Letters written during a tour through South WalesC. and R. Baldwin, 1804 - 80 strán (strany) |
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Strana vii
... pass in the Severn Sea , called the Shoots - Anecdote of Charles I. - New Passage - Portscewit a Roman ferry - A fort built here by Harold - Inscription ex- plained - Land of the Silures - Caractacus . . Page 1 LETTER II . Wales an ...
... pass in the Severn Sea , called the Shoots - Anecdote of Charles I. - New Passage - Portscewit a Roman ferry - A fort built here by Harold - Inscription ex- plained - Land of the Silures - Caractacus . . Page 1 LETTER II . Wales an ...
Strana xii
... pass of Cwm Dwr - Trecastle - Unnatural de- pravity of Princess Nêst - Witch of Maiscar - The game of Quintin The ... passes Strygil Castle ; and at Beachly quits the Principality .... LETTER XV . Page 358 Geological remarks - Direction ...
... pass of Cwm Dwr - Trecastle - Unnatural de- pravity of Princess Nêst - Witch of Maiscar - The game of Quintin The ... passes Strygil Castle ; and at Beachly quits the Principality .... LETTER XV . Page 358 Geological remarks - Direction ...
Strana 21
... passing a small bare rock , the Denny , standing at the head of an extensive sand - bank , called the Welsh Hook , and to which it formis an admonitory beacon . The finny tribes were now in pleasing pastime ; and among them the ...
... passing a small bare rock , the Denny , standing at the head of an extensive sand - bank , called the Welsh Hook , and to which it formis an admonitory beacon . The finny tribes were now in pleasing pastime ; and among them the ...
Strana 22
... pass , which are bare at low , and covered at high , water . At half ebb , or half flood , the best times for passing , the whole body of the estuary rushes between them with an impetuosity and thun- dering noise almost inconceivable ...
... pass , which are bare at low , and covered at high , water . At half ebb , or half flood , the best times for passing , the whole body of the estuary rushes between them with an impetuosity and thun- dering noise almost inconceivable ...
Strana 28
... passes , the scenes of such transactions ; and by an association that memory never fails to furnish on the occasion , becoming a partaker in them . We experience a sort of soothing melancholy , by assi- milating our ideas to the face ...
... passes , the scenes of such transactions ; and by an association that memory never fails to furnish on the occasion , becoming a partaker in them . We experience a sort of soothing melancholy , by assi- milating our ideas to the face ...
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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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Strana 351 - ... in that state of life in which it has pleased God to place them...
Strana 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.
Strana 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!
Strana 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.
Strana 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.
Strana 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...
Strana 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?
Strana 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.
Strana 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...
Strana 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...