Observations on the Western Parts of England: Relative Chiefly to Picturesque Beauty; to which are Added, a Few Remarks on the Picturesque Beauties of the Isle of Wight, Zväzok 6T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1808 - 359 strán (strany) |
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Observations on the Western Parts of England: Relative Chiefly to ... William Gilpin Úplné zobrazenie - 1798 |
Observations on the Western Parts of England: Relative Chiefly to ... William Gilpin Úplné zobrazenie - 1798 |
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Strana 213 - O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head; Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from all the skies: The conscious swains, rejoicing in the sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light. So many flames before proud Ilion blaze, And lighten glimmering Xanthus with their rays: The long reflections of the distant fires Gleam on the walls, and tremble on the spires. A thousand piles the dusky horrors gild, And shoot...
Strana 151 - AND Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the Lord shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan, and all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, unto the utmost sea, and the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto Zoar.
Strana 225 - That led the sailor through the stormy way, Was from its rocky roots by billows torn, And the high turret in the whirlwind borne, Fleets bulg'd their sides against the craggy land, And pitchy ruins blacken'd all the strand.
Strana 83 - Regions like this, which have come down to us rude and untouched from the beginning of time, fill the mind with grand conceptions, far beyond the efforts of art and cultivation.
Strana 323 - ... the time of his imprisonment in Carisbrook Castle,, three attempts were made, chiefly by the gentlemen of the island, to rescue him. Lord Clarendon gives us the detail of two of them ; but a third, which he had heard of, he supposes to be a mere fiction. As it is mentioned, however, in the Worsley papers, with every mark of authenticity; and as one of the principal conductors of it was a gentleman of that family, there seems to be little doubt of its being a fact.
Strana 227 - The door of this ingenious piece of architecture is only the size of a ship's gun-port ; and the windows are mere loop-holes — denying light, to exclude wind. When the tide swells above the foundation of the building, the lighthouse makes the odd appearance of a structure emerging from the waves. But sometimes a wave rises above the very top of it, and, circling round, the whole looks like a column of water, till it breaks into foam, and subsides. • Se
Strana 234 - ... upon the top of a hill, and to arrange on a table before him, bottles, glasses, pipes, and tobacco. In this situation he ordered himself to be immured in a tower of such dimensions as he prescribed, where he proposed, he said, patiently to await the event. All this was done ; and the tower, still enclosing its tenant, remains as a monument of his impiety and profaneness.
Strana 222 - One of the rocks indeed, which compose this reef is considerably larger than the rest ; yet its dimensions are still narrow : it is often covered with water, and frequently, even in the calmest weather, surrounded by a swelling sea, which makes it difficult to land upon it ; and much more so to carry on any work of time and labour. The uncommon tumult of the sea in this place is occasioned by a peculiarity in the rocks. As they all slope and point to the north-east, they spread their inclined sides,...
Strana 321 - ... horsemanship, and fond of riding. But as this was refused, he spent two or three hours every morning in walking on the ramparts of the castle. Here he enjoyed at least a fine air, and an extensive prospect ; though every object he saw, the flocks straying carelessly on one side, and the ships sailing freely on the other, put him in mind of that liberty of which he was so cruelly deprived. In the mean time, he was totally careless of his person ; he let his beard and hair grow, and was inattentive...