Chilcott's New Guide to Bristol, Clifton and the Hotwells

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J. Chilcott, 1826 - 241 עמודים
 

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עמוד 48 - Ev'n from the grave thou shalt have power to charm. Bid them be chaste, be innocent, like thee ; Bid them in duty's sphere as meekly move; And if so fair, from vanity as free ; As firm in friendship, and as fond in love— Tell them...
עמוד 68 - Being naturally of an inquisitive and curious turn, he was very much struck with their appearance, and, as might be expected, began to question his mother what those thread-papers were, how she got them, and whence they came. Upon further inquiry, he was led to a full discovery of all the parchments which remained : the bulk of them consisted of poetical and other compositions, by Mr.
עמוד 148 - The everlasting son of righteousness and prince of peace ; the prophet of the most high God, nay, the only begotten son of God, out of 'Zion, whose mother is a virgin, and whose birth is immortal.
עמוד 143 - Bristol, appeared on the Exchange, attended only by one gentleman, a military officer, and remained there till the merchants had pretty generally withdrawn, not one of them having sufficient resolution to speak to him, as perhaps they might not be prepared to ask such a guest to their houses. But this was not the case with all...
עמוד 141 - They draw all their heavy goods here on sleds, or sledges, which they call gee hoes, without wheels, which kills a multitude of horses...
עמוד 59 - Sepulchre, well guilt with fine gold, and a civer thereto; an image of God Almighty rising out of the same Sepulchre, •with all the ordinance that longeth thereto; that is to say, a lath made of timber and iron work thereto.
עמוד 147 - In 1734 I went to Bristol, with some recommendations to eminent merchants ; but in a few months found that scene totally unsuitable to me.
עמוד 59 - Three pair of angels' wings ; four angels, made of timber, and well painted. Item. The Father, the crown and visage ; the ball with a cross upon it, well gilt with fine gold. Item. The Holy Ghost coming out of heaven into the sepulchre. Item. Longeth to the angels four chevelers.
עמוד 69 - ... that he was perpetually ransacking every corner of the house for more parchments, and, from time to time, carried away those he had already found by pockets full : that one day happening to see Clarke's History of the Bible covered with one of those parchments, he swore a great oath, and stripping the book, put the cover into his pocket, and carried it away: at the same time stripping a common little Bible, but finding no writing upon the cover, replaced it again very leisurely. Upon being informed...
עמוד 68 - ... boys, is known to have filled a large basket with them. They were deposited in a cupboard in the school and employed for different purposes, such as the covering of copy-books, &c.: in particular, Mr. Gibbs, the minister of the parish, having presented the boys with twenty Bibles, Mr. Chatterton, in order to preserve these books from being damaged, covered them with some of the parchments.

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