The parliamentary gazetteer of England and Wales. 4 vols. [bound in 12 pt. with suppl.].1840 |
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Página 564 - The Master, Warden, and Assistants of the Guild or Fraternity of the most glorious and undivided Trinity, and of St. Clement, in the parish of Deptford
Página 572 - was used as the principal material in hosiery soon after the invention of the stocking frame ; but it was not until the beginning of the eighteenth century that the manufacture of that elegant article, upon an extensive scale, by machinery, was introduced into England. The Italians
Página 413 - rather less than a hundred boys work as tailors ; fifty each day alternately : about the same number are employed in a similar manner, as shoemakers, capmakers, and in covering and repairing their old school-books ; besides which, there are two sets or companies of knitters and of shirt-makers, and others who are engaged as porters,
Página 446 - The whole of the boys are taught writing and arithmetic, and proceed as far in the classics as their talent or age will allow ; those, however, who are intended for any of the learned professions, cultivate the latter with greater assiduity, and learn only the fundamental parts of the former. The
Página 598 - knows of no place in the principality whence so many pleasing and interesting excursions may be made ; and where nature bears so rich, varied, and grand an aspect, as at
Página 399 - a quarter of a mile from the sea, it was found that a large portion of land, on which there were several cottages, orchards, and a coppice, had been separated from their sites, leaving huge chasms in a lateral direction along the coast between Sidmouth and Seaton to the extent of upwards of
Página 450 - fine hanging woods ; and in some places the branches of a picturesque oak form a sort of natural canopy for the contemplative spectator. Midway down the cliff is a large cavern, the gloomy recesses of which are said in the traditions of the peasantry to be inhabited by Pixies, or Pisgies, a race
Página 553 - with a lofty square tower, surmounted by handsome pinnacles at each corner. The common entrance is through a porch on the south side, but the principal entrance is by a grand door-way in the west end, called the Bishop's door, which is used only on occasions of ceremony.
Página 573 - are gratifying objects of curiosity, taste, and science. The fluor spar, or, as it is termed, blue John, is an elegant natural production. The only mountain where it can be obtained in sufficient abundance and quality for the purposes of manufacture, is situated westward of Castleton, between Mam Tor and the eminences that compose the Long Cliff.
Página 586 - The west wind always brings wet weather ; The east wind wet and cold together ; The south wind surely brings us rain • The north wind