Etchings of Tenby, including many ancient edifices which have been destroyed, and intended to illustrate the most striking peculiarities in early Flemish architecture, with a short account of that town, and of the principal buildings in its neighbourhood

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B. R. Howlett, Printer, 1812 - Počet stran: 84
 

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Strana 9 - Brethren, in the Primitive Church there was a godly discipline, that, at the beginning of Lent, such persons as stood convicted of notorious sin were put to open penance...
Strana 13 - PARADISE, O Paradise, ^~^ Who doth not crave for rest, Who would not seek the happy land Where they that loved are blest ? Where loyal hearts and true Stand ever in the light, All rapture through and through, In God's most holy sight.
Strana 34 - Ten by, and for the defence of the whole county of Pembroke, the walls of the town shall be made six feet broad in every part ; so that people may be able to walk round them for the purpose of defence. And that no impediment or obstruction may arise from any Burgess or Freeholder, the Mayor and Burgesses are enabled to rebuild the walls upon any of the lands, tenements, gardens, cottages, or other buildings belonging to the said Burgesses. The Mayor, Freeholders, and Burgesses agree among themselves...
Strana 68 - A strong and lofty Wall, extending in a southwesterly direction, connected this Gateway with the Tower at the north-western angle. The line from this Tower turning off at a right angle, and then running onward in a straight line, terminates at the south sands.
Strana 82 - Thu mot it now no longer to be found. The loss is said to have been a judgement on Tenby for some enormity perpetrated by its inhabitants. So severe is the punishment, that every native is incapacitated from all future discovery for ever. Strangers have occasionally been...
Strana 31 - ... divers other customs, liberties, immunities, exemptions, and jurisdictions, as well by prescription as by reason and pretext of the...
Strana 29 - Earl's business, who shall be subject to no other labours than the holding of the Hundred Court, and collecting the different Fines, Rents, and Tolls in the town and port, and the duties on Malt and Honey.
Strana 79 - The island is of eight or ten housholds, and some parte of the demaynes annexed to the ruins of the priory the lord keepeth in his hands." There was a priory at Caldey, founded, it is supposed, by Robert the son of Martin de Turribus, as a cell to the abbey of St. Dogmael's, to which establishment the island had been given by his mother.
Strana 70 - Fortifications were carried in a lower and a weaker line along the edge of the cliff, and adapted to all its irregularities. Very little of the Wall remains, and only two of the Turrets.
Strana 69 - The south-west gate is near the centre of this line, in a large semicircular tower or bastion. The bulk is out of all proportion to the elevation. There is no appearance of its ever having been roofed. Its military character is now much injured by the...

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