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Old and New London
… of "Hell"very much (it has been wittily remarked) "as the 'Devil' Tavern adjoined the Temple." It is comically recorded …
A History of the County of Hertford
… the Celtic period, known as the Slad or Moat and the Devil's Dyke, to the east of the parish of Wheathampstead. A …
Old and New London
… of his sins, but said that till his trial, blinded by the devil, he could not see he had done anything unfitting a man …
Old and New London
… by saying, "Great laud to the king, and little Laud to the devil." In a pamphlet printed in 1641, entitled "Archy's …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William and Mary
… be done, and are not intendedit will be impossible for the devil and ill men to hinder and restrain this honest people, …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William and Mary
… strike his pendant; he flew into a passion, and swore the devil take him if he would not fight so long as he had a man …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William and Mary
… defence. The French had taken a small work called the Devil's House though, as it said, it cost them 1,500 men, and …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Devizes puts it, they were immolated 'to their father the Devil,' Winchester alone 'spared her vermin being prudent and …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… round tower on the south side. A new octagon turret to the Devil's tower has been built. The Devil's tower repaired externally, and the old gateway … Many of the cross walls betwixt the towers from the Devil's tower to the last-named tower at the north-east angle …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… to have seen her first from his room in the Maiden's or Devil's tower. The poem contains a description of the 'gardyn …