North Wales ... delineated from two excursionsLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1814 - 80 стор. |
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... residence of Mr. Pennant . This indefatigable and useful writer was born . at Bychton , in the parish of Whitford , on the 14th of June 1726. He was a lineal descen- dant from Tudor Trevor , who married Angharad the daughter of Howel ...
... residence of Mr. Pennant . This indefatigable and useful writer was born . at Bychton , in the parish of Whitford , on the 14th of June 1726. He was a lineal descen- dant from Tudor Trevor , who married Angharad the daughter of Howel ...
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... residence . In 1063 , three years before William the Conqeror came to the throne , Rhyddlan castle was in the possession of Griffith ap Llewelyn , prince of North Wales . It was in that year attacked and burnt by Harold , the son of ...
... residence . In 1063 , three years before William the Conqeror came to the throne , Rhyddlan castle was in the possession of Griffith ap Llewelyn , prince of North Wales . It was in that year attacked and burnt by Harold , the son of ...
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... residence by Maelgwn Gwynedd , and for two centuries afterwards formed one of the royal mansions , till the year 808 , when it was destroyed by lightning . It was soon rebuilt , and being thought a post of great strength and consequence ...
... residence by Maelgwn Gwynedd , and for two centuries afterwards formed one of the royal mansions , till the year 808 , when it was destroyed by lightning . It was soon rebuilt , and being thought a post of great strength and consequence ...
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... residence , a weir called Gored Wyddno , Gwyddno's Weir , which is even yet known by the same name , and belongs to Sir Thomas Mostyn , as owner of the house of Bodscallon . Elphin , the son of Gwyddno , was an extravagant youth , and ...
... residence , a weir called Gored Wyddno , Gwyddno's Weir , which is even yet known by the same name , and belongs to Sir Thomas Mostyn , as owner of the house of Bodscallon . Elphin , the son of Gwyddno , was an extravagant youth , and ...
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... but one in particular , Ajuga alpina , that has not hitherto been elsewhere found in Wales.- The neighbouring inhabitants have a tradition , that formerly a giant called Rhitta had his residence on 116 EXCURSION FROM BANGOR FERRY.
... but one in particular , Ajuga alpina , that has not hitherto been elsewhere found in Wales.- The neighbouring inhabitants have a tradition , that formerly a giant called Rhitta had his residence on 116 EXCURSION FROM BANGOR FERRY.
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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 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long...
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.