Cæsarea. The island of Jersey, its history, constitution [&c.], with a tour round the coast. To which is added, its antiquities and the biography of eminent menBaker, 1840 |
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Page 11
... origin of small states can seldom be properly ascer- tained . Absorbed in the history of larger territories , they seldom become objects of notice ; and when they have engaged the attention of any early writer , the account transmitted ...
... origin of small states can seldom be properly ascer- tained . Absorbed in the history of larger territories , they seldom become objects of notice ; and when they have engaged the attention of any early writer , the account transmitted ...
Page 40
... origin ; that day being , with the Druids , a great festival in honour of the sun . As we know but little respecting the Druids before Cæsar's time , so the subsequent accounts of them are very defective . It was a law with them , never ...
... origin ; that day being , with the Druids , a great festival in honour of the sun . As we know but little respecting the Druids before Cæsar's time , so the subsequent accounts of them are very defective . It was a law with them , never ...
Page 69
... origin- ated from other sources ; such as making a particular kind of cake on the festival of All Saints , and the singularly discordant ceremony of faire braire les poëles , * on the eve of St. John's day , which indeed is chiefly ...
... origin- ated from other sources ; such as making a particular kind of cake on the festival of All Saints , and the singularly discordant ceremony of faire braire les poëles , * on the eve of St. John's day , which indeed is chiefly ...
Page 111
... origin cannot be as- certained . On a level with the sea , but deeply buried under high cliffs , that impend over the harbour at St. Helier , are large masses of rounded rock , the smooth surfaces of * These flints are not found in any ...
... origin cannot be as- certained . On a level with the sea , but deeply buried under high cliffs , that impend over the harbour at St. Helier , are large masses of rounded rock , the smooth surfaces of * These flints are not found in any ...
Page 135
... origin of what , in Jersey , are called rents : they are now commuted for specific sums in money ; but the term quarters is still current in the conveyances of estates : rents of this nature are , therefore , in some re- spects ...
... origin of what , in Jersey , are called rents : they are now commuted for specific sums in money ; but the term quarters is still current in the conveyances of estates : rents of this nature are , therefore , in some re- spects ...
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Admiral afterwards Alderney ancient antiquity appear appointed Aubin Bandinel Bouley bay British called Captain Castle Cornet cause Channel Islands chapel character Charles Christian church Clameur de Haro coast command considerable Couteur D'Auvergne dean divine Druids Duke duke of Normandy Dumaresq Durell duties early Edward Elizabeth Castle eminent England English erected favour feet formed formerly Fort Regent France French governor granted ground Grouville Guernsey harbour Helier Henry honour inhabitants island of Jersey Jerseyman jurats king known labour land Lieutenant Mont Orgueil Mont Orgueil Castle native Island Normandy observed parish persons Philip de Carteret Poindextre possession present prince principally privilege probably produce reader reign remarkable rents road rock Roman Royal Court scarcely sent ships shore Sir George Carteret Sir Philip sovereign stone supposed temple tion town of St trade troops vessels Wace worship
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Page 307 - That I have great heaviness, and continual sorrow in my heart. For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ, for my brethren my kinsmen according to the flesh...
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