Letters written during a tour through South WalesC. and R. Baldwin, 1804 - 80 páginas |
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... obtain the most correct information , I undertook the Tour of South Wales . A country , which , if less grand and romantic in its scenery than its northern neighbour , in a variety of pleasing and useful objects is calculated to make up ...
... obtain the most correct information , I undertook the Tour of South Wales . A country , which , if less grand and romantic in its scenery than its northern neighbour , in a variety of pleasing and useful objects is calculated to make up ...
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... * While this work was going to press , a spirited scheme was set on foot and adopted for this purpose , and an act obtained to raise money for its execution . of to evade , if possible , the eyes of 16 Asylum of Charles II .
... * While this work was going to press , a spirited scheme was set on foot and adopted for this purpose , and an act obtained to raise money for its execution . of to evade , if possible , the eyes of 16 Asylum of Charles II .
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... obtained its present familiar epithet of new . We landed at the Black Rock inn , so denomi- nated from a rock near it , which , being weather- beaten , puts on this appearance . Sherestone , for that is its name , consists of freestone ...
... obtained its present familiar epithet of new . We landed at the Black Rock inn , so denomi- nated from a rock near it , which , being weather- beaten , puts on this appearance . Sherestone , for that is its name , consists of freestone ...
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... obtain a place in our sta- tutes : when every individual is included in the fami- ly compact ; the peer and the peasant are cqually considered in the cognizance of the law , and the life , liberty , and property of the one esteemed of ...
... obtain a place in our sta- tutes : when every individual is included in the fami- ly compact ; the peer and the peasant are cqually considered in the cognizance of the law , and the life , liberty , and property of the one esteemed of ...
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... obtained victory after victory , pursued the invaders to the remotest corners of the island , and from the first engagement near Caerleon , to the affair of Badon Hill near Bath , returned Arthur's Sword Caliburn . 55.
... obtained victory after victory , pursued the invaders to the remotest corners of the island , and from the first engagement near Caerleon , to the affair of Badon Hill near Bath , returned Arthur's Sword Caliburn . 55.
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abbey abounds ancient appear arches beauty Bishop bridge Bristol British Britons building built Caerleon Caernarvonshire Caerwent called Cantref Cardigan castle cattle church cliffs coal coast consequence considered David's defended descended discovered distance Dubricius Earl England English erected farm favour feet formed former formerly frequently furnish garrison Glamorgan ground Gryffydd Gyraldus Henry Henry II hills inhabitants inscription iron King labour land latter limestone Llewelyn Lord miles mountains nature neighbourhood Normans North Wales numerous observed pass Pembroke Pembrokeshire port Portishead possession present prince principal probably produce remains residence Rhys Rhys ap Tewdwr rising river road rocks Roman ruins sands Saxons schistose scite Severn sheep shew shore side Silures South Wales spirit stands stone strata supposed Swansea Tenby tide tion tower town Uske vale Vale of Glamorgan vessels vicinity village walls Welsh William wood
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Página 351 - ... in that state of life in which it has pleased God to place them...
Página 351 - m afraid you wilfully overlook the religious side of the question, Mary; the divine command to do our duty in that state of life in which it has pleased God to call us.
Página 101 - Weave the warp, and weave the woof, The winding-sheet of Edward's race ; Give ample room, and verge enough, The characters of hell to trace ; Mark the year, and mark the night, When Severn shall re-echo with affright The shrieks of death, through Berkley's roof that ring, Shrieks of an agonizing King!
Página 228 - Has seen this broken pile complete, Big with the vanity of state ; But transient is the smile of fate ! A little rule, a little sway, A sunbeam in a winter's day, Is all the proud and mighty have Between the cradle and the grave.
Página 60 - Exegi monumentum aere perennius Regalique situ pyramidum altius, Quod non imber edax, non Aquilo impotens Possit diruere aut innumerabilis Annorum series et fuga temporum.
Página 376 - Mongst Hatterill's lofty hills, that with the clouds are crowned, The valley Ewias lies, immured so deep and round, As they below, that see the mountains rise so high, Might think the straggling herds were grazing in the sky: Which in it such a shape of solitude doth bear, As Nature at the first appointed it for prayer...
Página 216 - If pleasure be worth purchasing, how great a pleasure is it to him, who has a true taste of life, to ease an aching heart ; to see the human countenance lighted up into smiles of joy, on the receipt of a hit of ore which is superfluous and otherwise useless in a man's own pocket ? What could a man do better with his cash?
Página 227 - While strayed my eyes o'er Towy's flood, Over mead and over wood, From house to house, from hill to hill, Till contemplation had her fill.
Página 100 - Weave the warp, and weave the woof, The winding sheet of Edward's race. Give ample room, and verge enough The characters of hell to trace. Mark the year, and mark the night, When Severn shall re-echo with affright ; The shrieks of death, thro...
Página 380 - Herbert," that Sir John Morley, Knt. Lord of Ragland Castle, resided here in the reign of Richard II. Mr. Jones says it was built by Sir William Thomas, and his son William Earl of Pembroke, who was beheaded at Banbury. Sir W. Thomas lived in the reign of Henry V...