 | 1866 - 346 pages
...by the credulous; and that Queen Anne, King James, and many of the nobility of the realm, even when times of monkish superstition had ceased, gave large sums of money for small cuttings. There are several varieties of walnuts grown in different districts in England; amongst themmaybe mentioned... | |
 | Francis Beckford Ward - 1866 - 600 pages
...by the credulous; and that Quect Anne, King James, and many of the nobility cf the realm, even when times of monkish superstition had ceased, gave large sums of money for small cuttings. There are several varieties of walnuts grown h different districts in England; amongst them may tr... | |
 | 1866 - 978 pages
...miraculous tree was nothing remakable, and yet King James II., Queen Anne, and many other high personages, even when the times of monkish superstition had ceased, gave large sums for small puttings from the original stock. Midsummer, or nightless days, now commence, and continue... | |
 | Omens - 1868 - 210 pages
...tree wasi sought after by the credulous; and, though not an uncommon walnut, Queen Anne, King James, and many of the nobility of the realm, even when the...sums of money for small cuttings from the original." The Mineral Waters of Glastonbury must not be forgotten. Holinshed tells us, that " King Arthur being... | |
 | Charles Hardwick - 1872 - 338 pages
...much this tree was sought after by the credulous; and, though a common thorn, Queen Anne, King James, and many of the nobility of the realm, even when the...sums of money for small cuttings from the original." Some authorities regard this Christmas flowering thorn as a variety of the cratayus monogynn, or common... | |
 | Richard Folkard - 1884 - 660 pages
...tree was sought after by the credulous ; and though not an uncommon Walnut, Queen Anne, King James, and many of the nobility of the realm, even when the...sums of money for small cuttings from the original. CHAPTER VI. tfte iJairie/ ENTURIES before Milton wrote that "Millions of | P^j^ZgNJII spiritual creatures... | |
 | Edward Walford - 1886 - 264 pages
...tree was sought after by the credulous ; and, though not an uncommon walnut, Queen Anne, King James, and many of the nobility of the realm, even when the...superstition had ceased, gave large sums of money for cuttings of the original." In conclusion, the mineral waters of Glastonbury must not be forgotten.... | |
 | William Hone - 1888 - 876 pages
...the credulous ; and, though not an uncommon walnut, queen Anne, king James, and many of the nubility of the realm, even when the times of monkish superstition had ceased, gave 'arge sums of money for small cuttings from the original.* Midsummer, or nightless days, now begin... | |
 | John Brand, Henry Ellis - 1900 - 808 pages
...tree was sought after by the credulous ; and, though not an uncommon Walnut, Queen Anne, King James, and many of the nobility of the realm, even when the...sums of money for small cuttings from the original." Among Ray's Proverbs the following is preserved relating to Saint Barnabas — * " Woodroofe, Asperula,... | |
 | John Brand, Sir Henry Ellis, William Carew Hazlitt, Henry Ellis - 1905 - 360 pages
...after by the credulous; and though a common thorn. Queen Anne, King James, and many of the nobility or the realm, even when the times of monkish superstition...sums of money for small cuttings from the original." Somersetshire, ii., 265. I have no doubt but that the early blossoming of the Glastonbury Thorn was... | |
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... queen Anne, king James, and many of the nobility of the realm, even when the times of monkish superstition had ceased, gave large sums of money for small cuttings from the original... 
