 VIII. was found here a plate of tin, inscribed with many letters, but in so strange a character, that neither Sir Thomas Elliott, a learned antiquary, nor Mr. Lilly, master of St. Paul's school, could make them out. This plate, to the great loss of the...  Indian Antiquities: Or, Dissertations, Relative to the Ancient Geographic ... - Pagina 127di Thomas Maurice - 1812Visualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
 | Archibald Robertson (of Charles st, St. James' sq.) - 1792 - 276 pagine
..." mixed with flints. — In the reign of Henry " VIII. was found here, a plate of tin, in" scribed with many letters, but in so strange " a character, that neither Sir Thomas El" Hot, a learned antiquary, nor Mr. Lilly, " master of St. Paul's school, could make " them out.... | |
 | John Hughes - 1818 - 378 pagine
...but in so strange a character (hat neither Sir Thomas Elliott, a learned antiquary, nor Mr. Ijilly, master of St. Paul's school, could make them out....great loss of the learned world, was soon after lost. " Two stone pillars appear at the foot of the bank next the area, in which the buildings stand ; and... | |
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1821 - 624 pagine
...found near Stonehenge; but they were • in so strange a character, that neither Sir Thomas Elliot, a • learned antiquary, nor Mr. Lilly, master of...loss of the • learned world, was soon after lost.' Diodorus Siculus, in the remarkable account he gives of the island of the Hyperboreans, •which is... | |
 | 1840 - 740 pagine
...Henry VIII. there was found near this place a table of metal, as it had been tinn and lead commix'd, inscribed with many letters, but in so strange a character, that neither Sir Thomas Eliot nor Mr. Lily, School-master of Paul's, could read it, and therefore neglected it." What could... | |
 | 1851 - 554 pagine
...of that tablet of tin, which was found at this place (Stonehenge) in the time of King Henry VIII., inscribed with many letters, but in so strange a character...Mr. Lilly, master of St. Paul's school, could make any tiling out of it. Mr. Sarames may be right, who judges it to have been Punic. I imagine if we call... | |
 | William Long - 1876 - 288 pagine
...of tin, inscribed with many letters, but in so strange a character that neither Sir Thomas Klliot, a learned antiquary, nor Mr. Lilly, Master of St....great loss of the learned world was soon after lost. (Holland, Stukeley.) Two stone pillar's appear at the foot of the bank next the area in which the building... | |
 | Sir Thomas Elyot - 1883 - 558 pagine
...the Eight there was found neere this place a table of mettall as it had been tinne and lead commixt, inscribed with many letters but in so strange a character that neither Sir Thomas Elyot nor Master Lilye, Schoole-maister of Paules, could read it, and therefore neglected it. Had it... | |
 | Oxford Historical Society (Oxford, England) - 1886 - 500 pagine
...and lead commixt, was found in or by the Monument, in the time of King Hen. 8. wherein were ingraven many Letters, but in so strange a Character that neither Sir Thomas Eliot, nor Mr. Lilly, Schoolmaster of St. Paul's, could tell what to make of it ; and so took no care... | |
 | Thomas Hearne - 1886 - 496 pagine
...and lead commixt, was found in or by the Monument, in the time of King Hen. 8. wherein were ingraven many Letters, but in so strange a Character that neither Sir Thomas Eliot, nor Mr. Lilly, Schoolmaster of St. Paul's, could tell what to make of it ; and so took no care... | |
 | Joseph Hirst Lupton - 1887 - 374 pagine
...the Eight there was found neere this place a table of mettall, as it had been tinne and lead commixt, inscribed with many letters, but in so strange a character that neither Sir Thomas Elyot nor Maister Lilie, Schoolemaister of Paules, could read it." * These hours continued unchanged... | |
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