An Historical and Statistical Account of the Isle of Man, from the Earliest Times to the Present Date: With a View of Its Ancient Laws, Peculiar Customs, and Popular Superstitions, Volume 1M. A. Quiggin, 1845 - Isle of Man |
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... round his neck , as emblematic of the ' Hornings ' so frequently used by their lordships . " The promotion of Mr. Maconochie to the bench followed soon after the date of the foregoing letter . He was succeeded by Sir William Rae , to ...
... round his neck , as emblematic of the ' Hornings ' so frequently used by their lordships . " The promotion of Mr. Maconochie to the bench followed soon after the date of the foregoing letter . He was succeeded by Sir William Rae , to ...
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... round the gallows to keep off the crowd . When the prisoner , preceeded by the constituted authorities , and guarded by the military , arrived , the javelin men nearest the town fell back to right and left , and permitted the melancholy ...
... round the gallows to keep off the crowd . When the prisoner , preceeded by the constituted authorities , and guarded by the military , arrived , the javelin men nearest the town fell back to right and left , and permitted the melancholy ...
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... round , see England , Scotland , Ireland , and Wales , I think shame to see so many kingdoms at once , which no place I think in any nation that we know of under heaven can afford such a prospect of , and have such little profit by them ...
... round , see England , Scotland , Ireland , and Wales , I think shame to see so many kingdoms at once , which no place I think in any nation that we know of under heaven can afford such a prospect of , and have such little profit by them ...
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... round tower called Fort Derby , on the low point that forms the seaward boundary . Castletown Bay adjoins Langness Point on the south- east . It is a deep , rocky , and dangerous indentation , two miles wide , and three inland . The ...
... round tower called Fort Derby , on the low point that forms the seaward boundary . Castletown Bay adjoins Langness Point on the south- east . It is a deep , rocky , and dangerous indentation , two miles wide , and three inland . The ...
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... round or some other precaution taken that so great a rarity shall receive no prejudice . Hedges they have none , but what are made of clay . They have a great quantity of fern and gorse that serves them to bake their bread with instead ...
... round or some other precaution taken that so great a rarity shall receive no prejudice . Hedges they have none , but what are made of clay . They have a great quantity of fern and gorse that serves them to bake their bread with instead ...
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Page 258 - ... make and subscribe, the Declaration mentioned in an Act of Parliament made in the twenty-fifth year of the reign of King Charles the Second, intituled, " An Act for preventing dangers which may happen from Popish Recusants...
Page 258 - Intituled An Act for the further Security of His Majesty's Person and Government and the Succession of the Crown in the Heirs of the late Princess Sophia being Protestants and for extinguishing the hopes of the pretended Prince of Wales and his open and secret Abettors...
Page 386 - CHARLES the Second by the Grace of God King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland Defender of the Faith &c.
Page 303 - ... he penetrated, he perceived he went more and more on a descent ; till having travelled, as near as he could guess, for the space of a mile, he began to see a...
Page 20 - ... if it failed in any of these qualities, the seller was to forfeit to the buyer the third part of its value. If any one stole or killed the cat that guarded the prince's granary, he was to forfeit a milch ewe, its fleece and lamb ; or as much wheat as, when poured on the cat suspended by its tail (the head touching the floor) would form a heap high enough to cover the tip of the former.
Page 232 - ... shall have the same force and effect to all intents and purposes as if such assent had been filed within one year after the passage of said act...
Page 369 - carrying into effect the reports of the Commissioners " appointed to consider the state of the Established " Church in England and Wales, with reference to " ecclesiastical duties and revenues, so far as they " relate to episcopal dioceses, revenues, and patronage...
Page 257 - Act to enlarge the time limited for the redemption of the land tax, and " to explain and amend an Act made in the last session of Parliament, intituled...
Page 233 - ... stone, franchises, liberties, privileges, and jurisdictions whatsoever, as now are, or at any time heretofore have been invested in the said James, Earl of Derby, or in any of his ancestors, lords of the said isle...
Page 312 - And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.