A pedestrian tour through North Wales, letters1795 - 120 páginas |
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... arrived amongst a people , to whose language I am a per- fect stranger , and whofe manners and customs are as eccentric as they are fin- gular , every circumftance attracts atten- tion , and every object excites admiration . But it is ...
... arrived amongst a people , to whose language I am a per- fect stranger , and whofe manners and customs are as eccentric as they are fin- gular , every circumftance attracts atten- tion , and every object excites admiration . But it is ...
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... arrived , and were much disappointed with respect to thofe excellent accommodations our honest friend had hinted at , for we could get nothing but dry bread and bad cheese , poor cheer for two hungry travellers that had scarcely eat any ...
... arrived , and were much disappointed with respect to thofe excellent accommodations our honest friend had hinted at , for we could get nothing but dry bread and bad cheese , poor cheer for two hungry travellers that had scarcely eat any ...
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... arrival , by a cele- brated Welsh harper , who tuned his ftrings to fo Orphean a measure , that a crowd foon collected round the door of our little inn , fome of whom began to dance after the ruftic fashion of their country ; the ...
... arrival , by a cele- brated Welsh harper , who tuned his ftrings to fo Orphean a measure , that a crowd foon collected round the door of our little inn , fome of whom began to dance after the ruftic fashion of their country ; the ...
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... arrive at any com- fortable depth . The approach to Conway , from the op- pofite fide of the water , is extremely grand . The caftle ( built by Edward the First , A. D. 1284. ) ftands upon a rock , the the foot of which is washed by ...
... arrive at any com- fortable depth . The approach to Conway , from the op- pofite fide of the water , is extremely grand . The caftle ( built by Edward the First , A. D. 1284. ) ftands upon a rock , the the foot of which is washed by ...
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... was once attended with fo much danger to the wary traveller , is now per- fectly safe . We arrived late in the even- • Ing at Abber , which confifts but of three ing [ 60 ] fometimes exciting their risible muscles, ...
... was once attended with fo much danger to the wary traveller , is now per- fectly safe . We arrived late in the even- • Ing at Abber , which confifts but of three ing [ 60 ] fometimes exciting their risible muscles, ...
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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...