The History of Cornwall: From the Earlist Records and Traditions, to the Present TimeSamuel Drew W. Penaluna, 1824 - 729 sider |
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... less to hope ; or more to fear , than in that of local history . As every man is an historian in his own parish , town , or village , the peasant is frequently much better acquainted with facts which exist in his own neighbourhood ...
... less to hope ; or more to fear , than in that of local history . As every man is an historian in his own parish , town , or village , the peasant is frequently much better acquainted with facts which exist in his own neighbourhood ...
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... less , of a certain constitutional strength . They have their spring , and summer sunshine glare , their wane , decline , and death . They flourish , and shine perhaps for ages : at last they sicken ; their light grows pale ; and , at a ...
... less , of a certain constitutional strength . They have their spring , and summer sunshine glare , their wane , decline , and death . They flourish , and shine perhaps for ages : at last they sicken ; their light grows pale ; and , at a ...
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... less than five miles from the sea . " We can confirm the circumstance by an evidence which is clear and certain , yet carries the distance to a still greater length . " St. Michael's Mount , we are informed by Worcester himself , was ...
... less than five miles from the sea . " We can confirm the circumstance by an evidence which is clear and certain , yet carries the distance to a still greater length . " St. Michael's Mount , we are informed by Worcester himself , was ...
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... less than three miles from the shore . * It was to repair in some measure , the effects of this disaster , that Edward I. purchased for the unfortunate inhabitants , that land on which the present Winchelsea stands . But this calamity ...
... less than three miles from the shore . * It was to repair in some measure , the effects of this disaster , that Edward I. purchased for the unfortunate inhabitants , that land on which the present Winchelsea stands . But this calamity ...
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... less than two centuries after the waters of the Deluge had subsided . It is also well known , that the confusion of tongues , and the dispersion of the tribes took place , about 2247 years before the commencement of the Christian era ...
... less than two centuries after the waters of the Deluge had subsided . It is also well known , that the confusion of tongues , and the dispersion of the tribes took place , about 2247 years before the commencement of the Christian era ...
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Vanlige uttrykk og setninger
ages ancient Britons appear barrow Bodmin Borlase Borlase's Antiquities borough Britain British called Carew carried Cassiterides castle Cesar character charter Christianity church circumstances coasts coins conquest consequence considerable continued Cornish language Cornwall cromleh custom Danes Danmonium denominated derived Devon Devonshire Diodorus Diodorus Siculus discovered doubt Druids Earl of Cornwall earth England erected evidence Exeter favour feet formed fortifications Fowey furnish Gaul Greeks ground harbour Helston hill History of Cornwall honour Ictis inhabitants inscription Isle king land Land's End Launceston Liskeard Lord Lostwithiel manner manor metal miles mines monument Mount's Bay natives nature observes occasion opinion originally parish of St period Phenicians Polwhele present principal probably procured reign remains respecting Restormel Castle river Romans Saltash Saxons says Scilly Islands seems shores singular situation stone supposed Tamar town trade Tregony Truro various vestiges western Whitaker worship
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Side 122 - And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.
Side 532 - I'll venture my life, She has drank of the Well of St Keyne." " I have left a good woman who never was here...
Side 532 - But has heard of the Well of St. Keyne. An oak and an elm tree stand beside, And behind does an ash tree grow, And a willow from the bank above Droops to the water below. A traveller came to the Well of St. Keyne...
Side 185 - And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide: and as soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his carcase down from the tree, and cast it at the entering of the gate of the city, and raise thereon a great heap of stones, that remaineth unto this day.
Side 71 - And the LORD was with Judah ; and he drave out the inhabitants of the mountain ; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron.
Side 533 - Keyne,' quoth the Cornish-man, 'many a time Drank of this crystal Well, And before the Angel summoned her, She laid on the water a spell. 'If the husband of this gifted Well Shall drink before his wife, A happy man thenceforth is he, For he shall be master for life.
Side 71 - And the children of Joseph said, The hill is not enough for us : and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, both they who are of Beth-shean and her towns, and they who are of the valley of Jezreel.
Side 123 - And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree : and there they burnt incense in all the high places, as did the heathen whom the LORD carried away before them; and wrought wicked things to provoke the LORD to anger: for they served idols, whereof the LORD had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing.
Side 239 - Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou spreadest forth to be thy sail ; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was that which covered thee. The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy mariners : thy wise men, O Tyrus, that were in thee, were thy pilots.
Side 131 - And Moses wrote all the words of the Lord, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.