The Local Historian's Table Book: Historical divisionM. A. Richardson, 1842 |
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afterwards aged Alnwick Alnwick castle April arch arrived in Newcastle assistance assizes August bart bells belonging Berwick bishop of Durham boat bridge building burnt captain castle chapel Chester-le-Street church city of Durham coal colliery Corbridge corporation county of Durham damage Darlington death December Delaval died duchess of Northumberland duke earl erected February feet fell fire broke gaol Gateshead gentlemen George Gillespy's guineas guns Hexham honour horse inches inscription January John July June killed lodge London lord magistrates March mayor miles militia month morning Morpeth neighbourhood Nicholas night North Shields Northumberland November o'clock occasion October officers parish person pieces quay Ridley river Tyne river Wear Roman royal highness September ships side sir Walter Blackett Stockton stone street Sunderland taken Thomas took town Tyne bridge Tynemouth upwards wall wife William woman workmen yards years.-Local Papers
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Seite 36 - And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave them to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him; and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee. Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour unto him that fell among the thieves? And he said, He that shewed mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou likewise.
Seite 22 - O thou sword of the Lord! how long will it be ere thou be quiet ? put thyself up into thy scabbard, rest and be still ! How can it be quiet, seeing the Lord hath given it a charge against Askelon, and against the sea-shore?
Seite 182 - Years past, by which means she got into an adjacent Room, made two Holes through the Wall, and by that stratagem discovered the secrets of Masonry...
Seite 324 - The Force of the Argument for the Truth of Christianity, drawn, from a collective View of Prophecy" occasioned by a controversy concerning Bishop Sherlock's Discourses on Prophecy.
Seite 148 - Mr Hubbard of Emanuel college, Cambridge, and Dr Mason of Trinity, assisted in the publication. It was Mr Dawes's design in this work, to afford such a specimen of his critical abilities as should enable the learned world to judge what might be expected from him in an edition which he had projected of all the Attic poets, as well as of Homer and Pindar. Though his scheme was never carried into execution, he has obtained, by his ' Miscellanea Critica,' a very high place among those who have contributed...
Seite 344 - York, and for many of the poor inhabitants, as the pews have been purchased by persons of rank. The pew rents from March 4, 1807, to March, 4. 1809, has amounted to £73, 4, 6 Halifax Currency, which has been appropriated to the use of the Church. A...
Seite 160 - Newcastle, and was towed into Seaton in the county of Durham ; when it touched the ground it made such a noise as to be heard several miles off.
Seite 230 - In an age when the polite arts, By general encouragement and emulation, Have advanced to a State of perfection, unknown in any former period : The first stone Of this edifice, Dedicated to the most elegant recreation, Was laid by William Lowes, Esq., On the 1 6th day of May, 1774.
Seite 240 - August. — As two men were pulling down Fenwick Tower, near Stamfordham, in Northumberland, they found several hundreds of gold coins of Edward III., in a stone chest, covered with sand, twelve inches deep, and placed over the arch of the cellar door, which was immediately under the flags of the castle-gate. They were supposed to have been concealed on an inroad of David, king of Scots, in 1360, as far as Hexham, whence he carried off the two sons of sir John Fenwick, the owner of this castle, who...
Seite 31 - Shotlon, of the same place. The entertainment on this occasion was very grand, there being provided no less than 120 quarters of lamb, 44 quarters of veal, 20 quarters of mutton, a great quantity of beef, 12 hams, with a suitable number of chickens, &c., which was concluded with...