Bye-gones, Relating to Wales and the Border Counties1895 - Wales |
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... ( taken from Dom , State Papers , his Lordship should pluck the Committee at 1649-1650 , No. 53. p . 444 , 1649 ) , is an interesting Wem out by the ears . Col. Prosser said that detail of the differences between the lay com- when the ...
... ( taken from Dom , State Papers , his Lordship should pluck the Committee at 1649-1650 , No. 53. p . 444 , 1649 ) , is an interesting Wem out by the ears . Col. Prosser said that detail of the differences between the lay com- when the ...
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... taken in Ellis , the Liberal Whip , to present a resolution 1761 , and the Shropshire Regiment was started in of courteous remonstrance to Mr Asquith , point- 1795 , being sixth in order of seniority . The first commission issued to the ...
... taken in Ellis , the Liberal Whip , to present a resolution 1761 , and the Shropshire Regiment was started in of courteous remonstrance to Mr Asquith , point- 1795 , being sixth in order of seniority . The first commission issued to the ...
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... taken place on July 5th of last year . The old Welsh custom was observed , and the defendant appointed a bidder to bid friends of the contracting parties send in their gifts . These gifts were conveyed to the defendant's residence , and ...
... taken place on July 5th of last year . The old Welsh custom was observed , and the defendant appointed a bidder to bid friends of the contracting parties send in their gifts . These gifts were conveyed to the defendant's residence , and ...
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... taken , " said Grugyn , " those trinkets shall not be obtained , and to - morrow morning we set out hence for Arthur's own country , aud all the harm we can shall we do there . " The boars accordingly set out for Wales , and Arthur with ...
... taken , " said Grugyn , " those trinkets shall not be obtained , and to - morrow morning we set out hence for Arthur's own country , aud all the harm we can shall we do there . " The boars accordingly set out for Wales , and Arthur with ...
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... taken great care of . request of the Council , suggested that The clergyman alluded to had lent the bras to I should have no difficulty in writing Mr Mill Stephenson for use in his paper , which a suitable paper , as there were many ob ...
... taken great care of . request of the Council , suggested that The clergyman alluded to had lent the bras to I should have no difficulty in writing Mr Mill Stephenson for use in his paper , which a suitable paper , as there were many ob ...
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Page 109 - Kings may learn from him that their safest study, as well as their noblest, is the interest of the people ; the people are taught by him that there is no despotism so stupendous against which they have not a resource; and to those who would rise upon the ruins of both, he is a living lesson that if ambition can raise them from the lowest station, it can also prostrate them from the highest.
Page 17 - And all Priests and Deacons are to say daily the Morning and Evening Prayer either privately or openly, not being let by sickness, or some other urgent cause.
Page 68 - TAFFY WAS A WELSHMAN Taffy was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief, Taffy came to my house, and stole a piece of beef.
Page 293 - (Extracted from the Principal Registry of the Probate, Divorce, and Admiralty Division of the High Court of Justice.) " In the Prerogative Court of Canterbury.
Page 1 - Third, by the grace of God of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, and in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-four.
Page 7 - The Black Book Of St. David's. An Extent of all the Lands and Rents of the Lord Bishop of St. David's, made by Master David Fraunceys, Chancellor of St. David's in the time of the Venerable Father the Lord David Martyn, by the grace of God Bishop of the place, in the year of our Lord 1326.
Page 58 - Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And still where many a garden -flower grows wild; There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose. A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year...
Page 42 - The devil was sick, the devil a monk would be ; The devil was well, the devil a monk was he.
Page 56 - With the woman one loves, with the friend of one's heart, and a good study of books, (says Lord Lyttleton to his friend Mr. Bower,) one might pass an age in this vale, and think it a day.
Page 24 - By the laws of Wales, a harp was one of the three things that were necessary to constitute a gentleman, or a freeman : and none could pretend to that character who had not one of these favorite instruments, or could not play upon it.