 | Adam Hodgson - 1824 - 440 psl.
...when directing his view to the intermediate spaces, to the winding of the vallies, or expanse of the plain beneath, he could only have distinguished a...rest, where the Saxon lord, surrounded by his faithful band, enjoyed a rude and solitary independence, owning no superior but his sovereign." — Dr. Whitlaker't... | |
 | Adam Hodgson - 1824 - 438 psl.
...winding of the vallies, or expanse of the plain beneath, he could only have distinguished a fewinsulated patches of culture, each encircling a village of wretched...rest, where the Saxon lord, surrounded by his faithful band, enjoyed a rude and solitary independence, owning no superior but his sovereign." — Dr. Whittaker't... | |
 | Henry Hallam - 1826 - 650 psl.
...have distinguished a few insulated patches of culture, each encircling a village of wretched cabbins, among which would still be remarked one rude mansion...solitary independence, owning no superior but his sovereign." Hist. of Whalley, p. 133. About a fourteenth part of this parish of Whalley was cultivated... | |
 | John Roby - 1831 - 408 psl.
...to the summit of the fells ; how great must then have been the contrast, when, ranging either at a distance or immediately beneath, his eye must have...solitary independence, owning no superior but his sovereign. " This was undoubtedly a state of great simplicity and freedom, such as admirers of uncultivated... | |
 | John Crabtree - 1836 - 602 psl.
...which would still be remarked one rude mansion of wood, (scarcely equal in comfort to a modern cottage) rising proudly eminent above the rest, where the Saxon Lord, surrounded by his faithful coterii, enjoyed a rude and solitary independence, owning no superior but his sovereign. This was undoubtedly... | |
 | George Newenham Wright - 1841 - 212 psl.
...patches of culture, each encircling a village of wretched cabins, among which would still be remembered one rude mansion of wood, scarcely equal in comfort...solitary independence, owning no superior but his sovereign. " This was undoubtedly a state of great simplicity and freedom, such as admirers of uncultivated... | |
 | Richard Brown (architect.) - 1841 - 618 psl.
...would still be remarked one rude mansion of wood, scarcely equal in comfort to a modern cottage, yet rising proudly eminent above the rest, where the Saxon lord, surrounded by his faithful retainers, enjoyed a rude and solitary independence, owning no superior but his sovereign."|| When... | |
 | Henry Hallam - 1848 - 570 psl.
...modern cottage, yet then rising proudly eminent above tbe rest, where the Saxon lord, surrounded by bis faithful cotarii, enjoyed a rude and solitary independence, owning no superior but his sovereign." — Hist, of Whalley, p. 133. About a fourteenth part of this parish of Whalley was cultivated... | |
 | Richard Brooke - 1853 - 580 psl.
...been that of one of the early inhabitants of the country. Since Dr. Leigh wrote that work, in 1 700, other human remains, apparently of very remote antiquity,...imperfect manner ; and there is every reason to believe that it remained in the same state until after the commencement of the 14th century .(2) Long after... | |
 | Richard Brooke - 1853 - 602 psl.
...also states that a human body had been found In a mosi, near Meoln, in Lancashire. — Ibid, page C5 and 119. It is supposed to have been that of one of...solitary independence, owning no superior but his sovereign. "(1) To the southward and eastward of the part where Liverpool now stands, there were extensive... | |
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... beneath, he could only have distinguished a few insulated patches of culture, each encircling a village of wretched cabins, among which would still be remarked one rude mansion of wood, scarcely equal in comfort to a modern cottage, yet then rising... 
