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A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… last century. A large portion of the surface consists of wild and sterile mountains. The highest of these are in the … the untamed herd, displays all the restlessness of its wild character. Numbers of these small animals are employed …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… the name in the Gaelic language signifies "the den of wild boars," from the number of those ferocious animals that … or from its having been anciently much infested with wild boars. Early in the fourteenth century it belonged to … infested with rats, which were exterminated by a breed of wild cats; and some of these latter animals are still on it, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… I, 155a, [132], also probably 172a, [18]. Poulett? A wild man. III, 52b. Prideaux. A Saracen's head couped at the …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… Cullimore in 1620; the lady Lovelace in 1627; Sir John Wild in 1635; the lady Fotherbye in 1686; the lady Mansfield in 1643; lady Wild and lady Heyman, both in that year; Awdry lady Master in … Canterbury, in 1686, in the nave near her father Sir John Wild, deceased. The cemeteries of this church, adjoining to …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… and deer were taken. 23 It was described as a park without wild beasts in 1324, 24 the latest date at which mention of …
The History and Proceedings of the House of Commons
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… - Muscovy yarn Mugwort Correctly, this is the HERB or wild plant Artemisia vulgaris and formerly also occasionally …
The Manuscripts of Rye and Hereford Corporations, etc.
… you have already formed a thousand hideous ideas of a wild uncomfortable barren desert, full of naked rocks, or … covered only with russet heath or furze, and inhabited by wild creatures, which have nothing human but their outward … down upon you, and sometimes entertaining you with a wild kind of music, both vocal and instrumental, to your no …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… Grain'. However, he recommended above all the seed of the wild mustard, which grew widely in Essex and 'which sells the …