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... feet above the level of the sea . From the different summits of this mountain , comprehensive views are obtained of several of the lakes ; and the hills in every direction are thence seen under a more than usually picturesque ...
... feet above the level of the sea . From the different summits of this mountain , comprehensive views are obtained of several of the lakes ; and the hills in every direction are thence seen under a more than usually picturesque ...
Page 95
... feet from each other ; the space between them is partly enclosed on either side with four very large stones , thin in substance , and of a semicircular figure . Near to them stands another pillar , called the Giant's Thumb ; and if this ...
... feet from each other ; the space between them is partly enclosed on either side with four very large stones , thin in substance , and of a semicircular figure . Near to them stands another pillar , called the Giant's Thumb ; and if this ...
Page 96
... feet in length by fifty in breadth , and is divided into five aisles by four rows of clustered columns with semicircular arches . The singular combination of the Norman and pointed styles of architecture displayed in the building ...
... feet in length by fifty in breadth , and is divided into five aisles by four rows of clustered columns with semicircular arches . The singular combination of the Norman and pointed styles of architecture displayed in the building ...
Page 102
... feet thick , was in daily danger of falling . " Orders were therefore issued for its thorough reparation ; and , in the following century , it is recorded to have sustained a siege of several months . Within the present century it has ...
... feet thick , was in daily danger of falling . " Orders were therefore issued for its thorough reparation ; and , in the following century , it is recorded to have sustained a siege of several months . Within the present century it has ...
Page 114
... feet of the devotees who flocked hither in the ages of superstition and credulity . A pilgrimage to the shrine of St ... feet , and the breadth 51 feet , measuring from the screen of the high altar . The pilasters of this transept , from ...
... feet of the devotees who flocked hither in the ages of superstition and credulity . A pilgrimage to the shrine of St ... feet , and the breadth 51 feet , measuring from the screen of the high altar . The pilasters of this transept , from ...
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Westmorland, Cumberland, Durham, and Northumberland, Illustrated Rose Thomas *,Allom Thomas 1804-1872 No preview available - 2016 |
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Abbey acclivity adorned Allom Ambleside ancient appearance arches ASTOR bank Bassenthwaite BASSENTHWAITE LAKES beautiful BLACKHALL ROCKS Borrowdale Bowfell building Buttermere called castle chapel church cloud Coniston Crag CUMBERLAND Cuthbert Darlington Derwent Derwentwater descendant distance Durham Earl earth east edifice elegant eminence erected Esthwaite Esthwaite Water extensive Fell formerly fortress Gibside Grasmere ground Hall Helvellyn Henry Hexham hill iron Jarrow Kendal Keswick king lake land Langdale Pikes lofty Lord Loughrigg Loughrigg Fell mansion monastery mountain narrow neighbourhood Newcastle Nine Altars north side objects ornamented Otterburn Percy picturesque present view reign remains rendered rich rise river road rocks ruins rushes Rydal Rydal Hall Rydal Water scene scenery Scots seat shore situated Skiddaw stands steep stone stream structure summit Tarn tourist tower town Tyne Ullswater vale valley verdant vicinity village walls Wasdale Westmorland whence Whitehaven wind Windermere Withop wood yards
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Page 204 - The river nobly foams and flows, The charm of this enchanted ground, And all its thousand turns disclose Some fresher beauty varying round; The haughtiest breast its wish might bound Through life to dwell delighted here; Nor could on earth a spot be found To nature and to me so dear, Could thy dear eyes in following mine Still sweeten more these banks of Rhine! LVI. By Coblentz, on a rise of gentle ground, There is a small and simple pyramid, Crowning the summit of the verdant mound ; Beneath its...
Page 204 - ... the clouds, The mist, the shadows, light of golden suns, Motions of moonlight, all come thither — touch, And have an answer — thither come, and shape A language not unwelcome to sick hearts And idle spirits : — there the sun himself, At the calm close of summer's longest day Rests his substantial orb ; — between those heights And on the top of either pinnacle, More keenly than elsewhere in night's blue vault, Sparkle the stars, as of their station proud. Thoughts are not busier in the...
Page 204 - Your prized companions. — Many are the notes Which, in his tuneful course, the wind draws forth From rocks, woods, caverns, heaths, and dashing shores ; And well those lofty brethren bear their part In the wild concert, — chiefly when the storm...
Page 209 - The trout is banished by the sordid stream; Heavy, and dripping, to the breezy brow Slow move the harmless race : where, as they spread Their swelling treasures to the sunny ray, Inly disturbed, and wondering what this wild Outrageous tumult means, their loud complaints The country fill; and, tossed from rock to rock, Incessant bleatings run around the hills.
Page 204 - Thus never shall the indignities of time Approach their reverend graces unopposed ; Nor shall the elements be free to hurt Their fair proportions ; nor the blinder rage Of bigot zeal, madly to overturn...
Page 210 - List ! — I heard, From yon huge breast of rock, a solemn bleat, Sent forth as if it were the mountain's voice, As if the visible mountain made the cry. Again...