Memorials of John Ray: Consisting of His LifeRay Society, 1846 - 220 pages |
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Page 58 - ... what a sad account such poor creatures will have to give at the coming of the Lord, when they shall there answer for all things whatsoever they have done in the body, whether it be good, or whether it be bad.
Page 74 - These two gentlemen, finding the history of nature very imperfect, had agreed between themselves, before their travels beyond sea, to reduce the several tribes of things to a method ; and to give accurate descriptions of the several species, from a strict view of them.
Page 16 - Historical and Political Discourse of the Laws and Government of England, from the First Times to the End of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth.
Page 35 - Willughby's memory, but for an example (as has been before recommended) to persons of great estate and quality, that they may be excited to answer the ends for which God gives them estates, leisure, parts, and gifts, or a good genius ; which was not to exercise themselves in vain or sinful follies, but to be employed for the glory and in the service of the infinite Creator, and in doing good offices in the world, particularly such as tend to the credit and profit of their own families.
Page 140 - Then we rode through a bnshet, or common, called Rodwell Hake (Rothwell Haigh), two miles from Leeds, where (according to the vulgar tradition) was once found a stag, with a ring of brass about its neck, having this inscription : — ' When Julius Caesar here was king, About my neck he put this ring ; Whosoever doth me take Let me go for Caesar's sake.
Page 83 - In a word, in his dealings, no man more strictly just ; in his conversation, no man more humble, courteous, and affable. Towards God, no man more devout ; and towards the poor and distressed, no man more compassionate and charitable, according to his abilities.
Page 20 - Essay towards a real character, and a philosophical language. (An alphabetical dictionary, wherein all English words according to their various significations, are either referred to their places in the philosophical tables, or explained by such words as are in those tables), pp.
Page 155 - The upper part of the head and neck, in those that are old, is of a yellowish dun colour. They lay but one egg a-piece, which is white, and not very large. They are very bold, and sit in great multitudes till one comes close up to them, because they are not wont to be scared or disturbed. The young ones are esteemed a choice dish in Scotland, and sold very dear (Is. 8d. plucked). We eat of them at D unbar.
Page 4 - The Rights of Churches and Colleges defended ; in answer to a pamphlet called ' An Enquiry into the customary estates and tenant-rights of those who hold lands of church and other foundations, by the term of three lives, &c.
Page 155 - ... the soland geese taken ; as I remember, they told us £130 sterling. There is in the isle a small house, which they call a castle ; it is inaccessible, and impregnable, but of no great consideration in a war, there being no harbour, nor any thing like it. The island will afford grass enough to keep thirty sheep. They make strangers that come to visit it Burgesses of the Basse, by giving them to drink of the water of the well, which springs near the top of the rock, and a flower out of the garden...