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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… two eastern windows have triple lancets, side shafts with stiff-leaf capitals and dog-tooth decoration over each light …
A History of the County of Sussex
… 30 That farm had attained 600 a. by 1877. 31 In 1867 the stiff, wet terrain of the parish still made it necessary for …
Calendar of Treasury Books
… no wonder the runners of wines, brandies, etc. stand so stiff against their own personal purgation, whose getting off …
Survey of London
… and during the 19th century his firm and that of James Stiff gradually bought up the ground between High Street and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… inclosed; the soil varies considerably, but is generally a stiff marl. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 2 in breadth; of irregular form; chiefly pasture, and of a stiff clayey soil. Werneth Loe or Low, which is of …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… 89 The soil of West Drayton was described in 1887 as 'that stiff retentive clay which possesses the very negative virtue …
Old and New London
… with wire, and from this descends the long, straight, stiff bodice, made stiffer and heavier by a mass of rich …
Old and New London
… new improvements." Pope, who did not approve of Le Notre's stiff and formal style, censures him for the want of good …