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Seite 253 - And the king said unto his servants, Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?
Seite 65 - All these persons (except numbers 1, 4, 5, and 50, who were buried in single graves) were interred in Heworth chapel-yard, in a trench, side by side, two coffins deep, with a partition of brick and lime between every four coffins. Those entered as " unknown" in the burial register, have had names added to them since the search was discontinued.
Seite 361 - ... is seventy feet in length, and little more than two feet broad, with a hand-rail on one side, and planked in such a manner that the traveller experiences all the tremulous motion of the chain, and sees himself suspended over a roaring gulf, on an agitated and restless gangway, to which few strangers dare trust themselves.
Seite 72 - An ingenious and highly interesting experiment was performed in the presence of a vast concourse of spectators, on the railway leading from the collieries of Kenton and Coxlodge, near Newcastle, by the application of a steam-engine, constructed by Messrs.
Seite 256 - Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumberland, Durham, and Newcastle upon Tyne, England, for which he invited the Society to exchange a copy of its publications.
Seite 186 - The signal being given, the engine started off with this immense train of carriages, and, such was its velocity, that in some parts, the speed was frequently 12 miles an hour,* and, at that time, the number of passengers were counted to be 450, which, together with the coals, merchandise, and carriages, would amount to near 90 tons.
Seite 64 - A slight trembling, as from an earthquake, was felt for about half a mile around the workings; and the noise of the explosion, though dull, was heard to three or four miles distance, and much resembled an unsteady fire of infantry.
Seite 126 - March 24. — This being the day appointed for the Northumberland and Newcastle cavalry, commanded by lieutenant-colonel Brandling, to receive their colours, the corps, which was then on permanent duty, preceded by the band of the 6th dragoon guards, marched to the town-moor, and being formed on three sides of a square, fronting the Grand Stand, Mrs.
Seite 62 - Beneath those rugged elms, that yew-tree's shade Where heaves the turf in many a mouldering heap, Each in his narrow cell for ever laid, The rude Forefathers of the hamlet sleep.
Seite 211 - Durham, having been created a peer by the style and title of baron Durham, of the city of Durham, and of Lambton castle, in the county of Durham, a new writ...

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