sufficiently expressive to describe this infernal road. Let me most seriously caution all travellers who may accidentally propose to travel this terrible country, to avoid it as they would the devil, for a thousand to one they break their necks or their limbs by overthrows or breakings down.
Pàgina 44 - ... charm, or sorcery, whereby any person shall be killed, destroyed, wasted, consumed, pined, or lamed in his or her body, or any part thereof...
Pàgina 84 - These parties so united were to lay this paper, containing these principles, before the prince; offering to appear as his party now ; and upon those principles to undertake the administration when he was king, in the subordination and rank among themselves, that he should please to appoint.
Pàgina 138 - ... most luxuriant fringe. Behind the coach was the immense basket, stretching far and wide beyond the body, to which it was attached by long iron bars or supports passing beneath it ; though even these seemed scarcely equal to the enormous weight with which they were frequently loaded.
Pàgina 88 - Dined at sir Francis Dashwood's. Find by lord Talbot, that we are not likely to come to a union ; for, now, the terms they propose to sign are of a sort that imply an exclusion of coming into office. Now, as no good can...