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A History of the County of Stafford
… still (1960) held. The wakes were formerly an occasion of wild exuberance. In The Old Wives' Tale Arnold Bennett …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… aspect of the land is in many situations mountainous and wild. Freestone is quarried for building. The living is a … by gentle swells, and wood and water; but much consists of wild moors, of which nearly 3000 acres have been inclosed. …
Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840
… but in 1734 at Newgate St. [Heal] Courtnay, J., 54 Gt Wild St, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, cm (1829). [D] …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… is exceedingly rugged, and the entire district bleak, wild, and mountainous, spread over, to a great extent, with … been cut, shrouded with ferns, lichens, and all kinds of wild flowers; and numbers of persons resort to it in fine … surface again rises towards the east, and terminates in a wild moor. The principal hills are, Kilcadzow, Lee, King's, …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… border of Carmarthenshire, where the country is extremely wild and rugged, and near the right bank of the rivers Twrch …
Calendar of State Papers Foreign: Edward VI
… of justice, so that the same is dangerous and seemeth wild, neither depending upon the law of the one Prince or the …
The Environs of London
… practising and profit of the fighting and combating of wild and domestic beasts within the realm of England, for the … of this instant July, will be a match sought between the wild and savage panther, and twelve English dogs, for 300l. …
Old and New London
… one, and the rabble in return baiting her as if she were a wild beast. The occasion of this arose principally from …