Letters written during a tour through South WalesC. and R. Baldwin, 1804 - 80 páginas |
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... side being defended by four fosses and three bulla , formed of loose limestones , heaped to a con- siderable height , and cemented together by filling up the interstices with boiling mortar . Instances of which are discovered in digging ...
... side being defended by four fosses and three bulla , formed of loose limestones , heaped to a con- siderable height , and cemented together by filling up the interstices with boiling mortar . Instances of which are discovered in digging ...
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... side , by ramparts on the other , a cwm leading to the river below , and a fort opposite the cwm ; all combined to render it peculiarly terrible ; and a strong post of defence against the desultory mode of warfare gene- rally practised ...
... side , by ramparts on the other , a cwm leading to the river below , and a fort opposite the cwm ; all combined to render it peculiarly terrible ; and a strong post of defence against the desultory mode of warfare gene- rally practised ...
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... side of the brook Trim , which runs to Sea Mills . But the port of Frome being thought more advantageous , therefore the miracle relates , that St. Vincent clave the rocks asunder and so gave passage to the river , because these rocks ...
... side of the brook Trim , which runs to Sea Mills . But the port of Frome being thought more advantageous , therefore the miracle relates , that St. Vincent clave the rocks asunder and so gave passage to the river , because these rocks ...
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... sides , several hun- dred feet high , so near that they almost meet ; having but just room for the river to roll her waters ... side screens continually changing and taking each others place . The intermixture of luxuriance and sterility ...
... sides , several hun- dred feet high , so near that they almost meet ; having but just room for the river to roll her waters ... side screens continually changing and taking each others place . The intermixture of luxuriance and sterility ...
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... side of the river , with a hanging wood in front , stands a small circular building , in appearance like a military watch tower , which goes by the appellation of Cooke's Folly , built by a person of that name , A. D. 1693 , as an ...
... side of the river , with a hanging wood in front , stands a small circular building , in appearance like a military watch tower , which goes by the appellation of Cooke's Folly , built by a person of that name , A. D. 1693 , as an ...
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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...