The Perlustration of Great Yarmouth, with Gorleston and Southtown, Volume 3G. Nall, 1875 - Gorleston-on-Sea (England) |
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Page 343 - We ordered the steps to be levelled by the parson of the town ; and brake the popish inscription, My flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. I gave orders to break in pieces the carved work, which I have seen done. There were six superstitious pictures, one crucifix, and the Virgin Mary with the infant Jesus in her arms, and Christ lying in a manger, and the three kings coming to Christ with presents, and three bishops with their mitres and crosier staffs, and eighteen Jesuses written...
Page 343 - ... which I remember not, with divers pictures in the windows, which we could not reach, neither would they help us to raise ladders ; so we left a warrant with the constable to do it in fourteen days. We brake down a pot of holy water, St. Andrew with his cross, and St. Catherine with her wheel ; and we took down the cover of the font, and the four evangelists, and a triangle for the Trinity, a superstitious picture of St. Peter and his keys, an eagle, and a lion with wings.
Page 343 - Pray for ye soul,' &c.; in English. We took up thirteen superstitious brasses. Ordered Moses with his rod and Aaron with his mitre, to be taken down. Ordered eighteen angels off the roof, and cherubims to be taken down, and nineteen pictures on the windows. The organ I brake; and we brake seven popish pictures in the chancel window, - one of Christ, another of St. Andrew, another of St. James, &c. We ordered the steps to be levelled by the parson of the town; and brake the popish inscription, My...
Page 49 - When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me : when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out : when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion : when I see the tombs of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow...
Page 137 - to listen to the cries of the poor fellows, some of whom could swim, while others could not. Mixed with the hissing of the water and the bowlings of the storm, I heard shrieks for mercy, and some that had no meaning but what arose from fear. I struck out, to get clear of the crowd, and in a few minutes there was no noise, for most of the men had sunk...
Page 290 - Avast there, lads, come and hear the Admiral's words.' When the men were mustered, I delivered, with becoming dignity, the sentence, — rather anticipating that the effect on the men would be to awe them by its grandeur. Jack, however, did not appreciate it, for there were murmurs from some, whilst others in an audible whisper muttered, ' Do our duty ! Of course we'll do our duty. I've always done mine, haven't you ? Let us come alongside of 'em, and we'll soon show whether we will do our duty.
Page 289 - ... round their heads and over the ears, to deaden the noise of the cannon, many men being deaf for days after an action. The men were variously occupied; some were sharpening their cutlasses, others polishing the guns...
Page 12 - Kingdom, lord president of her Majesty's most honorable Privy Council, knight of the : most noble order of the Garter, &c. ; the right • honorable Sir Stafford Henry Northcote, baronet, one of her Majesty's most honorable Privy Council, a member of Parliament, a companion of the most honorable order of the Bath, &c.
Page 107 - An Act to enable His Majesty more effectually to provide for the Defence and Security of the Realm during the present War, and for indemnifying Persons who may suffer in their Property by such measures as may be necessary for that purpose...
Page 107 - Persons who may suffer in their Property by such measures as may be necessary for that purpose ; and to enable His Majesty more effectually and speedily to exercise his ancient and undoubted Prerogative, in requiring the Military Service of his liege Subjects in case of Invasion of the Realm.