Letters written during a tour through South WalesC. and R. Baldwin, 1804 - 80 |
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Strona 4
... walls and treble ditches . Art strove to outvie na- ture in rendering this an impregnable fortress . Se- cured by an inaccessible precipice on one side , by ramparts on the other , a cwm leading to the river below , and a fort opposite ...
... walls and treble ditches . Art strove to outvie na- ture in rendering this an impregnable fortress . Se- cured by an inaccessible precipice on one side , by ramparts on the other , a cwm leading to the river below , and a fort opposite ...
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... walls , receiving his provisions and other articles in a basket , and depending on this envelope for security . As those who place confi- dence in such dreams will readily subscribe to the doctrine of destiny , they may be told that he ...
... walls , receiving his provisions and other articles in a basket , and depending on this envelope for security . As those who place confi- dence in such dreams will readily subscribe to the doctrine of destiny , they may be told that he ...
Strona 18
... wall of rock , furnished with mooring rings and chains , forms a small harbour for large ships , called Hung- road , probably from ships dropping anchor here , and delivering part of their cargo short of the principal port . On a pill ...
... wall of rock , furnished with mooring rings and chains , forms a small harbour for large ships , called Hung- road , probably from ships dropping anchor here , and delivering part of their cargo short of the principal port . On a pill ...
Strona 31
... walls are entire , but the roof fallen in . How long this has been in a dilapidated state we could not learn , but on removing some of the rubbish , we found inscribed stones of as low a date as 1745. Such a circumstance , on our first ...
... walls are entire , but the roof fallen in . How long this has been in a dilapidated state we could not learn , but on removing some of the rubbish , we found inscribed stones of as low a date as 1745. Such a circumstance , on our first ...
Strona 33
... walls flanked by several round bastions , with a no- ble gateway , comprising two square towers and two portcullises ; the upper side defended by a mote , and the lower side by the Throggy . This has had little . more to do with the ...
... walls flanked by several round bastions , with a no- ble gateway , comprising two square towers and two portcullises ; the upper side defended by a mote , and the lower side by the Throggy . This has had little . more to do with the ...
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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...