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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… greater portion of it, and erected a magnificent suite of state apartments on the site of the original Norman … from the Cavendish family. The keep is in an excellent state of preservation, and is at present the residence of the … a mill; and the country appears to have been in a higher state of cultivation than the lands around. The place became …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… with water. The land in the neighbourhood is in a high state of cultivation, and the environs abound with pleasing …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… part of the land in the parish is inclosed and in a state of cultivation, but there is a considerable expanse of … consisting of hills and moors, is inclosed, and in a good state of cultivation. The living is a discharged vicarage, … and the lands, which are all inclosed, are in a good state of cultivation. A new turnpike-road, connecting the …
A New History of London
… an opportunity to plunder and destroy the weaker: the state of nature, or natural society, whatever poetical … for protection on the lord of whom they held. They had no political existence that could entitle them to be admitted … The popes of Rome were always fond of being arbiters in political contests, and Alexander II. the reigning pontiff, …
A New History of London
… See Appendix, No. XLIII. 1609. Ireland being reduced to a state of peace; the king, for the purpose of peopling the … the prohibition of new foundations; but it was found, that political regulations are unable to check the natural … I. p. 497. See Harris's life of Charles I. p. 46. In a political view, the institution of the Sabbath, is admirably …
A New History of London
… attempting a reformation in government, and enlarging the political rights of the people. Trade had increased and … only spread the wider and acquired strength by this political oppression: an order of council was therefore … prisons; and an order was issued to take away the sword of state from the lord-mayor 25. The king demanded also 4000 men …
A New History of London
… a petition to the parliament complaining of the confused state of religion; and requesting, in virtue of the solemn … under several heads, some of them complaining of political grievances, but principally of the swarm of … Presbyterian and Independent parties, so contrary in their political sentiments, it would be strange had their councils …
A New History of London
… the house of commons, general officers, and council of state with their proper officers, walked in procession to the … money from eight, to six, per cent 7. and unsettled as the political state of the nation was at home, it is rather matter of …
A New History of London
… May the 8th 1660, at the usual places with great state; the two houses attended, as did the lord-mayor, … entertained the king, his brothers, the great officers of state, and both houses of parliament at Guildhall. Monarchy … trade in London 9, we are informed to what a flourishing state the silk manufacture had then arrived; for it is in …