North Wales ... delineated from two excursionsLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1814 - 80 стор. |
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... wooden posts , are the higher stories of the houses . These Rows , are what tend prin- cipally to give its air of singularity to this town : and to see the chief business of the place trans- acting in these covered ways , which one ...
... wooden posts , are the higher stories of the houses . These Rows , are what tend prin- cipally to give its air of singularity to this town : and to see the chief business of the place trans- acting in these covered ways , which one ...
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... wood , I had no little difficulty in finding it . It formerly consisted of two parts ; the larger of which was an oblong tower , rounded at one end , and about The surviving feoffee of the Earl of Salisbury now laid claim to his estates ...
... wood , I had no little difficulty in finding it . It formerly consisted of two parts ; the larger of which was an oblong tower , rounded at one end , and about The surviving feoffee of the Earl of Salisbury now laid claim to his estates ...
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... wood adjoining to this place , called COED EULOE , that king Henry the Second , in an expedition against Owen Gwynedd , prince of North Wales , received a severe and most memorable repulse from David and Conan , the two sons of that ...
... wood adjoining to this place , called COED EULOE , that king Henry the Second , in an expedition against Owen Gwynedd , prince of North Wales , received a severe and most memorable repulse from David and Conan , the two sons of that ...
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... woods , which hung over the steep , and assaulted them with stones , ar- rows , and other missile weapons . The disad- vantageous situation of the English army , and the confusion into which they were thrown , totally disabled them from ...
... woods , which hung over the steep , and assaulted them with stones , ar- rows , and other missile weapons . The disad- vantageous situation of the English army , and the confusion into which they were thrown , totally disabled them from ...
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... woods . The sup- posed tincture of the blood is likewise a vege- table production , byssus jolithus . I have some doubt whether the moss , as it is called , does not entirely derive its smell from that of the byssus , which is very ...
... woods . The sup- posed tincture of the blood is likewise a vege- table production , byssus jolithus . I have some doubt whether the moss , as it is called , does not entirely derive its smell from that of the byssus , which is very ...
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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.