The History of the Castle, Town, and Forest of Knaresbrough: With Harrogate, and It's Medicinal Springs : Including an Account of the Most Remarkable Places in the Neighbourhood |
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Page 45 - Shook by the slow, but sure destroyer— Time, " Now hangs in doubtful ruins o'er its base : " And flinty pyramids, and walls of brass " Descend : The Babylonian spires arc sunk ; " Ach-aia, Rome, and Egypt moulder down.— *' Time shakes the stable tyranny of thrones,
Page 237 - We never tread upon them, but we set , Our feet upon some reverend history, ; And, questionless, here, in the open court, Which now lies naked, to the injuries Of stormy weather, some men lie interred,
Page 45 - empires rush by their own weight. * This huge rotundity we tread grows old ; " And, all those worlds that roll around the sun: " The sun himself shall die; and ancient night ** Again involve the desolate abyss.
Page 246 - where a monument was erected, to his memory, in 1743; and, an epitaph composed, by doctor Thomas Chapman, master of Magdalen College, Cambridge: BLUSH NOT, MARBLE, TO RESCUE FROM OBLIVION, THE MEMORY OF HENRY JENKINS; A PERSON, OBSCURE IN BIRTH, BUT, OF A LIFE TRULY MEMORABLE; FOR,
Page 105 - each, its form, and situation. The plans which he designs, and the estimates which he makes, are done by a method peculiar to himself; and, which he cannot well convey the meaning of to others. This extraordinary man is now (1808) living, and in the 03d year of his age. STAGE II. Forest of
Page 381 - it was usual, with much " labor, to place one vast stone upon another, for a " religious memorial. The stones thus placed, they " oftentimes poized so equally, that they were affected *' with the least external force ; nay, a breath of wind " would sometimes make them vibrate."
Page 246 - WAS ENRICHED WITH THE GOODS OF NATURE, IF NOT OF FORTUNE'; AND HAPPY, IN THE DURATION, IF NOT THE VARIETY, OF HIS ENJOYMENTS; AND, THOUGH THE PARTIAL WORLD DESPISED AND DISREGARDED HIS LOW AND HUMBLE STATE, THE
Page 343 - and no mitigation, whatsoever, allowed. This message being delivered, by the earl, with too little caution, the populace rose; and, supposing him to be the promoter of their calamity, broke into the house, at Topcliffe, and slew the earl, with several of his attendants.
Page 84 - at Rome, travelled to Soissons, in France, where they exercised the trade of shoemakers; but the governor, discovering them to be Christians, caused them to be beheaded, about the year 303; from which time, the craft made choice of them for their tutelar saints. The feast is observed here regularly, on the
Page 15 - sports and amusements; and, their greatest ambition was to make a figure in his train : his favor was their greatest honor; his displeasure exposed them to contempt and ignominy; and they felt, every moment, the necessity of his protection. Self-preservation obliging