The History of Whitby, and of Whitby Abbey: Collected from the Original Records of the Abbey, and Other Authentic Memoirs, Never Before Made Public. Containing, Not Only the History of Whitby and the Country Adjacent, But Also the Original and Antiquity of Many Particular Families and Places in Other Parts of Yorkshire. Divided Into Three Books ...A. Ward; and sold in London by T. Cadell ... and G. Robinson ... : As also by all the Booksellers in York; and by J. Monkman, Bookseller in Whitby, 1779 - Whitby (England) - 379 pages |
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... fome small mistakes committed in this refpect , I hope to have the pardon of every indulgent reader , who will confider what an arduous task I had here to en- counter counter with , to overcome which I have done every PRE FAC E. xiii.
... fome small mistakes committed in this refpect , I hope to have the pardon of every indulgent reader , who will confider what an arduous task I had here to en- counter counter with , to overcome which I have done every PRE FAC E. xiii.
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... fome places be , and how widely foever the spelling in one line might differ from that in a fucceeding one . It is very poffible also I may have fometimes erred in not adapting fuch words and terms as are ufed by our modern Lawyers ...
... fome places be , and how widely foever the spelling in one line might differ from that in a fucceeding one . It is very poffible also I may have fometimes erred in not adapting fuch words and terms as are ufed by our modern Lawyers ...
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... fome may poffibly think I have already been too prolix . pro- It will be neceffary here to inform the reader , that in the following hif tory I have every where rendered villa by the English word town , though in many places I am ...
... fome may poffibly think I have already been too prolix . pro- It will be neceffary here to inform the reader , that in the following hif tory I have every where rendered villa by the English word town , though in many places I am ...
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... fome remains of an altar , where probably facrifices were offered , from whence we have a fine profpect of the bay . The uncommon form in which the trees have been planted , and the great pains that has been taken to level two or three ...
... fome remains of an altar , where probably facrifices were offered , from whence we have a fine profpect of the bay . The uncommon form in which the trees have been planted , and the great pains that has been taken to level two or three ...
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... fome time , and at last took refuge in the court of Cerdic , King of the Britons ; but he had not been long there before Adelfrid practifed fecretly with Cerdic , and found means to dispatch him by poifon . The venerable Bede tells us ...
... fome time , and at last took refuge in the court of Cerdic , King of the Britons ; but he had not been long there before Adelfrid practifed fecretly with Cerdic , and found means to dispatch him by poifon . The venerable Bede tells us ...
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