The Quarterly Review, Volume 120John Murray, 1866 - English literature |
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Page 66
Thus , about the middle of the fourteenth century , Edward III . granted powers to several gangs of Germans to work the mines of Sheildam in Northumberland , Alston Moor in Cumberland , and Richmond in Yorkshire , on condition that the ...
Thus , about the middle of the fourteenth century , Edward III . granted powers to several gangs of Germans to work the mines of Sheildam in Northumberland , Alston Moor in Cumberland , and Richmond in Yorkshire , on condition that the ...
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Thomas Robinson , in his History of Westmoreland and Cumberland , ' written more than a century and a half ago , says : The operators , managers , and miners were most of them Germans . The chief steward of the work was one Hecksteter ...
Thomas Robinson , in his History of Westmoreland and Cumberland , ' written more than a century and a half ago , says : The operators , managers , and miners were most of them Germans . The chief steward of the work was one Hecksteter ...
Page 68
They cost a considerable sum , and were su expensive luxuries that the use of them led to the custom of allowing the wife ' pin - money . ' The English must , however , have fallen behind in the art of din - making a century and a half ...
They cost a considerable sum , and were su expensive luxuries that the use of them led to the custom of allowing the wife ' pin - money . ' The English must , however , have fallen behind in the art of din - making a century and a half ...
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In 1381 they resisted the assault of Wat Tyler and his men until the authorities recovered from their panic ; . but a century later , in 1493 , the mob were more successful , for they broke into the place and completely gutted it .
In 1381 they resisted the assault of Wat Tyler and his men until the authorities recovered from their panic ; . but a century later , in 1493 , the mob were more successful , for they broke into the place and completely gutted it .
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Thus , in little more than a century , the former state of things has become entirely reversed . In 1731 , Joshua Gee stated that England was the best customer in Europe for the iron of Sweden and Russia , importing from those countries ...
Thus , in little more than a century , the former state of things has become entirely reversed . In 1731 , Joshua Gee stated that England was the best customer in Europe for the iron of Sweden and Russia , importing from those countries ...
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| Title | The Quarterly Review, Volume 120 |
| Contributors | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero |
| Publisher | John Murray, 1866 |
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