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... Proprietary government have nearly faded away from the knowledge of this generation . An astute antiquarian eye , however , may define the site of the town by the few scattered bricks which the ploughshare has mingled with the ordinary ...
... Proprietary government have nearly faded away from the knowledge of this generation . An astute antiquarian eye , however , may define the site of the town by the few scattered bricks which the ploughshare has mingled with the ordinary ...
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... Proprietary . A more enchanting landscape than St. Mary's river , -a lovelier assemblage of grassy bank and hoary grove , upland slope , cliff , cot and strand , of tangled brake and narrow bay , broad , seaward roadstead and air ...
... Proprietary . A more enchanting landscape than St. Mary's river , -a lovelier assemblage of grassy bank and hoary grove , upland slope , cliff , cot and strand , of tangled brake and narrow bay , broad , seaward roadstead and air ...
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... Proprietary with its gables , roofs , chimneys and spires , sharply defined against the eastern sky . A massive building of dark brick , two stories in height , and penetrated by narrow windows , looking forth , beyond the fort , upon ...
... Proprietary with its gables , roofs , chimneys and spires , sharply defined against the eastern sky . A massive building of dark brick , two stories in height , and penetrated by narrow windows , looking forth , beyond the fort , upon ...
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... Proprietary . The armorial bearings of the Baltimore family , emblazoned on a shield of free - stone , were built into the pediment of an arched brick porch which shaded the great hall door . In the rear of the buildings , a circular ...
... Proprietary . The armorial bearings of the Baltimore family , emblazoned on a shield of free - stone , were built into the pediment of an arched brick porch which shaded the great hall door . In the rear of the buildings , a circular ...
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... Proprietary . He had arrived in the province in the time of Lord Cecilius , many years before , and had shared much of the toil of the early settlement . His weather- beaten and gaunt form , tawny cheek , and grizzled hair , bespoke a ...
... Proprietary . He had arrived in the province in the time of Lord Cecilius , many years before , and had shared much of the toil of the early settlement . His weather- beaten and gaunt form , tawny cheek , and grizzled hair , bespoke a ...
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Albert Verheyden Alice amongst Anthony Warden Arnold beach Black House Blanche Warden boat brigantine brought brow Captain Dauntrees Chiseldine cloak Collector Colonel Talbot companions comrades Coode council creek Cripple Crow and Archer dame dance devil Dickon Doctor door ejaculated Escalfador exclaimed Father Pierre favor Fendall friends Garret Weasel gave give hand hath head heard heart honor horse hour Iago Inigoe's Isle of Kent Jerome's John Coode la Grange Lady Maria laugh light look Lord Baltimore Lordship maiden Mary's Mary's river Master Albert Master Cocklescraft Master Rob Master Verheyden merry Mistress Blanche never night Olive Branch Pamesack party port priest Proprietary province publican quarrel replied river Rose Croft scarce Secretary seen shore skipper speak spirit stood sword Talbot tell thee thou thought to-night tone town turn voice Warrington whilst whispered wife Willy worshipful yawl
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Page 156 - Going to the Wars Tell me not, sweet, I am unkind, That from the nunnery Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind To war and arms I fly. True, a new mistress now I chase, The first foe in the field; And with a stronger faith embrace A sword, a horse, a shield. 1 Imprisoned or caged. Yet this inconstancy is such As you too shall adore; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honor more.
Page 7 - And desolation saddens all thy green: One only master grasps the whole domain, And half a tillage stints thy smiling plain.
Page 375 - It is our op'ning day. Nor board nor garner own we now, Nor roof nor latched door, Nor kind mate, bound by holy vow To bless a good man's store...
Page 177 - Fellows, to mount a bank. Did your instructor In the dear tongues, never discourse to you Of the Italian mountebanks ? Per.
Page 70 - Which seemly was to see; A hood to that so neat and fine, In colour like the columbine, Ywrought full featously.
Page 135 - ' Bell my wife she loves not strife, Yet she will lead me if she can ; And oft, to live a quiet life...
Page 14 - Furthermore, Kennedy described the roof as having been "capped by a wooden balustraded parapet, terminating, at each extremity, in a scroll like the head of a violin, and, in the middle, sustaining an entablature that rose to a summit on which was mounted a weathercock.
Page 63 - She cast her weeds away, And to the palmy shore she hied, All in her best array. In sea-green silk so neatly clad, She there impatient stood ; The crew with wonder saw the lad Repell the foaming flood.
Page 197 - Some do call me Jack, sweetheart, And some do call me Jille." Witton Gilbert, a village four miles west of Durham, is, throughout the bishopric, pronounced Witton Jilbert. We have also the common name of Giles, always in Scotland pronounced Jill. For Gille, or Juliana, as a female name, we have Fair Gillian of Croyden, and a thousand authorities.
Page 100 - Twas even said the Blasted Oak, Convulsive, heaved a hollow groan : And, to this day, the peasant still, With cautious fear avoids the ground ; In each wild branch a spectre sees, And trembles at each rising sound.