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... resort, especially in old age, was Samuel Parr, a pedagogue, and son of a Harrow apothecary. In his day he was regarded as the Whig Johnson. According to De Quincey, he boasted of inflicting bis eye upon persons whom he desire to awe. His mannerisms and ...

NOISES FASTER THAN MOTORS

... in colours as odious as they are untrue to nature, because his thoughts and principles did not square with the system of a Whig politician of the 19th century. The same motives inspired him, and inspire many others against Charles I. As.'hotne of your ...

Published: Friday 16 February 1940
Newspaper: Central Somerset Gazette
County: Somerset, England
Type: | Words: 1900 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Nu&sal Journal of Air Raid Precautions

... his asperities. Charles l.'s was a most beautiful mind. No amount of argument will ever change the mind of a man that is be-whigged. But such a revelation might. To the Editor, Central Somerset Gazette. KING CHARI.ES THE MARTYR. I Sir,—Mr. Painter continues ...

Published: Friday 01 March 1940
Newspaper: Central Somerset Gazette
County: Somerset, England
Type: | Words: 1476 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

STRODE SCHOOL, 1. BOYS' BRIGADE,

... historian:— As an historical writer Macaulay has not escaped the charge of partisanship. He was a Whig, and in writing the history of the rise and triumph of Whig principles in the latter half of the 17th century he identified himself with the cause. But the ...

Published: Friday 08 March 1940
Newspaper: Central Somerset Gazette
County: Somerset, England
Type: | Words: 1193 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

SOMERSET COUNTY HERALD, SATURDAY, MARCH 30, 1940. LOCAL NOTES AND QUERIES

... Friday. In connection with this I heard the expression wigs for breakfast and buns for tea on Good Friday.” (It may be spelt whigs). I found out th»t wigs were a kind of cake, flavoured with carrawav seed, and made in the shape of a Cornish pasty with pointed ...

WIGGS AT WELLS

... WIGGS AT WELLS “ F.F.'s” mention ot wigs or whigs being eaten Weils on Good Fricay this year particularly inteiesting. tor these were tormerly common Lenten tan- all over England On tne Bth April, 1664, Pepys writes in his Diary: -‘ home to the ohiv Lenten ...

SOMERSET'S SPECIAL DISHES

... chaps, and not least for the Sally Lun, the recipe for which Miss White gives F.F.” has recently mentioned the Wells wig or whig” on sale in the shops on Good Friday. An old lady relative of mine always kept one of these for a whole vear and though I was ...

WITHAM FRIARY

... who is to he married on Monday next. was presented with a fireside chair by Mrs. Shawe on behalf of the members. Catholic Whig Drive Mra. Bennett was the M.U. st the whist drive h' on TueFday end presented the prizes to : Ladies-1. Mrs. Bennett, 234 ...

Published: Friday 26 April 1940
Newspaper: Somerset Standard
County: Somerset, England
Type: | Words: 150 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

DEMON FLIGHT-LEUTENANI `IIIE JEW MAGNET

... bullets art a gosh in the British lbw and mother buffet wounded I Mud gamer_ ' By Illmowing from kit to husiever. the able be Whig the ere from six amehine-ipsse be horn en the Barmier. The I hied to take reeiding bp twenty fret of uere sea.l it was again ...