Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire for the Year ...: 1818-1820, Volumes 1-2Society, 1855 - Cheshire (England) |
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Page 39 - In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened.
Page 43 - t; I have use for it. Go, leave me. — (Exit Emilia). I will in Cassio's lodging lose this napkin, And let him find it. Trifles, light as air, Are to the jealous confirmations strong As proofs of Holy Writ.
Page 23 - The most pleasant Song of Lady Bessy, the eldest Daughter of King Edward the Fourth, and how she married King Henry the Seventh of the House of Lancaster.
Page 37 - Raasay ; but where they are too far distant, the housewives grind their oats with a quern, or handmill, which consists of two stones about a foot and a half in diameter ; the lower is a little convex, to which the concavity of the upper must be fitted. In the middle of the upper stone is a round hole, and on one side is a long handle. The grinder sheds the corn gradually into the hole with...
Page 38 - Ther nas no dore that he nolde heve of harre Or breke it at a renning with his heed...
Page 211 - Memoirs, containing a Genealogical and Historical Account of the Ancient and Honourable House of Stanley from the Conquest to the Death of James, late Earl of Derby, in the year 1735 ; as also a full Description of the Isle of Man, &c.
Page 104 - My sledge and hammer lie declin'd, My bellows too have lost their wind; My fire's extinct, my forge decay'd, My vice is in the dust all laid ; My coal is spent, my iron gone, My nails are drove, my work is done.
Page 26 - ... upon Mr. Dicconson's for the "Prince's quarters. Several thousands came in at two "o'clock: they ordered the bells to ring; and the bellman "has been ordering us to illuminate our houses to-night, "which must be done. The Chevalier marched by my door "in a Highland dress, on foot, at three o'clock, surrounded "by a Highland guard; no music but a pair of bagpipes. " Those that came in last night demanded quarters for 10,000 "to-day...
Page 35 - And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them ; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.
Page 211 - ESQ., in the Chair. THE following gentlemen were elected Members of the Society: — Joseph Kincaid, Esq., Herbert-street; Thomas Hampton, Esq., CE, 108, Lower Baggot- street ; George A.