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A New History of London
… cavilling apart, there is strict propriety in exhibiting a hero in the dress of his age, country, and profession: any …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… in 1454: it was afterwards held by Lord Monteagle, the hero of Flodden; passed to the Fittons about 1540; and is now …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the site of a beacon, or the burial-place of some departed hero. Brandon BRANDON, a township, in the parish of …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… of which the present name is a modification. The British hero and his father, Brn ab Llŷr, are both said to have …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the memory of Sir Hugh Calveley, the celebrated "Cheshire hero," who eminently distinguished himself during the …
Calendar of Early Mayor's Court Rolls
… August 1305, Sir William Wallace, the Scottish patriot and hero, was executed. He was brought to London on 22 August, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… philosophical apparatus. The uncle of George Barnwell, the hero of Lillo's tragedy, resided in an ancient house of which …
Old and New London
… of the church in the 'Rake's Progress,' where the hero is being married to the horrible old lady, there was no …