A Walk Through Leicester: Being a Guide to Strangers: Containing a Description of the Town and Its Environs, with Remarks Upon Its History and Antiquities ....T. Combe, 1820 - 100页 |
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Abbey Meadow adjoining affords aisle ancient arches arms Augustine baron Beaumont Leys Belgrave Bellomont belonging Black Friars Blanchmains Bow Bridge Bradgate Park buildings built called Castle cester chapel charter cherry orchard Corporation curious Danett's Hall distance dukes of Lancaster earl of Lancaster earl of Leicester edifices elegant enclose erected Ferror Fitz-Parnel formed formerly Fountains Abbey gate gateway gothic Grentemaisnells handsome Henry the Second honor of Leicester Hospital inhabitants island Jewry Wall John Alsay king Knightcote lament late lead Leicester Castle Leicestershire Martin's Mary's massy Mayor miles monastery monks Narborough nearly neighbourhood Newark ornament Parliament pass through Leicester picture plot of ground present privilege purpose reign of Henry Rialto Bridge Richard the Third river road Robert rude ruins scene scite Soar spacious spot stone street Thomas Gamfrey towers traces now remain Via Devana visitor walls West Bridge William William Goldsmith yards
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第36页 - So went to bed : where eagerly his sickness Pursued him still ; and, three nights after this, About the hour of eight, (which he himself Foretold should be his last,) full of repentance, Continual meditations, tears, and sorrows, He gave his honours to the world again, His blessed part to Heaven...
第49页 - Chancel, so called from its containing the monuments of that antient family. of the south broad aisle, were also destroyed; the sculptured figures that adorned the pulpit, the tabernacles, and brazen eagles demolished, and, as the parochial records testify, 2od. was paid for " cutting the images heads, and taking down the angels ..wings.
第33页 - First, have only a rose with a legend of the king's : iiune, that of the moneyer, and Leicester ; from Etheldred the Second, they bear the impress of the royal head and sceptre, with the same stile of legend unchanged. In this series of Leicester coins, which has been engraved with accurate attention in the valuable work of Mr. Nichols, the triangular helmets, uncouth diadems, and rudely expressed countenances of our Saxon sovereigns, exhibit, when opposed to a plate of Roman coinage, a striking...
第43页 - Rome, and from thence to Jerusalem, it will be found that the great chain of communication, from the north-west to the south-east point of the empire, was drawn out to the length of four thousand and eighty Roman miles.
第46页 - I nearly its present state, and though the antiquary may in the eagerness of his curiosity lament that so little of it now remains, yet he must surely rejoice in his reflecting moments that such structures are not now necessary for the defence of the kingdom, and that the fortunes of the noblemen are now spent in a way calculated to encourage the arts and promote industry, rather than in maintaining in these castles a set of idle retainers, ever ready to assist them in disturbing the peace of the...
第33页 - Roman town ; these, unfortunately, upon being found at different periods, have passed into various hands, and although some few gentlemen here have made collections, yet it is to be regretted that by far the greater part of the coins have been taken from the town. Had those found in the last century been thrown together into one cabinet, Leicester might have exhibited at this time a respectable series of Roman coinage, both in brass and silver, from the emperor Nero, down to Valens. Leaving those...
第49页 - ... hardships of feudal service; to have the right of disposing both of person and property, and to be governed by laws intended to promote the general good, and not to gratify the ambition and avarice of individuals.
第15页 - The inside of the church is handsome ; the nave and side aisles are supported by gothic arches, whose beauty and symmetry are not concealed by aukward galleries. The organ was erected by the parishioners in 1773. Several elegant modern monuments adorn the walls, and in the north aisle is the alabaster tomb of Bishop Penny, many years abbot of the neighbouring monastery of St. Mary de Pratis. In the church-yard the military trophies of a black tomb commemorate Andrew Lord Rollo. This nobleman was...
第49页 - These laws, however rude and imperfect, 1 afford security to property, and encourage men to habits of industry. Thus commerce, with every ornamental and useful art, began first in corporate bodies, to animate society. But in those dark ages, force was necessary to defend the claims of industry ; and such a force these municipal societies possessed ; for their towns were not only defended by walls and gates vigilantly guarded by the citizens, but ofttimes at the head of their fellow freemen in arms,...