North Wales ... delineated from two excursionsLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1814 - 80 páginas |
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... present work is attached a Map of North Wales , compiled from the most authentic sources , to which I could have access , and corrected by my own ob- servations I fear that , in many instances , it may be found inaccurate , but as Mr ...
... present work is attached a Map of North Wales , compiled from the most authentic sources , to which I could have access , and corrected by my own ob- servations I fear that , in many instances , it may be found inaccurate , but as Mr ...
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... present kept in repair for the purposes merely of plea- sure and recreation . This is done principally by the murage duty of two - pence on every hun- dred yards of Irish linen that enters the port of Chester . In different parts they ...
... present kept in repair for the purposes merely of plea- sure and recreation . This is done principally by the murage duty of two - pence on every hun- dred yards of Irish linen that enters the port of Chester . In different parts they ...
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... present to the observer , in contrast , a scene of bustle and commerce . Betwixt the river and the walls is a piece of pasture - land about a mile in circumference , called THE ROODEE . This is used as a race - ground ; and few places ...
... present to the observer , in contrast , a scene of bustle and commerce . Betwixt the river and the walls is a piece of pasture - land about a mile in circumference , called THE ROODEE . This is used as a race - ground ; and few places ...
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... large stone richly orna- mented with Gothic carving . Round the top of this there is a range of thirty small images , at present neatly gilded , supposed to have been in- tended for the kings and saints of the Mercian kingdom 4 CHESTER .
... large stone richly orna- mented with Gothic carving . Round the top of this there is a range of thirty small images , at present neatly gilded , supposed to have been in- tended for the kings and saints of the Mercian kingdom 4 CHESTER .
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... present fabric was erected during the reigns of the three last Henries . CHURCHES . There are at Chester eight parish churches within the walls : St. Oswald's St. Peter's , Trinity , St. Bridget's , St. Michael's , St. Mary's , St ...
... present fabric was erected during the reigns of the three last Henries . CHURCHES . There are at Chester eight parish churches within the walls : St. Oswald's St. Peter's , Trinity , St. Bridget's , St. Michael's , St. Mary's , St ...
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abbey afterwards Amlwch ancient Anglesea appearance arches Asaph Bangor bank Beaumaris beautiful Beddgelert betwixt bridge building Caer Caernarvon Caernarvonshire called Capel Curig castle cataract celebrated CHAP Chester church Clwyd considerable Conwy copper crown Denbigh descended Dinas Dolbadarn castle Dolgelle earl Edward elegant erected EXCURSION feet formed formerly ground half a mile Harlech hence Henry hill hollow hundred inhabitants island king lake little distance Llanberis Llangollen Llanrwst Llewelyn Llyn Llyn Cwellyn lord Machynlleth Mawr meadows Merionethshire miles distant moun mountains Nant nearly North Wales observed Oswestry Owen parish passed Penmaen Pennant persons picturesque Pont pool present prince principal Pwllheli reign Rhaiadr Rhyddlan river river Conwy road rock Ruthin scene scenery seat seen Shrewsbury side singular situated Snowdon steep stone stream summit tourist tower town vale vale of Clwyd village walls waterfall Welsh whole wood yards
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Página 503 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long...
Página 503 - And then it started, like a guilty thing Upon a fearful summons. I have heard The cock, that is the trumpet to the morn, Doth with his lofty and shrill-sounding throat Awake the god of day; and at his warning. Whether in sea or fire, in earth or air, The extravagant and erring spirit hies To his confine; and of the truth herein This present object made probation.
Página 103 - Smooth to the shelving brink a copious flood Rolls fair and placid; where collected all, In one impetuous torrent, down the steep It thundering shoots, and shakes the country round.
Página 247 - O'erturned his infant's bed he found, With blood-stained covert rent ; And all around, the walls and ground With recent blood besprent. He called his child — no voice replied — He searched, with terror wild ; Blood, blood he found on every side, But nowhere found his child. " Hell-hound ! my child's by thee devoured," The frantic father cried ; And to the hilt his vengeful sword He plunged in Gelert's side.
Página 307 - On a rock, whose haughty brow Frowns o'er old Conway's foaming flood, Robed in the sable garb of woe, With haggard eyes the poet stood ; (Loose his beard and hoary hair, Stream'd like a meteor to the troubled air,) And with a master's hand and prophet's fire Struck the deep sorrows of his lyre...
Página 156 - I venerate the man, whose heart is warm, Whose hands are pure, whose doctrine and whose life Coincident exhibit lucid proof That he is honest in the sacred cause.
Página 247 - Llewelyn homeward hied ; When, near the portal seat, His truant Gelert he espied, Bounding his lord to greet. But, when he gain'd his castle door, Aghast the chieftain stood ; The hound all o'er was smear'd with gore His lips, his fangs ran blood.
Página 246 - Oh, where does faithful Gelert roam ? the flower of all his race ! so true, so brave ! a lamb at home — a lion in the chase!
Página 309 - Dash'd in a cloud of foam, it sends aloft A hoary mist, and forms a ceaseless shower. Nor can the...
Página 248 - Best of thy kind, adieu ! The frantic deed which laid thee low, This heart shall ever rue.