 | Alexander Mackay - Geography - 1864 - 334 pages
...or, if there be any difference in these respects, the Scotch has the advantage. Lastly, the French is spoken in the Channel Isles, the only portion of Normandy now belonging to the English Crown. Government and Finance.—The crown is hereditary; the form of government a limited constitutional... | |
 | Joseph Whitaker - Almanacs, English - 1872 - 358 pages
...possessions, are, neverthe'ess, dependencies of the British Crown. They are the only portions of tho Dukedom of Normandy now belonging to the English Crown, to which they have been attached since the Conquest. The area of the whole is about 112 square miles, and the population... | |
 | Alexander Mackay - Geography - 1873 - 712 pages
...highly - fascinating literature. French is spoken in the Channel lales,— the only portion of Normaudy now belonging to the English Crown, to which they have remained attached ever since the Conquest. Religions Bellet— Christianity is professed, under some one or other of its forms, by nearly all... | |
 | Sereno Dwight Nickerson, Charles H. Titus - 1874 - 676 pages
...France ; the principal being Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, Sercq and llerm, and they are the only portions of Normandy now belonging to the English crown, to which they have remained attached since the Conquest. It is uncertain at what precise time Masonry was first introduced into either of... | |
 | Alexander Mackay - 1878 - 712 pages
...literature. French ia spoken in the Channel Isles, — the only portion of Normandy now lielonging to the English Crown, to which they have remained...the Conquest. Religious Belief. — Christianity is profcssej, under some one or other of its forms, by nearly all the population of the British Isles... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1879 - 876 pages
...nearest distance from the French coast is about 10 miles. The CI are the only parts of the dukedom of Normandy now belonging to the English crown, to which they have been attached since the Conquest. King John, about the year 1200, lost all Normandy except these isles.... | |
 | Alexander Mackay - 1881 - 714 pages
...a regular and cultivated language, and is possessed of a highly • fascinating literature. French is spoken in the Channel Isles,— the only portion...by nearly all the population of the British Isles ; bnt in no other country, with perhaps the exception of the United States, is the religious community... | |
 | Alexander Mackay - Geography - 1885 - 332 pages
...or, if there be any difference in these respects, the Scotch has the advantage. Lastly, the French is spoken in the Channel Isles, the only portion of Normandy now belonging to the English Crown. RELIOION.— Christianity, under one or other of its forms, is professed by nearly the entire population... | |
 | Larkin Dunton - Asia - 1897 - 472 pages
...Portugal. CHAPTER XXVI. THE CHANNEL ISLANDS. the diocese of Winchester, and are the only portions of old Normandy now belonging to the English Crown, to which...they have remained attached ever since the Conquest. They have cost the government a great 'leal, having been fortified at an immense expense. The population... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1897 - 500 pages
...the nearest distance from the French coast IB about 10 m. The CI are the only parts of the dukedom of Normandy now belonging to the English crown, to which they have been attached since the Conquest. King John, about the yr. 1200, lost all Normandy except these isles.... | |
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French is spoken in the Channel Isles,— the only portion of Normandy now belonging to the English Crown, to which they have remained attached ever since the Conquest. Religious Belief. — Christianity is professed, under some one or other of its forms,... 
