Also, county names that end in - shire should sound like - shuh, not - shy-er. From Wordnik.com. [Archive: Oct 08 - Mar 09] Reference
The shire was the scene of much strife after the Reformation. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference
The knight of the shire was the connecting link between the baron and the shopkeeper. From Wordnik.com. [The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1] Reference
Farewell I fear it is likely to be for some time, as I must reside at my deanery, in ---- shire. From Wordnik.com. [Zoe: The History of Two Lives] Reference
But when Chaucer met her the house was ruling itself somewhere at the 'shire's ende'. From Wordnik.com. [Medieval People] Reference
Landscape painter Ross Andrews re-imagines what a 'shire' is (breaking down artificial government boundaries). From Wordnik.com. [The RiotACT] Reference
A "shire" was a grouping of hundreds, with a similar gathering of its principal men for judicial, military, and fiscal purposes. From Wordnik.com. [An Introduction to the Industrial and Social History of England] Reference
Ross-shire, the whole outline being rough and rugged. From Wordnik.com. [The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde"] Reference
Bore the whole sway of the shire; kept a great house. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 4, April 1810] Reference
Ferne is a parish in the eastern part of the shire of Ross. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6)] Reference
In Inverness-shire, cup marks are called "fairies 'footmarks.". From Wordnik.com. [The Book of the Damned] Reference
That one captain might be named in every shire which might command. From Wordnik.com. [Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs] Reference
Nottingham-shire, Huntington-shire, and most of the middle shires in. From Wordnik.com. [The English Husbandman The First Part: Contayning the Knowledge of the true Nature of euery Soyle within this Kingdome: how to Plow it; and the manner of the Plough, and other Instruments] Reference
It was no secret: was ever such a thing secret in the shire of Argyll?. From Wordnik.com. [Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure] Reference
(Valliscaulian), Inverness-shire, was founded in 1230 and endowed by Sir. From Wordnik.com. [Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys] Reference
And that common English that is spoken in one shire varyeth from another. From Wordnik.com. [English Literature for Boys and Girls] Reference
York-shire, where, for the most part, is nothing but woode-dryed Malt onely. From Wordnik.com. [The English Husbandman The First Part: Contayning the Knowledge of the true Nature of euery Soyle within this Kingdome: how to Plow it; and the manner of the Plough, and other Instruments] Reference
A generation later William Wallace conducted a vigorous campaign in the shire. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"] Reference
Thus, though St. Botolph was of the fenny shire of Lincoln, and the new comers to the. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 30, April, 1860] Reference
The shire-moot, too, with its delegates from the hundred-moots, was equally democratic. From Wordnik.com. [The Rise of the Democracy] Reference
Ross-shire, to enable him to maintain himself in comfort while continuing his studies abroad. From Wordnik.com. [The Scottish Reformation Its Epochs, Episodes, Leaders, and Distinctive Characteristics] Reference
LOCH MORAR, in Inverness-shire, is another delightful spot, and somewhat out of the usual track. From Wordnik.com. [Scotch Loch-Fishing] Reference
She lived alone with a couple of old servants in a small village far in the wilds of ---- shire. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864] Reference
'Do you know,' said I, 'I would not give a yard's breadth of the shire of Argyll anywhere north of. From Wordnik.com. [Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure] Reference
He is fearful of being sheriff of the shire by instinct, and dreads the assize-week as much as the prisoner. From Wordnik.com. [Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters] Reference
Not long after leaving college, he obtained the place of a preceptor to the children of a farmer in Angus-shire. From Wordnik.com. [The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1] Reference
And that was my melancholy home-coming to my father's house of Elngmore, in the parish of Glcnaora, in the shire of Argile. From Wordnik.com. [John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn] Reference
Dumfries-shire town which they entered, Brown took a carriage to carry him part of the way in the direction of Woodbourne, where Julia. From Wordnik.com. [Red Cap Tales Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North] Reference
You'll have heard of our kittle state in this shire for the past ten years, and not only in this shire but all over the West Highlands. From Wordnik.com. [John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn] Reference
He obtained a Charter of Confirmation to himself and Janet Hopper his spouse, of the lands of Carberry, in the shire of Edinbuigh, 21st. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6)] Reference
Thomas Greie knight, who then was at the parlement, as one of the knights of the shire, by meanes of whose absence, the enimies the sooner. From Wordnik.com. [Chronicles (3 of 6): Historie of England (1 of 9) Henrie IV] Reference
Criffel across from Dumfries-shire, and the castle of Ellangowan is certainly described from the ruins of Caerlaverock, opposite New Abbey. From Wordnik.com. [Red Cap Tales Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North] Reference
There was never a blacker sign of the time's unrest But men came from many parts of the shire, with their chieftains or lairds, and there they went clamping about this. From Wordnik.com. [John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn] Reference
Would she run out and dare all for his forgiveness of her folly, and take his terms if that were possible now that her name and his were ridiculous through all the shire?. From Wordnik.com. [Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure] Reference
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