Letters written during a tour through South WalesC. and R. Baldwin, 1804 - 80 strán (strany) |
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Strana ix
... tion - Its Castle - Gower , a barren tract , yet enjoys peculiar privileges - Retrospect of the vale of Glamorgan - Called the garden of Wales - Mildness of the climate , formerly more fruitful than at present - Mode of white - washing ...
... tion - Its Castle - Gower , a barren tract , yet enjoys peculiar privileges - Retrospect of the vale of Glamorgan - Called the garden of Wales - Mildness of the climate , formerly more fruitful than at present - Mode of white - washing ...
Strana 3
... tion with the opposite camp at Clifton . Various other traces of Roman fortifications are visible in the vicinity , both to the north and south . At Ames- bury , Henbury , Stokeleigh , Fayland , Walton , and Clevedon . * These were ...
... tion with the opposite camp at Clifton . Various other traces of Roman fortifications are visible in the vicinity , both to the north and south . At Ames- bury , Henbury , Stokeleigh , Fayland , Walton , and Clevedon . * These were ...
Strana 11
... tion . " Before the port of Bristol was settled in Frome river , there seems to have been a dispute , whether a place called Sea Mills was not as conve- nient a port as the other : several large and small ships having been built there ...
... tion . " Before the port of Bristol was settled in Frome river , there seems to have been a dispute , whether a place called Sea Mills was not as conve- nient a port as the other : several large and small ships having been built there ...
Strana 12
... tion , are no more than the winter lucubrations of our remote ancestors ; the efforts of the rude and uncultivated mind to account for extraordinary ap- pearances , by conjuring up gigantic powers strongly imagined and ridiculously ...
... tion , are no more than the winter lucubrations of our remote ancestors ; the efforts of the rude and uncultivated mind to account for extraordinary ap- pearances , by conjuring up gigantic powers strongly imagined and ridiculously ...
Strana 31
... tion from the long struggle they maintained with the invaders ; the vast establishment had recourse to for their reduction , and their late subjugation to the Roman arms . For this event did not take place till near two centuries after ...
... tion from the long struggle they maintained with the invaders ; the vast establishment had recourse to for their reduction , and their late subjugation to the Roman arms . For this event did not take place till near two centuries after ...
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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...