A pedestrian tour through North Wales, letters1795 - 120 páginas |
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... some remains of a caftle , and reached Denbigh yesterday evening . This town is well built , This delightful vale is of an oval shape , twenty - fix miles in length , and about eight wide in the broadest part ; it is wholly bounded with ...
... some remains of a caftle , and reached Denbigh yesterday evening . This town is well built , This delightful vale is of an oval shape , twenty - fix miles in length , and about eight wide in the broadest part ; it is wholly bounded with ...
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... some previous difcourfe ) , " your voyage through life may be compared to an outward bound fleet in time of war , that has a fafe con- voy to a certain latitude , where they ufually feparate , and take different courses ; fome navigate ...
... some previous difcourfe ) , " your voyage through life may be compared to an outward bound fleet in time of war , that has a fafe con- voy to a certain latitude , where they ufually feparate , and take different courses ; fome navigate ...
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... some refpects , to its title even now ; nor must I forget to pay my tribute of thanks to the hoftefs , a fine old lady , who payed us the utmost attention , and appeared particu- larly folicitous about us ; fhe gave us her bleffing at ...
... some refpects , to its title even now ; nor must I forget to pay my tribute of thanks to the hoftefs , a fine old lady , who payed us the utmost attention , and appeared particu- larly folicitous about us ; fhe gave us her bleffing at ...
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... some minutes , till we were admitted by a good - looking lad about 17 years of age , who was the per- fon we had been fearching for : he re- monstrated against our ascending that night , with many weighty reasons , to which we easily ...
... some minutes , till we were admitted by a good - looking lad about 17 years of age , who was the per- fon we had been fearching for : he re- monstrated against our ascending that night , with many weighty reasons , to which we easily ...
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... some distance stands the abbey , whofe holy ifles , and melan- choly fhades , were once devoted to reli- gious fervour and monaftic difcipline : it was founded A D , 1131. The monks were of the rigid order of Ciftertians * . * At what ...
... some distance stands the abbey , whofe holy ifles , and melan- choly fhades , were once devoted to reli- gious fervour and monaftic difcipline : it was founded A D , 1131. The monks were of the rigid order of Ciftertians * . * At what ...
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Abber affume almoſt alſo Amlwch amongſt Angleſea annum appearance Bala Beaumaris beautiful becauſe beſt Cader Idris Caernarvon caftle caſtle caufe cauſe circumftances cloſe confequently confiderably courfe courſe Crickhowel croffed dear friend defolation Denbigh deſcription diſtance Ditto Druids eſtabliſh exiſtence facred fafe fame fcarcely feemed ferry fhall fide fimilar fimple firſt fituation fociety fome fometimes foon fubject fuch fummit fuperftition furrounding happineſs himſelf houſe inhabitants intereſting iſland itſelf juſtice laft laſt Llanberis Llangollen meaſure ments miles mind moft Montgomeryshire moſt moun mountains muft muſt myſelf North Wales obfervations occafion ourſelves paffage paſs peaſant pleaſing pleaſure prefent reaſon reſpect rifing river river Clwyd River Dee road rock Ruthin ſcene ſcenery ſeen ſhall ſhort ſhould ſmall ſome South Wales ſpot ſtands ſtate ſtones ſtood ſtorm ſtranger ſtriking tain thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thouſand tion town ufual utmoſt vale venerable Welſh whilft whofe wiſhes Wrexham yeſterday
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Página 8 - Oh. how can'st thou renounce the boundless store Of charms which Nature to her vot'ry yields? The warbling woodland, the resounding shore, The pomp of groves, and garniture of fields ; All that the genial ray of morning gilds, And all that echoes to the song of even ; All that the mountain's sheltering bosom shields, And all the dread magnificence of heaven — Oh, how can'st thou renounce, and hope to be forgiven...
Página 134 - BUT poverty, though it does not prevent the generation, is extremely unfavourable to the rearing of children. The tender plant is produced, but in fo cold a foil, and fo fevere a climate, foon withers and dies. It is not uncommon, I have been frequently told, in the Highlands of Scotland for a mother who has borne twenty children not to have two alive.
Página 134 - In some places, one half the children born die before they are four years of age, in many places before they are seven, and in almost all places before they are nine or ten. This great mortality, however, will...
Página 38 - ... a very high hill, when the vale of Clwyd, in all its beauty, unfolded upon the sight: it appeared like a moving picture, upon which nature had been prodigal of its colours. Hamlets, villages, towns, and castles, rose like enchantment upon this rich carpet, that seemed covered with wood and enclosures; in the midst of it, at the...
Página 127 - ... threatening foe. Strange ferocious manners were blended with the hofpitality of thofe days ; but, happily for mankind, fuch barbarous features of uncivilized ages are at length every where humanized into more refined and focial enjoyments. Whether fociety has not arrived at an excefs of refinement; whether a great degree of refinement is not the parent of vice and corruption ; and if fo, whether an age of barbarity, with honefty and virtue, or an age of refinement, with effeminacy, vice, and...
Página 12 - ... we can discern no quality which marks any distinction or superiority. The capacity of improvement seems to be the same ; and the talents he may afterwards acquire...
Página 127 - Jpoils of a vanquifhed enemy ; the conch does not found to war, nor is the bolfy (hield itruck as the fignal to meet the threatening foe. Strange ferocious manners were blended with the hofpitality of thofe days ; but, happily for mankind, fuch barbarous features of uncivilized ages are at length every where humanized into more refined and focial enjoyments. Whether fociety has not arrived at an excefs of refinement ; whether a great degree of refinement is not the parent of vice and corruption ;...
Página 1 - With gold and gems if Chilian mountains glow ; If bleak and barren Scotia's hills arise ; There plague and poison, lust and rapine grow ; Here peaceful are the vales, and pure the skies, And freedom fires the soul, and sparkles in the eyes. Then grieve not, thou, to whom th...
Página 16 - neath this roof thy wine cheer'd moments pafs, Fill to the good man's name one grateful glafs, To higher zeft mall mem'ry wake thy foul, And virtue mingle in the ennobled bowl. But if like me thro...
Página 16 - Viiions fair, His eyes dance rapture, and his bofom glows ! Friend to the friendlefs, to the fick man Health ; With generous Joy he views th...