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... acres , at the calcu- lation of eighty chains , statute measure , to a mile . The city and county of Coventry ' form a district politically distinct from Warwickshire ; yet , from locality , they are necessarily included in our notice ...
... acres , at the calcu- lation of eighty chains , statute measure , to a mile . The city and county of Coventry ' form a district politically distinct from Warwickshire ; yet , from locality , they are necessarily included in our notice ...
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... acre . - Various kinds of Oats are cultivated . The quantity usually sown , per acre , is five bushels ; and the produce varies from three to eight quarters each acre . - The Gray Pea alone is raised by the farmer ; and this crop is ...
... acre . - Various kinds of Oats are cultivated . The quantity usually sown , per acre , is five bushels ; and the produce varies from three to eight quarters each acre . - The Gray Pea alone is raised by the farmer ; and this crop is ...
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... acres ; and the quantity in artificial grass to about 60,000 acres , making together annually in grass 295,000 acres . Out of this quantity it is supposed 80 to 5,000 acres are meadows , and mown for hay annually ; and of the artificial ...
... acres ; and the quantity in artificial grass to about 60,000 acres , making together annually in grass 295,000 acres . Out of this quantity it is supposed 80 to 5,000 acres are meadows , and mown for hay annually ; and of the artificial ...
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... acres ; and there are many other proprietors possessing a large extent of land . The greater part of the county is freehold , but there are some copyholders on an extensive scale ; and a considerable portion is held of the church ...
... acres ; and there are many other proprietors possessing a large extent of land . The greater part of the county is freehold , but there are some copyholders on an extensive scale ; and a considerable portion is held of the church ...
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... acres , upon which the walks are so spacious and fair that two or three persous together may walk upon most places thereof . The castle , with the 4 gatehouses , are all built of free - stone , hewen and cut ; the walls in many places ...
... acres , upon which the walks are so spacious and fair that two or three persous together may walk upon most places thereof . The castle , with the 4 gatehouses , are all built of free - stone , hewen and cut ; the walls in many places ...
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abbey acres afterwards ancient antiquity appears arch architecture Avon Beauchamp beauty Bewdley Birmingham Bishop Bishop of Worcester Bromsgrove building Canal castle century chapel Charles church considerable contains Coventry curious Dugdale Duke Earl of Warwick Edward Edward III elegant Elizabeth erected Evesham extensive feet formerly Gothic ground Guy's Cliff Hall handsome Henry VIII hills honour inhabitants John Kidderminster King Lady land late Lord Malvern manor mansion ment miles monastery monks monuments neighbourhood noble notice observes ornamented parish park Parliament period Pershore picturesque possessed present principal priory Queen reign of Henry remains residence Richard Richard II river river Avon road Roman Saxon says seat Severn Shakspeare side Sir William Dugdale situation Staffordshire stone Stratford Street supposed Thomas tion tomb tower town village walls Warwick Castle Warwickshire whilst whole William wood Worcester Worcestershire
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Página 238 - Warwick; his father was a butcher, and I have been told heretofore by some of the neighbours that, when he was a boy, he exercised his father's trade; but when he killed a calf, he would do it in a high style and make a speech.
Página 100 - Yes,' the noble lady, upon an appointed day, got on horseback naked, with her hair loose, so that it covered all her body but...
Página 130 - A CENTURY OF THE NAMES AND SCANTLINGS OF SUCH INVENTIONS, as at present I can call to mind to have tried and perfected...
Página 141 - I had rather you would shoot me, than keep me alive to see the sad consequences of this fatal day.
Página 100 - ... continued to solicit him ; insomuch that he told her, if she would ride on horseback, naked, from one end of the town to the other, in the sight of all the people, he would grant her request. Whereunto she answered, But will you give me leave so to do ? And he replying yes...
Página 261 - Such was Roscommon, not more learn'd than good, With manners gen'rous as his noble blood; To him the wit of Greece and Rome was known, And ev'ry author's merit, but his own. Such late was Walsh — the Muse's judge and friend, Who justly knew to blame or to commend; To failings mild, but zealous for desert; The clearest head, and the sincerest heart.
Página 238 - Though, as Ben Johnson sayes of him, that he had but little Latine and lesse Greek, he understood Latine pretty well, for he had been in his younger yeares a schoolmaster in the countrey.
Página 144 - I have been told by some old people, who in their younger years were eyewitnesses of these pageants so acted, that the yearly confluence of people to see that shew was extraordinary great, and yielded no small advantage to this city.
Página 237 - He was received into the company then in being, at first in a very mean rank; but his admirable wit, and the natural turn of it to the stage, soon distinguished him, if not as an extraordinary actor, yet as an excellent writer.
Página 237 - Shakspeare luckily cast his eye upon it, and found something so well in it, as to engage him first to read it through, and afterwards to recommend Mr. Jonson and his writings to the publick.