North Wales ... delineated from two excursionsLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1814 - 80 páginas |
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... surrounded by eminences that command a view directly upon it . Tradition says that in the year 946 , an image of the Virgin mother and a large cross were in- terred here . The story is curious : -This image belonged to the church of ...
... surrounded by eminences that command a view directly upon it . Tradition says that in the year 946 , an image of the Virgin mother and a large cross were in- terred here . The story is curious : -This image belonged to the church of ...
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... surrounded with wood , I had no little difficulty in finding it . It formerly consisted of two parts ; the larger of which was an oblong tower , rounded at one end , and about The surviving feoffee of the Earl of Salisbury now laid ...
... surrounded with wood , I had no little difficulty in finding it . It formerly consisted of two parts ; the larger of which was an oblong tower , rounded at one end , and about The surviving feoffee of the Earl of Salisbury now laid ...
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... surrounded with wood . -From various discoveries of antiquities in the place and neighbourhood , and from other cir- cumstances , there is good reason for supposing that this was the site of the Roman Conovium . During the summer of ...
... surrounded with wood . -From various discoveries of antiquities in the place and neighbourhood , and from other cir- cumstances , there is good reason for supposing that this was the site of the Roman Conovium . During the summer of ...
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... surrounded by foam , near the top of the fall , I could have fancied were floating along the torrent , and rushing to the bottom . The stream widens as it descends , and below passes over a slanting rock , which gives it a somewhat ...
... surrounded by foam , near the top of the fall , I could have fancied were floating along the torrent , and rushing to the bottom . The stream widens as it descends , and below passes over a slanting rock , which gives it a somewhat ...
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... surrounded by immense rocks , whose summits cloudcapped , are seldom visible to the inhabi- tants from below . " Nature has here ( says Camden , speaking of these parts of Caernar- vonshire ) reared huge groups of mountains , as if she ...
... surrounded by immense rocks , whose summits cloudcapped , are seldom visible to the inhabi- tants from below . " Nature has here ( says Camden , speaking of these parts of Caernar- vonshire ) reared huge groups of mountains , as if she ...
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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.