History of Brighton and Its Environs: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time

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C. and R. Sickelmore, Jun., 1827 - 154 Seiten
 

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Seite 54 - ... and grant that all who shall enjoy the benefit of this pious work, may show forth their thankfulness, by making a right use of it, to the glory of thy blessed name, through JESUS CHRIST our Lord. Amen.
Seite 79 - She served, for many years, as a private soldier in the 5th regiment of foot, in different parts of Europe, And in the year 1745, fought under the command of the Duke of Cumberland, at the Battle of Fontenoy, where she received a bayonet wound in her arm. Her long life, which commenced in the...
Seite 135 - Also interest of all moneys arising after my decease to have and to hold during the term of her natural life...
Seite 79 - Regiment of Foot in different parts of Europe, And in the year 1745 fought under the command of the Duke of Cumberland, at the Battle of Fontenoy, Where she received a Bayonet Wound in her Arm. Her long life, which commenced in the Reign of Queen Anne, extended to...
Seite 74 - No. 3. mouth of the Trois Pistoles River, that in which the railway cutting has been made, is about one hundred and fifty feet above the level of the sea, and is composed of clay capped with sand and gravel. At no great distance inland, there rises a second terrace one hundred and sixty feet higher than the first, or about three hundred and ten feet above the sea. In some places the front of this terrace is cut into two or more. It consists of clay capped...
Seite 77 - tween him and death ; Usurpers' threats, nor tyrant rebels' frowne, Could not affright his duty to the crowne ; Which glorious act of his for church and state, Eight Princes, in one day, did gratulate — Professing all to him in debt to bee, As all the world are to his memory. Since earth could not reward the worth him given, He now receives it from the King of Heaven.
Seite 75 - That, after a careful examination, he considers all that has been said of it as a trick upon antiquaries ; and from the freshness of the work, and modern initials, with the date 1745, on the plinth, he is led to conclude, that it was executed in that year.
Seite 76 - Captain Nicholas Tettersell, through whose prudence, valour, and loyalty, Charles the lid. King of England, after he had escaped the swords of his merciless rebels, and his forces received a fatal overthrow at Worcester, September the 3d, 1651, was faithfully preserved and conveyed to France — departed this life the 26th day of July, 1674.
Seite 132 - The plan of the church is a cross; the nave is destroyed, but confused masses of walls still remaining mark the boundary of the west front. The lofty square tower rising from the centre of the transepts consists of two stories, the first entirely Saxon, having two arched recesses with columns, and within each recess an arched window. At the sides, and between each recess, are breaks, and columns at the angle of the tower. The second story also has two recesses with columns...

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