Somersetshire

His ‘yellow boys,’ as he called the Somersetshire trained bands, were even now coming down the valley from the London

Lorna Doone Richard Doddridge 2004

In that part of the western division of this kingdom which is commonly called Somersetshire, there lately lived, and perhaps lives still, a gentleman whose name was Allworthy, and who might well be called the favourite of both nature and fortune; for both of these seem to have contended which should bless and enrich him most.

The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling 2004

IN that part of the western division of this kingdom which is commonly called Somersetshire, there lately lived, and perhaps lives still, a gentleman whose name was Allworthy, and who might well be called the favourite of both nature and fortune; for both of these seem to have contended which should bless and enrich him most.

II. A Short Description of Squire Allworthy. Book I 1917

She frequently passed many successive months with Lady Tynt, of Haswell, in Somersetshire, who was her godmother, and who was the Lady Bountiful of the surrounding villages.

Memoirs of Mary Robinson Mary Elizabeth Robinson 1895

A portrait of my grandmother, when a girl, was seen by my mother at Haswell, in Somersetshire, the seat of Sir C.K. Tynt, many years after I was born.

Memoirs of Mary Robinson Mary Elizabeth Robinson 1895

My mother was born at Bridgwater, in Somersetshire, in the house near the bridge, which is now occupied by Jonathan Chub, Esq., a relation of my beloved and lamented parent, and a gentleman who, to acknowledged worth and a powerful understanding, adds a superior claim to attention by all the acquirements of a scholar and a philosopher.

Memoirs of Mary Robinson Mary Elizabeth Robinson 1895

From Stonidge I went to Evell in Somersetshire, thence to Meer a little town about 15 mile; by the town is a vast high hill called the Castle of Meer – its now all grass over and so steepe up that the ascent is by footsteps cut in the side of the hill.

Through England on a Side Saddle in the Time of William and Mary 1888

His 'yellow boys,' as he called the Somersetshire trained bands, were even now coming down the valley from the London Road, as every one since

Lorna Doone; a Romance of Exmoor 1862

AS many exaggerated accounts have appeared of the cavern lately discovered at Burrington-Coome, in Somersetshire, an authentic description may, perhaps, be acceptable to your readers.

Letter 196 1797

In that part of the western division of this kingdom which is commonly called Somersetshire, there lately lived, and perhaps lives still, a gentleman whose name was Allworthy, and who might well be called the favourite of both nature and fortune; for both of these seem to have contended which should bless and enrich him most.

History of Tom Jones, a Foundling Henry Fielding 1730