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than that given by Strabo ; who says , that the Phænicians of Cadiz contrived that
the pilots of their vessels , bound to England , should cause the stranding of any
Roman bark discovered in the act of tracing their destination ; because , we must
...
than that given by Strabo ; who says , that the Phænicians of Cadiz contrived that
the pilots of their vessels , bound to England , should cause the stranding of any
Roman bark discovered in the act of tracing their destination ; because , we must
...
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This circumstance makes it necessary to describe the ceremonies which
distinguished the meeting of the kings of France and England , in the month of
October , 1396 , in the territories of the former . The heralds having previously
arranged the ...
This circumstance makes it necessary to describe the ceremonies which
distinguished the meeting of the kings of France and England , in the month of
October , 1396 , in the territories of the former . The heralds having previously
arranged the ...
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On the 28th , the king of England dined with his brother of France , at a table
covered with every luxury ; and near a sideboard , loaded with the richest plate .
The latter sat at the head of the table , and Richard II . at some distance below
him .
On the 28th , the king of England dined with his brother of France , at a table
covered with every luxury ; and near a sideboard , loaded with the richest plate .
The latter sat at the head of the table , and Richard II . at some distance below
him .
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The female excellence of England was always believed , on the best authority , to
be hereditary , from the earliest ages . Repeated instances of the fact might be
cited from our own authors ; but they have less weight than those of other nations
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The female excellence of England was always believed , on the best authority , to
be hereditary , from the earliest ages . Repeated instances of the fact might be
cited from our own authors ; but they have less weight than those of other nations
...
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The use of your humble servant came first into England on the marriage of Queen
Mary , daughter of Hen . IV . of France , which is derived from vatre tres humble
serviteur . The usual salutation before that time was , God keep you , God be with
...
The use of your humble servant came first into England on the marriage of Queen
Mary , daughter of Hen . IV . of France , which is derived from vatre tres humble
serviteur . The usual salutation before that time was , God keep you , God be with
...
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Seite 220 - ... a custom loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the lungs, and in the black stinking fume thereof, nearest resembling the horrible Stygian smoke of the pit that is bottomless.
Seite 190 - In my time my poor father was as diligent to teach me to shoot, as to learn me any other thing, and so I think other men did their children : he taught me how to draw, how to lay my body in my bow, and not to draw with strength of arms as divers other nations do, but with strength of the body.
Seite 186 - I inquire of it, and hearken for it; but now charity is waxen cold, none helpeth the scholar, nor yet the poor.
Seite 194 - He married my sisters with five pound, or twenty nobles apiece, so that he brought them up in godliness and fear of God. He kept hospitality for his poor neighbours, and some alms he gave to the poor.
Seite 186 - But London was never so ill as it is now. In times past men were full of pity and compassion, but now there is no pity; for in London their brother shall die in the streets for cold, he shall lie sick at the door between stock and stock, I cannot tell what to call it, and perish there for hunger: was there ever more unmercifulness in Nebo?
Seite 243 - Colonel Hutchinson privately discoursing with his cousin about the communications he had had with the king, Ireton's expressions were these: " He gave us words, and we paid him in his own coin, when we found he had no real intention to the people's good, but to prevail by our factions, to regain by art what he had lost in fight.
Seite 193 - He had walk for an hundred sheep, and my mother milked thirty kine. He was able and did find the king a harness, with himself and his horse, while he came to the place that he should receive the king's wages. I can remember that I buckled his harness when he went to Blackheath field.
Seite 230 - Hearing her so much deplored, he made inquiry after her, and grew so in love with the description that no other discourse could at first please him, nor could he at last endure any other ; he grew desperately melancholy, and would go to a mount where the print of her foot was cut, and lie there pining and kissing of it all the day long, till at length death, in some months' space, concluded his languishment.
Seite 352 - April, in the 17th year of the reign of our sovereign lord Charles the Second by the grace of God, of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith.
Seite 418 - In every parish is (or was) a church-house, to which belonged spits, crocks, &c., utensils for dressing provision. Here the housekeepers met and were merry, and gave their charity. The young people were there too, and had dancing, bowling, shooting at butts, &c., the ancients sitting gravely by, and looking on. All things were civil, and without scandal.
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| Titel | Anecdotes of the Manners and Customs of London from the Roman Invasion to the Year 1700 ...: To which are Added, Illustrations of the Changes in Our Language, Literary Customs, and Gradual Improvement in Style and Versification, and Various Particulars Concerning Public and Private Libraries ... Band 1 von Anecdotes of the Manners and Customs of London from the Roman Invasion to the Year 1700 ...: To which are Added, Illustrations of the Changes in Our Language, Literary Customs, and Gradual Improvement in Style and Versification, and Various Particulars Concerning Public and Private Libraries, James Peller Malcolm |
| Autor/in | James Peller Malcolm |
| Ausgabe | 2 |
| Verlag | Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1811 |
| Original von | University of Michigan |
| Digitalisiert | 9. Mai 2008 |
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