Southwold and Its Vicinity, Ancient and Modern

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F. Skill, 1839 - 420 psl.

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217 psl. - Here a grave Flora scarcely deigns to bloom, Nor wears a rosy blush, nor sheds perfume ; The few dull flowers that o'er the place are spread, Partake the nature of their fenny bed ; Here on its wiry stem, in rigid bloom, Grows the salt lavender that lacks perfume ; Here the dwarf sallows creep, the septfoil harsh, And the soft slimy mallow of the marsh ; Low on the ear the distant billows sound, And just in view appears their stony bound...
365 psl. - They overcome all who have the courage to oppose them. They surprise all who are so imprudent as not to be prepared for their attack. When they pursue, they infallibly overtake: when they are pursued, their escape is certain. They despise danger: they are inured to shipwreck: they are eager to purchase booty with the peril of their lives. Tempests, which to others are so dreadful, to them are subjects of joy. The storm is their protection when they are pressed by the enemy, and a cover for their...
183 psl. - Men Gang aft agley, An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain For promis'd joy ! Still thou art blest, compared wi' me ! The present only toucheth thee : But, Och ! I backward cast my e'e On prospects drear ! An' forward, tho' I canna see, I guess an
275 psl. - Western extremity of the church, is the following inscription : -'This church was enlarged in the year 1830, by which means 487 additional sittings were obtained; and, in consequence of a grant from the 'Incorporated Society for promoting the Enlargement, Building, and Repairing of Churches and Chapels...
264 psl. - The accommodation in this church was enlarged in the year 1826, by which means 322 additional sittings were obtained, and in consequence of a grant from the society for promoting the enlargement and building of churches and chapels...
113 psl. - Wales, and to collect information respecting the defects in their constitution — to make inquiry into their jurisdiction and powers, and the administration of justice, and in all other respects ; and also into the mode of electing and appointing the members and officers of such corporations, and into the privileges of the freemen and other members thereof, and into the nature and management of the income, revenues, and funds of the said corporations.
2 psl. - At last they landed, where from far your eyes May view the turrets of new Carthage rise ; There bought a space of ground, which (Byrsa call'd, From the bull's hide) they first inclos'd, and wall'd. But whence are you? what country claims your birth? What seek you, strangers, on our Libyan earth?
197 psl. - Though some may wink and some may talk Right stoutly did his vessel stalk To buffet with De Ruyter.
287 psl. - Francis' chapel, which was laid between the said hills, was discovered. Where, besides the ruins of the walls, were five round stones near of a bigness. The dimensions of one I took, were four feet the diameter, and near two the thickness.
328 psl. - Applewhaite once Bridgett Nelson After the Fatigues of a Married Life Born by her with Incredible Patience for Four Years and three Quarters, bating three weeks, and after the...

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