Wood Leighton: Or, A Year in the Country, Volume 1R. Bentley, 1836 - 1062 pages |
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Page 101 - Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness
Page 61 - And brought his youth with sorrow to the grave. I knew an aged swain, whose hoary head Was bent with years, the village chronicle, Who much had seen, and from the former times Much had received. He, hanging o'er the hearth In winter ev'nings, to the gaping swains, And children circling round the fire, would tell Stories of old, and tales of other times.
Page 92 - I to the ocean gave My mind, and thoughts as restless as the wave. Where crowds assembled I was sure to run, Hear what was said, and muse on what was done. To me the wives of seamen loved to tell What storms endanger'd men esteem'd so well ; No ships were wreck'd upon that fatal beach But I could give the luckless tale of each.
Page 234 - Catholics, nobody knew; and there was no reason why they should know, for why an old Irish beggar should not have a spice of mystery about him, and possess a secret of his own, as well as anybody else, I can see no reason. Old Daniel was exactly of my way of thinking ; and so, if he had a secret, or a particular reason for fixing his abode, he kept them to himself. One thing was evident enough, — he was very fond of the old woman. Whilst she lived, he maintained her by the fruits of his rambles...
Page 267 - I only ask you to tell me if he disapproves of its going any further. I owed you a letter in return for the kind one you sent me ; and, if I do not hear from you to the contrary, I shall take silence, if not for consent, at least not for prohibition.
Page 40 - ... probably had its foundation in fact, in the following words : — " There is an extremely beautiful effigy of alabaster, singularly perfect from having been walled in, and only discovered of late years, of an abbess who, as the tradition says, travelled on foot, perhaps in penance, attended by a lay sister. Night came on as they were approaching Wood Leighton, and they lost their way, for many hours wandering about in a wood below the town — a marshy, desolate wood in those days — and had...
Page 41 - ... an unusual length of time. This circumstance is authenticated by the town records, singular, but most interesting documents, preserved from the year 1252, when Wood Leighton was made a borough town. These incidents are thus recorded : — " 1417, November. The Abbess came — paid for doctor and attendants, seven shillings and fourpence. " The abbess gave the rent of the Spicer's Field, which she had purchased, for nightly ringing of the curfew bell, by the space of one quarter of an hour, after...
Page 100 - No more perfect pictures of rural happiness can ever be presented than may be found every day upon this green, or under this tree. Three things I could not fail remarking in this village : the neatness and general aspect of comfort of these cottages ; the affection that seemed to subsist between the labouring men and their families ; and the universal taste for gardening which reigns throughout it. The...
Page 41 - These incidents are thus recorded : — " 1417, November. The Abbess came — paid for doctor and attendants, seven shillings and fourpence. " The abbess gave the rent of the Spicer's Field, which she had purchased, for nightly ringing of the curfew bell, by the space of one quarter of an hour, after the hour of eight at night " Paid to him that fetched the notary, threepence. "Paid to the three women that laid out the body, sixpence. " Paid for making the vault, and the costs of burial, five pounds...