...a date to the composition of a vast body of the Scottish songs, or to show that the Irish composers of the latter part of the sixteenth and early part of the seventeenth centuries adopted a Scotticism in their music, we shall not stop here to investigate ; but it is certain,...

...Padua, who flourished during * Vide Memoires de 1'Academie de Chirurgie. Tom. 12, edit, in 12, p. 4. the latter part of the sixteenth and early part of the seventeenth centuries, is said to have been the first to discover it ; but no correct description of it was given,...

...details of ancient classic architecture were incorporated with others of fanciful design peculiar to the latter part of the sixteenth and early part of the seventeenth centuries. In describing then the characteristics of this style, pro coopertura et emendacione super...

...their removal by the priest to the communion table for consecration, was observed in some churches in the latter part of the sixteenth and early part of the seventeenth century. Such table appears to have been introduced in the reign of Elizabeth, by Andrews, bishop of Norwich,...

...rudiments of his education at the place of liis birth. It appears from various circumstances that in the latter part of the sixteenth and early part of the seventeenth century, the south of Ireland afforded a higher order of education, and greater facilities for its attainment,...

...Lauriston appear pretty regularly in the Scots Parliament ;u and Sir Alexander Straiton, who lived during the latter part of the sixteenth and early part of the seventeenth centuries, appears to have made himself so popular in the councils of the nation, that he was appointed...

...commercial speculation, or rather gambling, to such an extent ; and the history of the " Tulipomania " in the latter part of the sixteenth and early part of the seventeenth centuries, when as much as five hundred pounds were paid for a single bulb, is a most readable chapter...

...Richard Barton, William Westby (of Mowbreck), and William Barton, Esquires. Dodsworth, who lived in the latter part of the sixteenth and early part of the seventeenth centuries, informs us that sometime during the year 1555 " a sudden irruption of the sea" took place...

...Richard Barton, William Westby (of Mowbreck), and William Barton, Esquires. Dodsworth, who lived in the latter part of the sixteenth and early part of the seventeenth centuries, informs us that sometime during the year 1555 "a sudden irruption of the sea" took place...

...Yelverton. He appears reclining on his right side, a not unusual attitude for sepulchral effigies in the latter part of the sixteenth and early part of the seventeenth century. The effigy in Stene Church of Sir Thomas Crewe, Serjeant at Law, who died AD 1633, is of white marble,...