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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a solitary hermitage, originally occupied by St. Guron. Historians are widely at variance concerning the claims which …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… The situation of this castle, called by the Anglo-Saxon historians Brecenanmere, is not now precisely known, but has … which differs in some particulars from the account of the historians. The former, owing to their alleged base conduct …
A New History of London
… London during the residence of the Romans here, subjects historians to great difficulty and uncertainty. The casual …
A New History of London
… his actions 4. How well he observed this promise, let the historians of his profligate life and inglorious reign …
A New History of London
… vol. II. p. 345. Hume. Hume. Anderson. vol. II. p. 177. Historians take notice of a violent frost this year, which …
A New History of London
… in which it was again strongly ordered. On this subject historians give us a merry anecdote; for we learn that the … the least mention however of any such surveyor in all our historians; who unanimously declare, that the completing of … on this charter, which have been repeatedly quoted by historians of this period. "1. The burgesses were declared …
A New History of London
… sometimes indeed carried men great lengths; but when early historians recorded extraordinary things, they have in all …
A New History of London
… his subjects against the usuries of the Jews; who, as our historians express it, had eaten his people to the bones; and … affected pomp or finery. His virtues are celebrated by all historians who mention him, and, to the great misfortune of …