The Social History of Great Britain During the Reigns of the Stuarts, Beginning with the Seventeenth Century, Band 1W.H. Colyer, 1843 |
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... whole world . Its labourers are the most active and most clever ; its farmers ' wives , and women employed in agriculture , the most frugal , adroit , and cleanly of any in the whole world : it is a country of most frank , indus- trious ...
... whole world . Its labourers are the most active and most clever ; its farmers ' wives , and women employed in agriculture , the most frugal , adroit , and cleanly of any in the whole world : it is a country of most frank , indus- trious ...
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... whole by a yearly allowance of £ 200,000 . In 1609 James raised £ 21,800 by a tax of 20s . on every knight's fee , and on every 20s . of annual rent from lands immediately held of the crown on the occasion of his eldest son , Prince ...
... whole by a yearly allowance of £ 200,000 . In 1609 James raised £ 21,800 by a tax of 20s . on every knight's fee , and on every 20s . of annual rent from lands immediately held of the crown on the occasion of his eldest son , Prince ...
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... whole , accord- ing to a published official report going over the first fourteen years of the reign of James , his ordinary income for that period averaged about £ 450,000 per year ; besides which , he had re- ceived in the course of ...
... whole , accord- ing to a published official report going over the first fourteen years of the reign of James , his ordinary income for that period averaged about £ 450,000 per year ; besides which , he had re- ceived in the course of ...
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... whole of his means to himself . THE ARMY . " Man's earliest arms were fingers , teeth , and nails , And stones , and fragments from the branching woods ; Then fire and flames they join'd , delected soon ; Then copper next ; and last ...
... whole of his means to himself . THE ARMY . " Man's earliest arms were fingers , teeth , and nails , And stones , and fragments from the branching woods ; Then fire and flames they join'd , delected soon ; Then copper next ; and last ...
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... whole navy ready to oppose it at sea . All the commercial towns were required to furnish a certain number of vessels . London was required to furnish fifteen , but the citizens dou- bled that number of their own accord . The nobility ...
... whole navy ready to oppose it at sea . All the commercial towns were required to furnish a certain number of vessels . London was required to furnish fifteen , but the citizens dou- bled that number of their own accord . The nobility ...
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Seite 173 - Why, thy face is valanced since I saw thee last: com'st thou to beard me in Denmark/— What, my young lady and mistress! By'r lady, your ladyship is nearer to heaven, than when I saw you last, by the altitude of a chopine.
Seite 208 - And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.
Seite 63 - It is a strange thing that, in sea voyages, where there is nothing to be seen but sky and sea, men should make diaries; but in land travel, wherein so much is to be observed, for the most part they omit it; as if chance were fitter to be registered than observation: let diaries, therefore, be brought in use.
Seite 110 - I KNEW, by the smoke that so gracefully curled Above the green elms, that a cottage was near, And I said, " If there's peace to be found in the world, A heart that was humble might hope for it here...
Seite 306 - I rather think it was in his face. Much was the hurry and confusion — cloths and napkins were at hand to make all clean. His Majesty then got up and would dance with the Queen of Sheba. But he fell down and humbled himself before her, and was carried to an inner chamber and laid on a bed of state...
Seite 297 - Immodest words admit of no defence; For want of decency is want of sense.
Seite 257 - Grouped their dark hues with every stain The weather-beaten crags retain. With boughs that quaked at every breath...
Seite 280 - Dowland to thee is dear, whose heavenly touch Upon the lute doth ravish human sense; Spenser to me, whose deep conceit is such As, passing all conceit, needs no defence. Thou lov'st to hear the sweet melodious sound That Phoebus...
Seite 292 - Nation, the Scripture also affords us a divine pastoral Drama in the Song of Solomon consisting of two persons and a double Chorus, as Origen rightly judges.
Seite 287 - Content I live, this is my stay; I seek no more than may suffice; I press to bear no haughty sway; Look, what I lack my mind supplies. Lo, thus I triumph like a king, Content with that my mind doth bring.