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Side 57 - The king and state began now to grow sensible of the great gain the Netherlands got by our English wool ; in memory whereof the duke of Burgundy, not long after, instituted the Order of the Golden Fleece; wherein, indeed, the Jleece was ours, the golden theirs, — so vast their emolument by the trade of clothing.
Side 57 - King, therefore, resolved, if possible, to reduce the trade to his own country, who, as yet, were ignorant of that art, as knowing no more what to do with their wool than the sheep that wear it, as to any artificial and curious drapery ; their best clothes then being no better than friezes, such their coarseness for want of skill in their making.
Side 143 - And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also...
Side 26 - Chalmers on the Adaptation of External Nature to the Moral and Intellectual Constitution of Man.
Side 134 - The church consists of a nave, chancel, and side aisles, with a tower at the west end containing four bells.
Side 80 - Grose) were commonly flanked with towers, and had an embattled parapet crenelated or garretted : for the mounting of it there were flights of steps at convenient distances, and the parapet often had the merlons pierced with long chinks, ending in round holes, called oeilets.
Side 102 - School, near the west end of the cathedral, was built by Bishop Salmon about the year 1316. He endowed it for four priests, one of whom was to be custos, to sing mass for his own soul, those of his parents, and of all his predecessors and successors in the See for ever. It consisted of a chapel, with offices for the priests, and a vault under them. In the latter, the sacrist was allowed to deposit all bones proper for removal, " to be reserved till the day of resurrection.
Side 54 - Walker's Key to the Classical Pronunciation of Greek, Latin, and Scripture Proper Names.
Side 83 - The diagonals, crossing the radiating wings alright angles, contain only a single row of cells, each having an arcade for the use of the prisoners when the weather will not permit their walking in the yard. Behind these are three other diagonal wings of larger dimensions, with arcades below, and double rows of cells on the upper floor. The...
Side 41 - ... Ballads. 2 vols. — Memoirs of the Celts, 1 vol. — Life of King Arthur, 1 vol. — Ancient Popular Poetry, 1 vol. — Fairy Tales, 1 vol. — Letters and Memoirs of Ritson, 2 vols: together 12 vols.

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