The Beauties of England: Or, a Comprehensive View of the Antiquities of this Kingdom; the Seats of the Nobility and Gentry; ... the Chief Villages, Market Towns, and Cities; ... Intended as a Travelling Pocket Companion: ...L. Davis and C. Reymers, 1764 - 328 |
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... Feet high . Sherburn , 14 M. from Shaftsbury , and 118 from Lond . is an ancient , large , and much - frequented Town , it being both the Coach and Poft Road from Lond . to Exeter It was once the retiring Place of W. the Con- queror ...
... Feet high . Sherburn , 14 M. from Shaftsbury , and 118 from Lond . is an ancient , large , and much - frequented Town , it being both the Coach and Poft Road from Lond . to Exeter It was once the retiring Place of W. the Con- queror ...
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... Feet high . The Stone of which the Houfes here are built is for the most Part dug out of the Quarries upon Carlton Down , and brought from thence down a long fteep Hill by a curious Machine , the Invention of Ralph Allen , Efq . by ...
... Feet high . The Stone of which the Houfes here are built is for the most Part dug out of the Quarries upon Carlton Down , and brought from thence down a long fteep Hill by a curious Machine , the Invention of Ralph Allen , Efq . by ...
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... Feet in Front , and 90 deep , and capable of receiving 150 Patients . On the 10th of March 1739-40 , the firft Stone of another new Square was laid in the Gardens adjoining to the South Side of the City by the Avon , and when finish ...
... Feet in Front , and 90 deep , and capable of receiving 150 Patients . On the 10th of March 1739-40 , the firft Stone of another new Square was laid in the Gardens adjoining to the South Side of the City by the Avon , and when finish ...
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... Feet high , with Hollows equally awful and furprizing , which is in the Road to Bristol . Out of these Hills a Stream fprings fo rapid , that it foon forms a little River , which drives 12 Mills within a Mile of its Head , and after ...
... Feet high , with Hollows equally awful and furprizing , which is in the Road to Bristol . Out of these Hills a Stream fprings fo rapid , that it foon forms a little River , which drives 12 Mills within a Mile of its Head , and after ...
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... Feet in Diameter . The Intention of the Founders feems to have been this . The whole Circle was to confift of 100 upright Stones , each Stone to be four Cubits broad , and each Interval two Cubits . Of the outer Circle , which in its ...
... Feet in Diameter . The Intention of the Founders feems to have been this . The whole Circle was to confift of 100 upright Stones , each Stone to be four Cubits broad , and each Interval two Cubits . Of the outer Circle , which in its ...
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Strona 80 - tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon...
Strona 285 - Dance : a person rode upon the image of a horse, with a bow and arrow in his hands, with which he made a snapping noise, keeping time with the music, whilst six others danced the hay and other country dances, with as many rein-deer's heads on their shoulders.
Strona 278 - D 2 cathedral cathedral fupported by rows of pillars, having a chryftal roof, all of the fame rock, tranfparent and glittering from the numerous candles burnt there to light the workmen, who, with their fteel pick-axes, dig it away ; this rock work extends feveral acres. There is a good church in this town, with a fine roof, and fe?
Strona 214 - Water-wheel goes round, which is three times in one Minute, and 318,504,960 Yards in one Day and Night. One Waterwheel gives Motion to all the rest of the Wheels and Movements, of which any one may be stopt separately.
Strona 282 - Close is enclosed in a wall, and a deep dry ditch on all sides, except towards the city, where it is defended by a great lake, or marsh, formed by its brook.
Strona 80 - That on th' unnumbered idle pebbles chafes, Cannot be heard so high. I'll look no more; Lest my brain turn and the deficient sight Topple down headlong.
Strona 275 - ... trade, I thought it worth my while to be more diligent in my fpeculation about it ; by which I found that about Nantwich, Northwich, and Middlewich, about thirty miles from the fea, are feveral falt-fprings near the river Weaver, and feldom exceed four yards in depth, which is called the falt-pit ; and the water is fo very cold at the bottom of the pit, that when the briners fometimes go about to cleanfe it, they cannot flay in it above half an hour, and in that time they are forced to drink...
Strona 276 - ... then with their loots they take it up, the brine dropping from it, and throw it into their barrows, which are cases made with flat cleft wickers, in the shape almost of a sugar loaf, the bottom uppermost.
Strona 46 - When we advance further, the dark part of the ponderous imposts over our heads, the chasm of sky between the jambs of the Cell, the odd construction of the whole, and the greatness of every part, surprises.
Strona 308 - In the days of King Arthur, St David won a great victory over the Saxons, having ordered every one of his soldiers to place a Leek in his cap, for the sake of distinction ; in memory whereof the Welsh to this day wear a Leek on the first of March.