North Wales ... delineated from two excursionsLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1814 - 80 стор. |
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... Lake - Account of a Fish called Gwyniadd , found here . Dreadful Overflowings . - Excursion round the Lake . The Phenomenon called by the Welsh Dear Dor . - An Adventure of two Gentlemen at Llanwchllyn . -Castell Corndochon . - Caer Gai ...
... Lake - Account of a Fish called Gwyniadd , found here . Dreadful Overflowings . - Excursion round the Lake . The Phenomenon called by the Welsh Dear Dor . - An Adventure of two Gentlemen at Llanwchllyn . -Castell Corndochon . - Caer Gai ...
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... lake , well stocked with trout , and some other kinds of fish common to mountain pools . Near this place the scenery changes its rough aspect , and assumes a more placid , but -- * This mountain will be more particularly described in an ...
... lake , well stocked with trout , and some other kinds of fish common to mountain pools . Near this place the scenery changes its rough aspect , and assumes a more placid , but -- * This mountain will be more particularly described in an ...
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... lake of Llanberis , passes under the walls , and dis- charges itself into the Menai near Caernarvon castle . Its form was oblong ; and it appears originally to have occupied about six acres of ground . The road which leads from Caernar ...
... lake of Llanberis , passes under the walls , and dis- charges itself into the Menai near Caernarvon castle . Its form was oblong ; and it appears originally to have occupied about six acres of ground . The road which leads from Caernar ...
Сторінка 139
... lake , over mountains , which , affording no varied prospects , are still , dull , and uninterest- ing . But when I had passed these , and was arrived in THE VALE OF LLANBERIS , A scene presented itself so truly grand , that I do not ...
... lake , over mountains , which , affording no varied prospects , are still , dull , and uninterest- ing . But when I had passed these , and was arrived in THE VALE OF LLANBERIS , A scene presented itself so truly grand , that I do not ...
Сторінка 140
... lake , whose waters , reflecting the mountains which bound it , contract their sombre hue , and render the scene still more interesting . There is no carriage road from Caernarvon nearer to Llanberis than Cwm Clo , which is not quite ...
... lake , whose waters , reflecting the mountains which bound it , contract their sombre hue , and render the scene still more interesting . There is no carriage road from Caernarvon nearer to Llanberis than Cwm Clo , which is not quite ...
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abbey afterwards Amlwch ancient Anglesea appearance arches Asaph Bangor bank Beaumaris beautiful Beddgelert betwixt bridge building Caer Caernarvon Caernarvonshire called Capel Curig castle cataract celebrated CHAP Chester church Clwyd considerable Conwy copper crown Denbigh descended Dinas Dolbadarn castle Dolgelle earl Edward elegant erected EXCURSION feet formed formerly ground half a mile Harlech hence Henry hill hollow hundred inhabitants island king lake little distance Llanberis Llangollen Llanrwst Llewelyn Llyn Llyn Cwellyn lord Machynlleth Mawr meadows Merionethshire miles distant moun mountains Nant nearly North Wales observed Oswestry Owen parish passed Penmaen Pennant persons picturesque Pont pool present prince principal Pwllheli reign Rhaiadr Rhyddlan river river Conwy road rock Ruthin scene scenery seat seen Shrewsbury side singular situated Snowdon steep stone stream summit tourist tower town vale vale of Clwyd village walls waterfall Welsh whole wood yards
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Сторінка 503 - And then it started, like a guilty thing Upon a fearful summons. I have heard The cock, that is the trumpet to the morn, Doth with his lofty and shrill-sounding throat Awake the god of day; and at his warning. Whether in sea or fire, in earth or air, The extravagant and erring spirit hies To his confine; and of the truth herein This present object made probation.
Сторінка 103 - Smooth to the shelving brink a copious flood Rolls fair and placid; where collected all, In one impetuous torrent, down the steep It thundering shoots, and shakes the country round.
Сторінка 247 - O'erturned his infant's bed he found, With blood-stained covert rent ; And all around, the walls and ground With recent blood besprent. He called his child — no voice replied — He searched, with terror wild ; Blood, blood he found on every side, But nowhere found his child. " Hell-hound ! my child's by thee devoured," The frantic father cried ; And to the hilt his vengeful sword He plunged in Gelert's side.
Сторінка 307 - On a rock, whose haughty brow Frowns o'er old Conway's foaming flood, Robed in the sable garb of woe, With haggard eyes the poet stood ; (Loose his beard and hoary hair, Stream'd like a meteor to the troubled air,) And with a master's hand and prophet's fire Struck the deep sorrows of his lyre...
Сторінка 156 - I venerate the man, whose heart is warm, Whose hands are pure, whose doctrine and whose life Coincident exhibit lucid proof That he is honest in the sacred cause.
Сторінка 247 - Llewelyn homeward hied ; When, near the portal seat, His truant Gelert he espied, Bounding his lord to greet. But, when he gain'd his castle door, Aghast the chieftain stood ; The hound all o'er was smear'd with gore His lips, his fangs ran blood.
Сторінка 246 - Oh, where does faithful Gelert roam ? the flower of all his race ! so true, so brave ! a lamb at home — a lion in the chase!
Сторінка 309 - Dash'd in a cloud of foam, it sends aloft A hoary mist, and forms a ceaseless shower. Nor can the...
Сторінка 248 - Best of thy kind, adieu ! The frantic deed which laid thee low, This heart shall ever rue.