In the see of Durham and other abbeys there, xx M marke: in the see of York & abbays there, xx M marke: in the see of Wynchester & abbays there, xx M marke: in the see of London with abbays and other houses there, xx M marke: in the see of Lincoln, with the abbays of Peterbourth, Ramsay, & other, xx M marke: in the see of Norwych, with the abbays of Bury and other, xx M marke: in the see of Hely, with the abbays of Hely, Spaldyng, & other, xx M marke: in the see of Bathe, with the abbay of Okynborne & other, xx M marke: in the see of Worceter, with the abbays of Euisham, Abyngdon, & other, xx M marke: in the see of Chester with precinct of the same, with the sees of Seynt Davyd of Salisbury & Exceter, with theyr precinctes, xx M marke: the abbays of Ravens, or Revans, of Founteyns, of Geruons, and dyvers other, to the number of five more, xx M marke: the abbays of Leyceter, Waltham, Gisbourne, Merton, Circetir, Osney, & other, to the number of vi more, xx M marke: the abbays of Dovers, Batell, Lewis, Coventre, Daventry, & Tourney, xx M marke: the abbays of Northampton, Thornton, Brystow, Kelyngworth, Wynchecombe, Hayles, Parchissor, Frediswyde, Notley, and Grymysby, xx M marke. — from Mediæval London, Volume 1: Historical & Social by Walter Besant
The management has now secured a powerful and perfect Roentgen or X-Ray apparatus which will be used in connection with this department, in the examination of difficult cases. — from Philosophy of Osteopathy by A. T. (Andrew Taylor) Still
poetry rise of xiii
65 Retort on Dryden, xi, 65 Revel of James I. viii, 452 Revival of the Drama at the Restoration, i, 65 Revolter, a tragi-comedy, extracts from, x, 9 criticism of, on the Hind and the Panther, ib. 99 lxxxiv Revolution, consequences of to Dryden, i, 347 effects of upon literary pursuits, ib. 385 Reynard the Fox, an ancient political satire, x, 155 Reynolds, Sir Joshua, poetical epistle to, xvii, 284 Rhyme unnatural in plays, xv, 363 defence of in serious plays, ib. 367 a constraint to poets, xiv, 207 Rhyming or heroic plays, pattern of set by France, i, 69 Ridicule of Dryden’s use of the Alexandrine, ix, 415 Right of the Pope over kings, x, 19 Rise of the Quakers, account of, ib. 141 Settle’s animosity to Dryden, xv, 398 Rival Ladies, a tragi-comedy, ii, 109 remarks on, ib. 111 dedication to, ib. 113 prologue to, ib. 123 companies of players united, x, 393 Rochester, Earl of, character of, iv, 235 account of, vii, 13, ix, 307 Dryden’s memorial to, i, 296 letters to, xviii, 89 , 101 epistle dedicatory to, iv, 235, vii, 13 banished the court, iv, 238 cowardice of, xv, 215 dismissal from the treasury of, epitaph on, ib. 279 assaults Dryden in Rose-street, i, 204 Rod of divination, what, ix, 20 Rogers, Mr, epitaph upon, xi, 144 Roman satirical poetry, rise of, xiii, 47 Roman satire, first author of, ib. 58 dramas, plot of, xv, 314 Roman Catholic plot, ix, 259 Romances of Mademoiselle Scuderi, xi, 232 Romano, Julio, character of as a painter, xvii, 491 Romans, origin of dramatic performances among, xiii, 51 first author of a play among the, ib. — from The Works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 18
Dialogue concerning Women; Characters; Life of Lucian; Letters; Appendix; Index by John Dryden
partial recital of Xenophon
That such anticipations were well-founded, we gather even from the partial recital of Xenophon; who states that Pasimêlus, the philo-Laconian leader, was on his guard and in preparation, [628] —and counts it to him as a virtue that shortly afterwards he opened the gates to the Lacedæmonians. — from History of Greece, Volume 09 (of 12) by George Grote
pay rates on x
The utmost pressure put upon any owner under this system would be that, if he would not pay rates on x pounds for his property, he would lie obliged to take x pounds for the property. — from Speculations from Political Economy by Charles Baron Clarke
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