North Wales ... delineated from two excursionsLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1814 - 80 páginas |
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... soon after the commencement of the long vacation , and proceeded , in the cross - country coaches , immediately to Chester . From Chester I leisurely skirted the north coast of Wales , along the great Irish road * , through St. Asaph ...
... soon after the commencement of the long vacation , and proceeded , in the cross - country coaches , immediately to Chester . From Chester I leisurely skirted the north coast of Wales , along the great Irish road * , through St. Asaph ...
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... soon as their presence announced that the entertainment might commence , the town crier opened the business by proclaiming aloud to the gaping audience : - " Oyez ! Oyez ! Oyez ! if any man stands within twenty yards of the bull - ring ...
... soon as their presence announced that the entertainment might commence , the town crier opened the business by proclaiming aloud to the gaping audience : - " Oyez ! Oyez ! Oyez ! if any man stands within twenty yards of the bull - ring ...
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... soon cleared away , and the now unclouded sky seemed to indicate a continuance of the most delightful weather . I wandered so slowly along , that it was near seven o'clock before I arrived at HAWARDEN . This is a small clean - looking ...
... soon cleared away , and the now unclouded sky seemed to indicate a continuance of the most delightful weather . I wandered so slowly along , that it was near seven o'clock before I arrived at HAWARDEN . This is a small clean - looking ...
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... soon after the Norman conquest ; for it was then possessed by Roger Fitzvalerine , son of one of the noble adventurers who followed the fortunes of William the Conqueror . It was held by the seneschalship to the earls of Chester , and ...
... soon after the Norman conquest ; for it was then possessed by Roger Fitzvalerine , son of one of the noble adventurers who followed the fortunes of William the Conqueror . It was held by the seneschalship to the earls of Chester , and ...
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... Soon after their arrival they made an attack on this castle , and after a fortnight's siege , it was surrendered to them . In the hands of the Royalists it continued until after the surrender of Chester in 1645 , when it was vigorously ...
... Soon after their arrival they made an attack on this castle , and after a fortnight's siege , it was surrendered to them . In the hands of the Royalists it continued until after the surrender of Chester in 1645 , when it was vigorously ...
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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.