Letters written during a tour through South WalesC. and R. Baldwin, 1804 - 80 |
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Strona vii
... Roman - The Sta- tio Trajectûs - Dangerous pass in the Severn Sea , called the Shoots - Anecdote of Charles I. - New Passage - Portscewit a Roman ferry - A fort built here by Harold - Inscription ex- plained - Land of the Silures ...
... Roman - The Sta- tio Trajectûs - Dangerous pass in the Severn Sea , called the Shoots - Anecdote of Charles I. - New Passage - Portscewit a Roman ferry - A fort built here by Harold - Inscription ex- plained - Land of the Silures ...
Strona viii
... Roman station- Island of Barry - A curious phenomenon said to have existed here - Delightful scenery about Porth cwm Cerrig - Castles of Penmarck and Fonmon - Cruelties exercised by the inhabitants of this coast towards people ...
... Roman station- Island of Barry - A curious phenomenon said to have existed here - Delightful scenery about Porth cwm Cerrig - Castles of Penmarck and Fonmon - Cruelties exercised by the inhabitants of this coast towards people ...
Strona ix
... Roman sta- 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 ...
... Roman sta- 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 ...
Strona xi
... Roman inscribed stone - Custom of marling grass lands in the barony of Kemes - Newport - Various monumental stones- Percelly mountains - Peat bogs - Reflections on the woollen trade - Fogging land - Inoculating for the small - pox , a ...
... Roman inscribed stone - Custom of marling grass lands in the barony of Kemes - Newport - Various monumental stones- Percelly mountains - Peat bogs - Reflections on the woollen trade - Fogging land - Inoculating for the small - pox , a ...
Strona xii
... Roman remains near - Castle - Mynich Denny hill - Lyn Savathan- Description of the Abbey of Llantony , in the Vale of Ewias- Skyrid Vawr and Cwmyoy mountain - Abergavenny , Castle- Iron mines in its vicinity - Fanciful building of ...
... Roman remains near - Castle - Mynich Denny hill - Lyn Savathan- Description of the Abbey of Llantony , in the Vale of Ewias- Skyrid Vawr and Cwmyoy mountain - Abergavenny , Castle- Iron mines in its vicinity - Fanciful building of ...
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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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Strona 351 - ... in that state of life in which it has pleased God to place them...
Strona 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.
Strona 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!
Strona 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.
Strona 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.
Strona 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...
Strona 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?
Strona 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.
Strona 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...
Strona 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...