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, Том 6T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1798 - 359 стор. |
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... a chalky foil , but adorned with rich and very picturefque diftances . On thefe downs ftands a hunting - feat of Lord Derby's , called the Oaks ; which that no- 3 bleman bleman brought into repute ( for it was for- merly.
... a chalky foil , but adorned with rich and very picturefque diftances . On thefe downs ftands a hunting - feat of Lord Derby's , called the Oaks ; which that no- 3 bleman bleman brought into repute ( for it was for- merly.
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... feat for himself . By this time the waters of the Nile , whofe increase he calculates , begin to ripple round his earthen raft , which is presently after afloat . Hav- ing victualled it with a bag of parched rice , and put on his blue ...
... feat for himself . By this time the waters of the Nile , whofe increase he calculates , begin to ripple round his earthen raft , which is presently after afloat . Hav- ing victualled it with a bag of parched rice , and put on his blue ...
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... feat in Saxon times , but one of the first towns in Bri- tain . Its history is full of curiofity ; and the antiquities with which it abounds confirm its hiftory : but among its antiquities I recollect no object of beauty , except an old ...
... feat in Saxon times , but one of the first towns in Bri- tain . Its history is full of curiofity ; and the antiquities with which it abounds confirm its hiftory : but among its antiquities I recollect no object of beauty , except an old ...
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... feat and the preben- dal stalls are beautiful ; though rather perhaps in a style of later Gothic than the rest of the church . Across the middle of the choir , from wall to wall , juft under the roof , ran a maffy beam eighty feet long ...
... feat and the preben- dal stalls are beautiful ; though rather perhaps in a style of later Gothic than the rest of the church . Across the middle of the choir , from wall to wall , juft under the roof , ran a maffy beam eighty feet long ...
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... feat in England can boaft . He has brought the cathedral into it , in one of its most pleasing points of perfpective . Be- tween the palace and the cathedral ran for- merly a wall , which included a piece of ground belonging to the ...
... feat in England can boaft . He has brought the cathedral into it , in one of its most pleasing points of perfpective . Be- tween the palace and the cathedral ran for- merly a wall , which included a piece of ground belonging to the ...
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Observations on the Western Parts of England: Relative Chiefly to ... William Gilpin Повний перегляд - 1798 |
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Сторінка 211 - 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.
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Сторінка 223 - 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.
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Сторінка 226 - ... intervals, the two forlorn inhabitants keep close quarters, and are obliged to live in darkness and stench ; listening to the howling storm, excluded in every emergency, from the least hope of assistance, and without any earthly comfort, but what is administered from their confidence in the strength of the building in which they are immured. Once, on relieving this forlorn guard, one of the men was found dead, his companion choosing rather to shut himself up with a putrifying carcase, than, by...
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