 | Tobias Smollett - Books - 1795 - 612 pages
...jjave thr name of Book i' bofom (either becaufe he carried in his bofom a bible, or perhaps, a regifter of the marriages), came from time to time to confirm the marriages. This place is only a fmall diftancc from the Roman encampment of Caftle-o'er. May not the fair have been firft inftitu'tcd... | |
 | Robert Forsyth - Agriculture - 1805 - 616 pages
...because he carried in his bosom a bible, or perhaps a register of the marriages), came from Ar.tiquities. time to time to confirm the marriages. This place is only *~~ a small distance from the Roman encampment of CastleO'er. Over the whole of this border district are... | |
 | 1813 - 734 pages
...name of Book ¡' boßm (either bccanfe he carried in hù bofoin a bible, or, perhaps, a reginVr ot the marriages) came from time to time to confirm the marriages. " This place," adds The Reverend WII.I.IAM BROWN, " is only a fmall diftance from the Roman encampment of Cafllf.O'er.... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1816 - 782 pages
...perfon. A prieft, whom they named Book i' bofom, ( becaufc he carried in his bofom a bible, or a regifter of the marriages) came from time to time to confirm the marriages." Mr Brown traces this cuftom from the Romans. See Sir y. Sinclair's Sfat. Ace. vol. xii. p. 615. * HANDFUL,... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 806 pages
...person. A priest, whom they named Book i' bosom, because he carried in his bosom a bible or a register of the marriages, came from time to time to confirm the marriages. Mr. Brown traces this custom from the Romans. HANDFUL, п.». As much as the hand can grasp, or contain... | |
 | William Hone - Almanacs, English - 1832 - 852 pages
...the name of " Book i'bosom," either because he carried in his bosom a Bible, or perhaps a register of the marriages, came from time to time to confirm the marriages. In the Isle of Portland, near Weymouth, where the inhabitants seldom or never intermarry with any on... | |
 | John Brand - Christian antiquities - 1841 - 356 pages
...gave the name of Book i' hosom (either hecause he carried in his hosom a Bihle, or perhaps a register of the marriages), came from time to time to confirm the marriages. This place is only a small distance from the Roman encampment of Castle-oe'r. May not the Fair have heen first instituted... | |
 | Book - Marriage customs and rites - 1846 - 156 pages
...the name of ' Book i'bosom,' either because he carried in his bosom a Bible, or perhaps a register of the marriages, came from time to time to confirm the marriages. " In the Isle of Portland, near "Weymouth, where the inhabitants seldom or never intermarry with any... | |
 | Brand - Christian antiquities - 1849 - 544 pages
...gave the name of Book i' Bosom (either because he carried in his bosom a Bible, or perhaps a register of the marriages), came from time to time to confirm the marriages. This place is only a small distance from the Roman encampment of Castle-oe'r. May not the fair have been first instituted... | |
 | John Platts - Curiosities and wonders - 1876 - 986 pages
...person. A priest, whom they named Book-i'-bosom, (because he carried in his bosom a Bible, or a register of the marriages,) came from time to time to confirm the marriages." Mr. Brown traces this custom from the Romans. — See Sir J. Sinelair's Statistical Account, vol. xii.... | |
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... connexion (if there were any) was always attached to the disaffected person. In later times, when this part of the country belonged to the Abbacy of Melrose, a priest to whom they gave the name of Book i... 
