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Abbey Abbot Ackworth Adlingfleet afterwards ancient annum appears Archbishop of York Armada Atwick beacon Beverley born Bradford building buried called canons cave century chapel church cliffs College Crabtree daughter Dewsbury died Earl Eddystone Lighthouse Endowment England English engraving erected Farnley Farnley Hall father Fawkes feet George giveth light Grammar School Hall Harrison Heckmondwike Henry hill Hornsea Hull J. M. W. TURNER James John King Kirkham Priory land Leeds London Lord manor miles monastery Morley Nostel Nostel Priory Old Yorkshire Owthorne parish Patrington Pattison Pontefract present Prior of Kirkham probably Queen Ralph Thoresby Rector Richard Richmond river Road Robert rock Roman round Sandwith says Scarborough scholarships Sheffield ship side Skipsea Smeaton stone Street Thomas Thoresby town Turner Vicar village Wakefield WAPENTAKE Whitby William Withernsea wood Yorkshire
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Стр. 21 - Southward from Surrey's pleasant hills flew those bright couriers forth ; High on bleak Hampstead's swarthy moor they started for the north ; And on, and on, without a pause, untired they bounded still : All night from tower to tower they sprang ; they sprang from hill to hill...
Стр. 21 - And tower and hamlet rose in arms o'er all the boundless plain; Till Belvoir's lordly terraces the sign to Lincoln sent, And Lincoln sped the message on o'er the wide vale of Trent: Till Skiddaw saw the fire that burned on Gaunt's embattled pile, And the red glare on Skiddaw roused the burghers of Carlisle.
Стр. 21 - For swift to east and swift to west the ghastly warflame spread, High on St. Michael's Mount it shone: it shone on Beachy Head. Far on the deep the Spaniard saw, along each southern shire , Cape beyond cape, in endless range, those twinkling points of fire.
Стр. 144 - Mr. Keble preached the Assize Sermon in the University Pulpit. It was published under the title of "National Apostasy." I have ever considered and kept the day, as the start of the religious movement of 183.'3, CHAPTER II.
Стр. 136 - Gules, on a bend between six cross crosslets fitchy, argent, an escutcheon or, charged with a demi-lion rampant pierced through the mouth with an arrow, within a double tressure, flory...
Стр. 112 - I will confirm it by the faith of an honest man." Then the hermit said, " My soul longeth for the Lord ; and as I do as freely forgive these men my death as Christ forgave the thieves on the cross...
Стр. 111 - But the hermit being a holy and devout man, and at the point of death, sent for the abbot, and desired him to send for the gentlemen who had wounded him. The abbot so doing, the gentlemen came ; and the hermit being very sick and weak, said unto them, ' I am sure to die of those wounds you have given me.
Стр. 284 - Experimental Enquiry concerning the natural Powers of Wind and Water to turn Mills, and other Machines depending on a circular Motion.
Стр. 251 - Indeed it appears more than probable that the centre of manufacture of these beautiful articles which were spread over the surface of the then civilized world, was located in Yorkshire. Philostratus, a Greek who was attached to the court of Julia Domna, the wife of the Emperor Severus, writes, " it is said that the barbarians living in or by the ocean, pour these colours on heated bronze, that these adhere, grow as hard as stone, and preserve the designs that are made in them.
Стр. 20 - ... boats ; but Drake coolly checked his comrades, and insisted that the match should be played out. He said that there was plenty of time both to win the game and beat the Spaniards. The best and bravest match that ever was scored was resumed accordingly. Drake and his friends aimed their last bowls with the same steady calculating coolness with which they were about to point their guns. The winning cast was made ; and then they went on board and prepared for action, with their hearts as light and...