Introduction to the Original Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive, Intituled the Beauties of England and Wales: Comprising Observations on the History and Antiquities ... Together with Remarks on the Progress of ... Architecture in Succeeding AgesJ. Harris [and 11 others], 1818 - 676 pàgines |
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... remains of the early British tribes we have still emphatical monuments of their warlike spirit , mingled with indications of such rudeness in works of art as might be expected from a people little conver- sant with commerce , and not ...
... remains of the early British tribes we have still emphatical monuments of their warlike spirit , mingled with indications of such rudeness in works of art as might be expected from a people little conver- sant with commerce , and not ...
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... remains of this an- cient city , in the Beauties for Northumberland , p . 149-153 . + Vide Beauties , Vol . XVII . p . 5—6 . Note on Richard of Cirencester , by the Rev. Thomas Leman , the Danes , and the Normans , ) * who 20 INTRODUCTION .
... remains of this an- cient city , in the Beauties for Northumberland , p . 149-153 . + Vide Beauties , Vol . XVII . p . 5—6 . Note on Richard of Cirencester , by the Rev. Thomas Leman , the Danes , and the Normans , ) * who 20 INTRODUCTION .
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... remains , exists principally in the county of Kent , although it is to be found in certain portions of many other coun- ties ; and was probably , in ancient times , the general custom of the realm . The principal distinguishing ...
... remains , exists principally in the county of Kent , although it is to be found in certain portions of many other coun- ties ; and was probably , in ancient times , the general custom of the realm . The principal distinguishing ...
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... remains , which are strewed over the less cultivated parts of the island , in impressive abundance . To an investigation of these I now proceed ; and direct the notice of the reader to those earthy mounds and outlines , which mark the ...
... remains , which are strewed over the less cultivated parts of the island , in impressive abundance . To an investigation of these I now proceed ; and direct the notice of the reader to those earthy mounds and outlines , which mark the ...
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... remains of castrametations on tall precipitate hill tops , which are confidently believed to have been the fastnesses , or towns of retreat , constructed by the ancient inhabitants of the island . These fastnesses enclose a considerable ...
... remains of castrametations on tall precipitate hill tops , which are confidently believed to have been the fastnesses , or towns of retreat , constructed by the ancient inhabitants of the island . These fastnesses enclose a considerable ...
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Pàgina 329 - ... or return, his rent or service for the land he claimed to hold. If he held only half a knight's fee, he was only bound to attend twenty days, and so in proportion.
Pàgina 573 - The Antiquarian Itinerary; comprising Specimens of Architecture, Monastic, Castellated, and Domestic; with other Vestiges of Antiquity in Great Britain ; accompanied by Descriptions.
Pàgina 458 - Saracen works; which were afterwards by them imitated in the West : and they refined upon it every day, as they proceeded in building churches. The Italians (among which were yet some Greek refugees), and with them French, Germans, and Flemings, joined into a fraternity of architects; procuring papal bulls for their encouragement, and particular privileges : they styled themselves freemasons, and ranged from one nation to another as they found churches to be built (for •very many in those ages...
Pàgina 570 - Sepulchral Monuments of Great Britain, applied to illustrate the history of families manners, habits, and arts at the different ^periods from the Norman Conquest to the Seventeenth Century.
Pàgina 558 - Index to Records, called the Originalia and Memoranda on the Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer's Side of the Exchequer : extracted from the Records, and from the Manuscripts of Mr. Tayleure, Mr. Madox, and Mr. Chapman, formerly Officers in that Office.
Pàgina 566 - Bounty (that is, the governors of the Bounty of Queen Anne for the Augmentation of the Maintenance of the Poor Clergy).
Pàgina 573 - Border Antiquities of England and Scotland; comprising Specimens of Architecture and Sculpture, and other Vestiges of former Ages ; accompanied by Descriptions, together with Illustrations, of remarkable Incidents in Border History and Tradition. By WALTER SCOTT, Esq.
Pàgina 547 - Britannia Baconica; or, The Natural Rarities of England, Scotland, and Wales. According as they are to be found in every Shire. Historically related, according to the Precepts of the Lord Bacon; Methodically digested; and the Causes of many of them Philosophically attempted.
Pàgina 577 - Miscellaneous Views of the Coins struck by English Princes in France, Counterfeit Sterlings, Coins struck by the East India Company, those in the West India Colonies, and in the Isle of Man : also of Pattern Pieces for Gold and Silver Coins, and Gold Nobles struck abroad in Imitation of English, 7 plate«, 1769— VI.
Pàgina 143 - Nor can their enemies easily surprise them with the suddenness of their incursions; for as soon as they have marched into an enemy's land, they do not begin to fight till they have walled their camp about; nor is the fence they raise rashly made, or uneven; nor do they all abide...