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Wheat , which some years before sold in England at six shillings a quarter , now
rose to two pounds . In 1323 , the winter was so severe , that both horse and foot
passengers travelled over the ice from Denmark to Lübeck and Dantzig In 1339 ...
Wheat , which some years before sold in England at six shillings a quarter , now
rose to two pounds . In 1323 , the winter was so severe , that both horse and foot
passengers travelled over the ice from Denmark to Lübeck and Dantzig In 1339 ...
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During these years , the price of grain was nearly doubled in England ; a
circumstance which contributed , among other causes , to the Restoration . In
1670 , the frost was most intense in England and in Denmark , both the Little and
Great Belt ...
During these years , the price of grain was nearly doubled in England ; a
circumstance which contributed , among other causes , to the Restoration . In
1670 , the frost was most intense in England and in Denmark , both the Little and
Great Belt ...
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The more tender shrubs and vegetables in England were killed ; and wheat rose
in its price from two to four pounds a quarter . In the south of France , the clive
plantations were almost entirely destroyed ; nor have they yet recovered that fatal
...
The more tender shrubs and vegetables in England were killed ; and wheat rose
in its price from two to four pounds a quarter . In the south of France , the clive
plantations were almost entirely destroyed ; nor have they yet recovered that fatal
...
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We agree , with Mr Hallam , that " we read very little of private wars in England ; '
but we are not satisfied that they were never legal . ' He quotes a passage from
Glanvil , where that author expresses his doubts , whether a lord was entitled to ...
We agree , with Mr Hallam , that " we read very little of private wars in England ; '
but we are not satisfied that they were never legal . ' He quotes a passage from
Glanvil , where that author expresses his doubts , whether a lord was entitled to ...
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of an arbitrary or despotical authority ; which was accomplished in France , Spain
and England , under Lewis XI . , Philip II . , and Henry VIII . Then came the age of
commerce , luxury , and taxes , —which necessarily ripened into the age of ...
of an arbitrary or despotical authority ; which was accomplished in France , Spain
and England , under Lewis XI . , Philip II . , and Henry VIII . Then came the age of
commerce , luxury , and taxes , —which necessarily ripened into the age of ...
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Página 115 - Roll on, thou deep and dark blue Ocean — roll ! Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain; Man marks the earth with ruin — his control Stops with the shore; — upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy deed...
Página 116 - twas a pleasing fear, For I was as it were a child of thee, And trusted to thy billows far and near, And laid my hand upon thy mane — as I do here.
Página 101 - The moon is up, and yet it is not night; Sunset divides the sky with her; a sea Of glory streams along the Alpine height Of blue Friuli's mountains; Heaven is free From clouds, but of all colours seems to be, — Melted to one vast Iris of the West, — Where the Day joins the past Eternity, While, on the other hand, meek Dian's crest Floats through the azure air — an island of the blest!
Página 115 - The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake And monarchs tremble in their capitals, The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war: These are thy toys, and, as the snowy flake, They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar.
Página 115 - Thy waters wasted them while they were free. And many a tyrant since : their shores obey The stranger, slave, or savage; their decay Has dried up realms to deserts; — not so thou, Unchangeable save to thy wild waves
Página 115 - Almighty's form Glasses itself in tempests; in all time, Calm or convulsed; in breeze or gale or storm, Icing the pole, or in the torrid clime Dark-heaving, boundless, endless, and sublime, — The image of Eternity, the throne Of the Invisible; even from out thy slime The monsters of the deep are made; each zone Obeys thee; thou goest forth, dread, fathomless...
Página 114 - But when the rising moon begins to climb Its topmost arch, and gently pauses there; When the stars twinkle through the loops of time, And the low night-breeze waves along the air The garland-forest, which the gray walls wear, Like laurels on the bald first Caesar's head; When the light shines serene but doth not glare, Then in this magic circle raise the dead: Heroes have trod this spot — 'tis on their dust ye tread.
Página 116 - Ye ! who have traced the Pilgrim to the scene Which is his last, if in your memories dwell A thought which once was his, if on ye swell...
Página 84 - By necessaries I understand, not only the commodities which are indispensably necessary for the support of life, but whatever the custom of the country renders it indecent for creditable people, even of the lowest order, to be without.
Página 109 - Where the car climb'd the Capitol; far and wide Temple and tower went down, nor left a site: Chaos of ruins! who shall trace the void, O'er the dim fragments cast a lunar light, And say, 'here was, or is,