Excursions in the County of Surrey: Comprising Brief Historical and Topographical Delineations, Together with Descriptions of the Residences of the Nobility and Gentry, Remains of Antiquity, and Other Interesting Objects of Curiosity : Forming a Complete Guide for the Traveller & Tourist : Illustrated with Fifty Engravings, Including a Map of the CountyLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1821 - NEH British History Preservation Project - 1996 - 190 pages |
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... and the earldom becoming thus once more forfeited , lay dormant till the 1st of James I. , when that monarch revived it in the person of * Manwood , in voc . purlieu . Thomas , grandson of the late duke ; since which 4 SURREY .
... and the earldom becoming thus once more forfeited , lay dormant till the 1st of James I. , when that monarch revived it in the person of * Manwood , in voc . purlieu . Thomas , grandson of the late duke ; since which 4 SURREY .
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... James I. granted the edifice . The ruins now occupy about the same space as is mentioned in the grant of James ; but ex- isting remains shew that , previously to his reign , the walls or out - works must have inclosed an area much more ...
... James I. granted the edifice . The ruins now occupy about the same space as is mentioned in the grant of James ; but ex- isting remains shew that , previously to his reign , the walls or out - works must have inclosed an area much more ...
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... James I. , Charles II . , and James II . ( the two latter by Sir Peter Lely ) ; William III .; Queen Mary ; and vice - admiral Sir Richard Onslow , receiving the Dutch flag after the vic- tory in 1797 ; the last - mentioned painted by ...
... James I. , Charles II . , and James II . ( the two latter by Sir Peter Lely ) ; William III .; Queen Mary ; and vice - admiral Sir Richard Onslow , receiving the Dutch flag after the vic- tory in 1797 ; the last - mentioned painted by ...
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... James I. , in 1622 , incorporated the members by the style and title of the master and brethren of the hospital of the Holy Trinity , VOL . I. D in Guildford , with the full powers , privileges , SURREY . 25 institution to its present ...
... James I. , in 1622 , incorporated the members by the style and title of the master and brethren of the hospital of the Holy Trinity , VOL . I. D in Guildford , with the full powers , privileges , SURREY . 25 institution to its present ...
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... James I .; afterwards regius professor of divinity at Oxford ; and finally raised to the see of Salisbury , a preferment which he enjoyed but two years , and died in 1617. Maurice Abbot , a younger brother of the two prelates , though ...
... James I .; afterwards regius professor of divinity at Oxford ; and finally raised to the see of Salisbury , a preferment which he enjoyed but two years , and died in 1617. Maurice Abbot , a younger brother of the two prelates , though ...
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Page 109 - This was the fatal period of that virtuous fabric, wherein yet nothing did perish but wood and straw, and a few forsaken cloaks ; only one man had his breeches set on fire, that would perhaps have broiled him, if he had not by the benefit of a provident wit put it out with bottle ale.
Page 77 - Father of light and life, thou Good Supreme ! O teach me what is good ; teach me Thyself! Save me from folly, vanity, and vice, From every low pursuit ; and feed my soul With knowledge, conscious peace, and virtue pure ; Sacred, substantial, never-fading bliss!
Page 128 - LIKE as the damask rose you see, Or like the blossom on the tree, Or like the dainty flower of May, Or like the morning of the day, Or like the sun, or like the shade, Or like the gourd which Jonas had; Even such is man, whose thread is spun, Drawn out, and cut, and so is done.
Page 109 - King Henry making a Masque at the cardinal Wolsey's House, and certain Cannons being shot off at his entry, some of the Paper, or other stuff", wherewith one of them was stopped, did light on the Thatch, where being thought at first but an idle...
Page 110 - were kept bears, bulls, and other beasts to be baited, as also mastiffs in several kennels, nourished to bait them. These bears and other beasts are there kept in plots of ground scaffolded about for the beholders to stand safe.
Page 39 - On the ground-floor are eight spacious rooms, besides the hall of entrance, and the great staircase. In the principal front, a flight of thirteen steps, leads to the great entrance, under a pediment supported by Corinthian columns. The situation is well chosen, commanding various views of the water and plantations in the park.
Page 77 - The Castle of Indolence,' &c. who died at Richmond, on the 22nd of August, and was buried there on the 29th, OS 1748. The Earl of Buchan, unwilling that so good a man and sweet a poet should be without a memorial, has denoted the place of his interment for the satisfaction of his admirers, in the year of our Lord 1792.
Page 197 - Cooper's hill eternal wreaths shall grow, While lasts the mountain, or while Thames shall flow). I seem through consecrated walks to rove ; I hear soft music die along the grove : Led by the sound, I roam from shade to shade, By godlike poets venerable made : Here his first lays majestic Denham sung ; There the last numbers flow'd from Cowley's tongue.
Page 109 - The King's players had a new play, called All is True, representing some principal pieces of the reign of Henry the Eighth, which was set forth with many extraordinary circumstances of pomp and majesty, even to the matting of the stage ; the Knights of the order, with their Georges and Garter, the guards with their embroidered coats and the like; sufficient, in truth, within a while to make greatness very familiar, if not ridiculous.
Page 109 - ... which fell out by a peal of chambers, (that I know not upon what occasion were to be used in the play) the tampin or stopple of one of them lighting in the thatch that...