On Some Ancient Battle-fields in Lancashire and Their Historical, Legendary, and Aesthetic AssociationsA. Heywood & Son, 1882 - 236 sider |
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Side x
... earth dragon , disturb the manes of the empress , and bring trouble upon the imperial family . " From the very nature of many of the subjects in- vestigated , and the character of the only available evidence , some of the inferences ...
... earth dragon , disturb the manes of the empress , and bring trouble upon the imperial family . " From the very nature of many of the subjects in- vestigated , and the character of the only available evidence , some of the inferences ...
Side xiii
... was fought at a place called Burne . Oswald's previous victory over Cadwalla at Heavenfield . Bede's narrative , and his relation of the miracles performed by the Saint's bones , and even the earth taken from the spot xiii .
... was fought at a place called Burne . Oswald's previous victory over Cadwalla at Heavenfield . Bede's narrative , and his relation of the miracles performed by the Saint's bones , and even the earth taken from the spot xiii .
Side xiv
Charles Hardwick. bones , and even the earth taken from the spot on which he fell . Curious coincidence revealed during the excavations at " Castle Hill , " Penworthan , in 1856. Penda , not Oswald , the aggressor , consequently the site ...
Charles Hardwick. bones , and even the earth taken from the spot on which he fell . Curious coincidence revealed during the excavations at " Castle Hill , " Penworthan , in 1856. Penda , not Oswald , the aggressor , consequently the site ...
Side xv
... earth , the “ work of a wild boar . " Lancashire superstition that pigs can ' see the wind . " Monstrous boar slain in the Greek legend of the Kalydonian hunt . Origin of modern heraldry . Totems or beast symbols amongst many ancient as ...
... earth , the “ work of a wild boar . " Lancashire superstition that pigs can ' see the wind . " Monstrous boar slain in the Greek legend of the Kalydonian hunt . Origin of modern heraldry . Totems or beast symbols amongst many ancient as ...
Side 2
... earth which has not sustained the shock of battle at some period of the world's history is not very much greater than that which has felt the tread of armed men in deadly conflict . In the early * His . Preston , viii . LANCASHIRE ...
... earth which has not sustained the shock of battle at some period of the world's history is not very much greater than that which has felt the tread of armed men in deadly conflict . In the early * His . Preston , viii . LANCASHIRE ...
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Side 214 - Cromwell, our chief of men, who through a cloud Not of war only, but detractions rude, Guided by faith and matchless fortitude To peace and truth thy glorious way hast ploughed, And on the neck of crowned Fortune proud Hast reared God's trophies and his work pursued...
Side 54 - Beauty still is here. States fall, arts fade — but Nature doth not die, Nor yet forget how Venice once was dear, The pleasant place of all festivity, The revel of the earth, the masque of Italy ! IV. But unto us she hath a spell beyond Her name in story...
Side 214 - Worcester's laureate wreath: yet much remains To conquer still; Peace hath her victories « No less renowned than War: new foes arise, Threatening to bind our souls with secular chains. Help us to save free conscience from the paw Of hireling wolves, whose Gospel is their maw.
Side 159 - After the conjunction of that Party which I brought with me out of Wales with the Northern Forces about Knaresborough and...
Side 89 - ... as he had requested. Then the heroes, weeping, laid down in the midst the famous chieftain, their dear lord. Then began on the hill, the warriors, to awake the mightiest of funeral fires ; the wood-smoke rose aloft, dark from the fire ; noisily it went, mingled with weeping.
Side 21 - Then it was, that the magnanimous Arthur, with all the kings and military force of Britain, fought against the Saxons. And though there were many more noble than himself, yet he was twelve times chosen their commander, and was as often conqueror.
Side 125 - When beggars die there are no comets seen ; The heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes.
Side 159 - ... since confirmed that they intended for London itself: or whether to march immediately over the said Bridge, there being no other betwixt that and Preston, and there engage the enemy, — who we did believe would stand his ground, because we had information that the Irish forces under...
Side 55 - The beings of the mind are not of clay; Essentially immortal, they create And multiply in us a brighter ray And more beloved existence: that which Fate Prohibits to dull life, in this our state Of mortal bondage, by these spirits supplied, First exiles, then replaces what we hate; Watering the heart whose early flowers have died, And with a fresher growth replenishing the void.
Side 159 - Enemy and his farther progress into Lancashire and so southward, — which we had some advertisement the Enemy intended, and [we are] since confirmed that they intended for London itself: Or whether to march immediately over the said...