Peak scenery, or, Excursions in Derbyshire:: made chiefly for the purpose of picturesque observationauthor and published, 1899 |
Vyhľadávanie v obsahu knihy
Výsledky 1 - 5 z 43.
Strana 7
... feelings and habits of the people . Under the influence of both pursuits this pleasant village may assume an equivocal character , neither entirely possessing the bustle of a manufacturing district , nor the quiet of a place the labour ...
... feelings and habits of the people . Under the influence of both pursuits this pleasant village may assume an equivocal character , neither entirely possessing the bustle of a manufacturing district , nor the quiet of a place the labour ...
Strana 12
... feeling --- took possession of the mind as we contemplated the scene before us . carriage moved slowly along as I hastily wrote the following im- promptu to the setting sun : --- Oft have I marked , bright orb ! thy opening ray Give the ...
... feeling --- took possession of the mind as we contemplated the scene before us . carriage moved slowly along as I hastily wrote the following im- promptu to the setting sun : --- Oft have I marked , bright orb ! thy opening ray Give the ...
Strana 13
... feelings , and its dilapidated walls , rude and un- shapely as they are , may be to him a source of gratification . The top of the hill where the castle stands is but a circumscribed plot of ground , nor can it at any time have been ...
... feelings , and its dilapidated walls , rude and un- shapely as they are , may be to him a source of gratification . The top of the hill where the castle stands is but a circumscribed plot of ground , nor can it at any time have been ...
Strana 15
... feeling than accurately to depict the scenery of nature : hence the difficulty a writer always experiences in conveying to others even a tolerable idea of the forms of which it is composed , and the character it assumes : nor is the ...
... feeling than accurately to depict the scenery of nature : hence the difficulty a writer always experiences in conveying to others even a tolerable idea of the forms of which it is composed , and the character it assumes : nor is the ...
Strana 16
... feeling amidst the gloomy vast- ness of this amazing cavern . The light at the entrance is generally favourable , and it sometimes falls boldly and sharply on the rocky projections in the foreground of the picture ; then suddenly fades ...
... feeling amidst the gloomy vast- ness of this amazing cavern . The light at the entrance is generally favourable , and it sometimes falls boldly and sharply on the rocky projections in the foreground of the picture ; then suddenly fades ...
Časté výrazy a frázy
adorned amongst appears Ashbourne Ashover banks beautiful beheld Belper Bolsover Bolsover castle branches Bridge castle Castleton cavern Chapel-en-le-Frith character Chatsworth Chesterfield church colouring copies Crich dark deep delightful Derby Derbyshire Derwent distance ditto Duke Earl eminence entrance Etherow excursion feeling foliage Glossop ground Hall Hardwick Hathersage hills honour Ilam Ilam Hall John landscape light lofty London magnificent Mam Tor manor mansion mass Matlock Bath Matlock Dale meadows Memoir of Chantrey miles mineral monument Moor mountains nearly noble Norton object observed occupied passed Peak of Derbyshire Peak's Hole Peveril picture picturesque pleasing present residence river river Dove road rocks rocky romantic scene scenery Sculptor shadow Sheffield side situated South Winfield Stanton Stanton Moor steep stone stream summit Thorpe Cloud tion tower trees vale valley Via Gellia vicinity village visited walk whole wild William Peveril Winnats Wirksworth woods
Populárne pasáže
Strana 57 - How often have I blest the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn to play, And all the village train, from labour free, Led up their sports beneath the spreading tree...
Strana 69 - For which the shepherds at their festivals Carol her goodness loud in rustic lays, And throw sweet garland wreaths into her stream Of pansies, pinks, and gaudy daffodils.
Strana 57 - And many a gambol frolicked o'er the ground, And sleights of art and feats of strength went round ; And still as each repeated pleasure tired, Succeeding sports the mirthful band inspired ; The dancing pair that simply sought renown, By holding out to tire each other down...
Strana 46 - No, faith, not a jot; but to follow him thither with modesty enough, and likelihood to lead it; as thus: Alexander died, Alexander was buried, Alexander returneth...
Strana 77 - The western waves of ebbing day Roll'd o'er the glen their level way ; Each purple peak, each flinty spire, Was bathed in floods of living fire. But not a setting beam could glow Within the dark ravines below...
Strana 70 - Why rather, sleep, liest thou in smoky cribs, Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee, And hush'd with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber, Than in the perfum'd chambers of the great, Under the canopies of costly state, And lull'd with sounds of sweetest melody...
Strana 72 - I was not in safety, neither had I rest, and the trouble came." The pedestal below is inscribed — To PENELOPE, Only child of Sir Brooke Boothby, and Dame Susannah Boothby, Born, April llth, 1785.— Died, March 13th, 1791. She was in form and intellect most exquisite. The unfortunate parents ventured their all on this frail bark, and the wreck was total.