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... lands , or the property of the crown ; as there are se veral manors and other freehold estates within its bounds , belonging to individuals , to the amount of about twenty - four thousand , seven hundred and ninety - seven acres ; about ...
... lands , or the property of the crown ; as there are se veral manors and other freehold estates within its bounds , belonging to individuals , to the amount of about twenty - four thousand , seven hundred and ninety - seven acres ; about ...
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... lands , held by the master - keepers and groom- keepers , with their respective lodges ; and the remainder , being about sixty - three thousand , eight hundred and forty - five acres , are the woods and waste lands of the forest . New ...
... lands , held by the master - keepers and groom- keepers , with their respective lodges ; and the remainder , being about sixty - three thousand , eight hundred and forty - five acres , are the woods and waste lands of the forest . New ...
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... land more productive of timber for the use of the navy , in a letter to Lord Chatham , " then at the head of the admiralty . The second pamphlet , published in 1795 , was entitled " Methods proposed for decreasing the Consumption of ...
... land more productive of timber for the use of the navy , in a letter to Lord Chatham , " then at the head of the admiralty . The second pamphlet , published in 1795 , was entitled " Methods proposed for decreasing the Consumption of ...
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... lands and inheritances of his subjects , as in his own de- mesne lands : " a mighty and insupportable grievance to them whose lands were thus afforested ; their pastures and the profits of their estates being violently wrested from them ...
... lands and inheritances of his subjects , as in his own de- mesne lands : " a mighty and insupportable grievance to them whose lands were thus afforested ; their pastures and the profits of their estates being violently wrested from them ...
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... land , formerly bare , might have been covered with trees , from one hundred years of age down- wards , in addition ... lands was discontinued , and the whole fell by degrees under the sole direction of a surveyor - general of the woods ...
... land , formerly bare , might have been covered with trees , from one hundred years of age down- wards , in addition ... lands was discontinued , and the whole fell by degrees under the sole direction of a surveyor - general of the woods ...
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abbey afterwards ancient appears Beaulieu beautiful bishop of Winchester Bishop's Waltham Bittern Boldre Brockenhurst building built buried Bursledon called chancel chapel Charles Christchurch church consisted court Cromwell cross cultivated curious death died distant Domesday-book earl elegant erected extensive Fareham feet Forest Scenery formerly Gosport ground Hampshire Henry VIII hill History honour hundred Hursley Hurst Castle inscription isle of Wight Itchen king lady land late lodge Lord Lymington Lyndhurst manor mansion memory ment miles Milner's monastery monument Mottisfont navy neighbourhood neighbouring parish park parliament pass persons pleasing population Portsmouth present priory probably Redbridge reign residence Richard Richard Cromwell river river Itchen road Roman Romsey royal Saxon scene seen ship side situation Southampton Water spot stone Stony Cross Thomas timber tion Titchfield tower town trees village Whiteparish William wood
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Page 37 - But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and there shall no torment touch them.
Page 37 - As the waters fail from the sea, And the flood decayeth and drieth up : So man lieth down, and riseth not. Till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, Nor be raised out of their sleep.
Page 36 - He has visited all Europe, — not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples ; not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art ; not to collect medals, or...
Page 36 - Europe — not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces or the stateliness of temples, not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art, not to collect medals or collate manuscripts — but to dive into the depths of dungeons, to plunge into the infection of hospitals, to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain, to take the...
Page 36 - His plan is original ; and it is as full of genius as it is of humanity. It was a voyage of discovery , a circumnavigation of charity.
Page 174 - His meagre corpse, though full of vigour, Would halt behind him, were it bigger. So wonderful his expedition, When you have not the least suspicion, He's with you like an apparition. Shines in all climates like a star; In senates bold, and fierce in war; A land commander, and a tar : Heroic actions early bred in, Ne'er to be match'd in modern reading, But by his namesake Charles of Sweden.
Page 174 - A skeleton in outward figure ; His meagre corpse, though full of vigour, Would halt behind him, were it bigger. So wonderful his expedition, When you have not the least suspicion, He's with you like an apparition.
Page 205 - A SPEECH intended to have been spoken on the bill for altering the charters of the Colony of Massachusett's Bay.
Page 209 - And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
Page 125 - ... their migration. Now and then, in calm weather, when mast falls sparingly, he calls them perhaps together by the music of his horn to a gratuitous meal ; but in general they need little attention, returning regularly home at night, though they often wander in the day two or three miles from their sty. There are experienced leaders in all herds, which have spent this roving life before, and can instruct their juniors in the method of it. By this management the herd is carried home to their respective...