Fugitive Pieces on Various Subjects: A vindication of natural societyRobert Dodsley J. Dodsley, 1771 - English essays |
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Page 91
... Saxons called it WATEFELD , WHATE fignifying Wheat , andFELDField ; which theModerns , for want of Skill in the Saxon Tongue , miftaking its Etymo- logy , now corruptly call WHATFIELD . There are not wanting learned Men , I confefs ...
... Saxons called it WATEFELD , WHATE fignifying Wheat , andFELDField ; which theModerns , for want of Skill in the Saxon Tongue , miftaking its Etymo- logy , now corruptly call WHATFIELD . There are not wanting learned Men , I confefs ...
Page 92
... Saxon Tranflation , CYLN FELD , KILN - FIELD . Toward the Eaft ftands an Edifice emphatically called the Fornax : Here was erected a Fornax Late- raria , as appears from the Excavations in many Parts about it ( now converted into Fish ...
... Saxon Tranflation , CYLN FELD , KILN - FIELD . Toward the Eaft ftands an Edifice emphatically called the Fornax : Here was erected a Fornax Late- raria , as appears from the Excavations in many Parts about it ( now converted into Fish ...
Page 105
... Saxons fucceeded next , who , coming by [ a ] Invitation of the Britons , and as Friends and Allies , were neither formidable to the Village , nor , at first , injurious to it ; but rather fet out as Benefactors , correcting fome Errors ...
... Saxons fucceeded next , who , coming by [ a ] Invitation of the Britons , and as Friends and Allies , were neither formidable to the Village , nor , at first , injurious to it ; but rather fet out as Benefactors , correcting fome Errors ...
Page 106
... Saxons . There are , at least , two Saxon Families now in the Village , viz . the Edgars and the Cuthberts : the first , though defcended from the King of that Name , is no more than a poor Day - Labourer ; and the lat- ter's vaft ...
... Saxons . There are , at least , two Saxon Families now in the Village , viz . the Edgars and the Cuthberts : the first , though defcended from the King of that Name , is no more than a poor Day - Labourer ; and the lat- ter's vaft ...
Page 107
... Saxons joining great Unanimity oppofing them . round Hillocks , which was the Danish Intrenchment , caft up in different Parts of the Village ; now indeed , called Mill - Hills , through Mistake , or perhaps with modern Propriety ...
... Saxons joining great Unanimity oppofing them . round Hillocks , which was the Danish Intrenchment , caft up in different Parts of the Village ; now indeed , called Mill - Hills , through Mistake , or perhaps with modern Propriety ...
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