 | Edward Moor - 1823 - 560 pages
...breeze that trembles through the whistling tent. Leyden's Scenes of Infancy* Bent or Starr, on the NW coast of England, and especially in Lancashire, is...counties. Its fibrous roots give some cohesion to the siiicious soil. By the 15 and 1C G. II. c. 03, "plucking up and carrying away Starr or Bent, or having^it/in-possession... | |
 | James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - 1850 - 500 pages
...Poems, p. 1й>. (2) Sedge, grass of the fens. " Bent or tiirr, on the N. \V. coast of England, aud especially in Lancashire, is a coarse reedy shrub...roots give some cohesion to the siliceous soil. By the 13 and 16 G. II. c. 33, " plucking up and earning away starr or bent, or having it in possession, within... | |
 | James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - 1868 - 542 pages
...resoun. Lyilifo.tr' a Minor Poem, p. ISA (2) Sedge, grass of the fens. " Bent or starr, on the N. \V. coast of England, and especially in Lancashire, is...some cohesion to the siliceous soil. By the 15 and 16 G. II. c. 33, "plucking up and carrying away tlarr or bent, or having it in possession, within five... | |
 | 1868 - 238 pages
...passage in Moor's Suffolk Words, where, under the word Bent, he writes, '- Bent or Starr, on the NW coast of England, and especially in Lancashire, is...counties. Its fibrous roots give some cohesion to the silicious soil. By the 15 and 16 G. II. c. 33, plucking up and carrying away Starr or Bent, or having... | |
 | 1868 - 246 pages
...passage in Moor's Suffolk Words, where, under the word Bent, he writes, '' Bent or Starr, on the NW coast of England, and especially in Lancashire, is...counties. Its fibrous roots give some cohesion to the silieious soil. By the 15 and 16 G. II. c. 33, plucking up and carrying away Starr or Bent, or having... | |
 | James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - 1881 - 492 pages
...resoun. 1.1/tl/fata'i Итог Pntnu, p. 15ft, (2) Sedge, grass of the fens. " Bent or starr, on the NW coast of England, and especially in Lancashire, is...lands of those counties. Its fibrous roots give some cohesión to the siliceous soil. By the 15 and IG G. II. c. 33, " plucking up and carrying away starr... | |
 | James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - 1901 - 492 pages
...resoun. Lydgate** Minor Poemt, p. 130 (2) Sedge, grass of the fens. " Bent or tlarr, on the N. \\ . coast of England, and especially in Lancashire, is...some cohesion to the siliceous soil. By the 15 and 16 G. II. c. 33, "plucking up and carrying away ttarr or bent, or having it ia possession, within five... | |
 | Walter William Skeat - 1902 - 244 pages
...passage in Moor's Suffolk Words, where, under the word Bent, he writes, ' Bent or starr, on the NW coast of England, and especially in Lancashire, is...counties. Its fibrous roots give some cohesion to the silicious soil. By the 15 and 16 G. II, c. 33, plucking up and carrying away starr or bent, or having... | |
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Bent or Starr, on the NW coast of England, and especially in Lancashire, is a coarse reedy shrub — like ours perhaps — of some importance formerly, if not now, on the sandy blowing lands of those counties. Its fibrous roots give some cohesion to the... 