 | 1869 - 290 str.
...says the following rhyme prevailed at Ribchester, in the county of Lancaster : " It is written upon a wall in Rome, Ribchester was as rich as any town in Christendom." c This distich may be a genuine tradition from Roman times, for Ribchester was a Roman colony, and... | |
 | Stephen Reynolds Clarke - 1830 - 216 str.
...rampart Camden,havealamerhymingproveib: — and foss near the church. There is a " It is written upon a wall in Rome, Ribchester was as rich as any town« in Christendom." The name of this station has been much disputed. The Rigodunum in Ptolemy's the Domesday survey. The... | |
 | Maria Baldwin - 1839 - 364 str.
...Camden, the lower class of people had this rhyming tradition often in their mouths: " It is written upon a wall in Rome, Ribchester was as rich as any town in Christendom." ROYTON HALL, near Oldham, in the village of Royton, the seat of Joseph Pickford, Esq., formerly the... | |
 | Thomas Fuller - 1840 - 606 str.
...preaching ;*f these soul-piercing perfections are far better than skin-deep fairness. " It is written upon a wall in Rome, Ribchester was as rich as any town in Christendom."* J] And why on a wall ? Indeed the Italians have a proverb, " A wall is the fool's paper," whereon they... | |
 | Thomas Fuller - 1840 - 608 str.
...preaching ;*f these soul-piercing perfections are far better than skin-deep fairness. " It is written upon a wall in Rome, Ribchester was as rich as any town in Christendom."* J] And why on a wall ? Indeed the Italians have a proverb, " A wall is the fool's paper," whereon they... | |
 | Anthony Hewitson - 1872 - 598 str.
...past, is a very quiet, humble, ultima-thule sort of place. It may at one time have been — Written on a wall in Rome, Ribchester was as rich as any town in Christendome ; but there is not much opulence in the place in these times. The population of Ribchester... | |
 | John Harland - 1873 - 332 str.
...far better than skin-deep fairness." The other proverb cited by Fuller is — " It is written upon a wall in Rome, ' Ribchester was as rich as any town in Christendome ! ' " He adds : "We suppose some monumental wall in Rome, as a register whereon the names... | |
 | John Harland, Thomas Turner Wilkinson - 1873 - 344 str.
...far better than skin-deep fairness." The other proverb cited by Fuller is — " It is written upon a wall in Rome, ' Ribchester was as rich as any town in Christendome ! ' " He adds : "We suppose some monumental wall in Rome, as a register whereon the names... | |
 | 1877 - 426 str.
...hobbling rhyme of the Inhabitants does not seem to be altogether groundless : — It is written upon a wall in Rome Ribchester was as rich as any town...difficulty in tracing it. In the copies of the Tabulae Honestae Missionis which have been found in various parts of the Roman world, it is generally stated... | |
 | 1877 - 426 str.
...Inhabitants does not seem to be altogether groundless : — It is written npon a wall in Rome Ribckester was as rich as any town in Christendom. Though speculation...can, I think, be but little difficulty in tracing it. [n the copies of the Tabulae Honestae Missionis which have been found in various parts of the Roman... | |
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Inscriptions are commonly dug up that this hobbling rhyme of the Inhabitants does not seem to be altogether groundless : — It is written upon a wall in Rome Ribchester was as rich as any town in Christendom. 
