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... early times it was covered by a forest , which is said to have offered a serious obstacle to the Roman general Vespasian . The hill district , which comprehends the greater part of South Wiltshire , is a very different country , a range ...
... early times it was covered by a forest , which is said to have offered a serious obstacle to the Roman general Vespasian . The hill district , which comprehends the greater part of South Wiltshire , is a very different country , a range ...
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... early times the hills were inhabited in prefer- ence to the valleys , which were overgrown with forests , marshy , and insa- lubrious . They were better adapted for cultivation , as well as for defence . Banks and Ditches , which marked ...
... early times the hills were inhabited in prefer- ence to the valleys , which were overgrown with forests , marshy , and insa- lubrious . They were better adapted for cultivation , as well as for defence . Banks and Ditches , which marked ...
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... early history of this county . At the time of the invasion of Cæsar , Wiltshire was occupied by the Belgæ , who are supposed to have constructed the Wansdyke for the protection of their territory . This tribe having been conquered by ...
... early history of this county . At the time of the invasion of Cæsar , Wiltshire was occupied by the Belgæ , who are supposed to have constructed the Wansdyke for the protection of their territory . This tribe having been conquered by ...
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... early Celtic settlements , of the final struggle of that people under Arthur against the Saxons , and subsequently of some of the most severe contests between the Saxons and the Danes . " This ground forms the N. limit of that range of ...
... early Celtic settlements , of the final struggle of that people under Arthur against the Saxons , and subsequently of some of the most severe contests between the Saxons and the Danes . " This ground forms the N. limit of that range of ...
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... early times on the banks of the Avon ; the others were Malmesbury , Stanley , and Laycock . " Its re- mains , " says the poet Bowles , " yet appear conspicuous on the edge of that long sweep of hills which formed the N.W. bounds of the ...
... early times on the banks of the Avon ; the others were Malmesbury , Stanley , and Laycock . " Its re- mains , " says the poet Bowles , " yet appear conspicuous on the edge of that long sweep of hills which formed the N.W. bounds of the ...
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Abbey adjoining ancient arches Avon bank barrows Bath beautiful Bishop Bristol building built bury called camp carved Castle Castle Cary chalk chancel chapel Charles Chedder Chippenham church churchyard cliffs colour commands contains Corfe Castle Corsham cross curious Danes Devizes distance ditch Duke Earl effigies entrance entrenchment erected Exmoor formed formerly Glastonbury Hall height Henry Hill House Hungerford Inigo Jones Isle of Purbeck John King Knoll Lady landscape Longleat Lord Lulworth Lulworth Castle mansion Marlborough Mendips monument Norman Old Sarum oolite painted Park Perp Portland portrait Post 8vo pretty Purbeck Quantock Quantock hills Railway rampart reign remarkable residence rises river road Roman roof route ruins Salisbury Saxon seat Sherborne side slopes Somerset specimen Stat stone Stonehenge Stourhead Street summit Swanage Taunton tion tower town transept vale valley village walls Wansdyke Weymouth Wiltshire woods Yeovil
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Page 53 - But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort ? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee.
Page 214 - Therefore this work is necessarily ill drawn, and deficient in principle, and much of the sculpture is rude and severe; yet, in parts, there is a beautiful simplicity, an irresistible sentiment, and sometimes a grace, excelling more modern productions.
Page 41 - Taught mid thy massy maze their mystic lore : Or Danish chiefs, enrich'd with savage spoil, To victory's idol vast, an unhewn shrine, Rear'd the rude heap, or in thy hallow'd ground Repose the kings of Brutus...
Page 221 - ... the end of the 14th, or the beginning of the 15th century.
Page 27 - Every body who travelled that road was amazed by the number of his attendants. Footmen and grooms, dressed in his family livery, filled the whole inn, though one of the largest in England, and swarmed in the streets of the little town. The truth was, that the invalid had insisted that, during his stay, all the waiters and stable-boys of the Castle should wear his livery.
Page 203 - Church discipline, for patching kettle: No sow-gelder did blow his horn To geld a cat, but cry'd Reform. ; . , The oyster-women lock'd their fish up, And trudg'd away, to cry, No Bishop.
Page 64 - ... of Ruth Pierce the sum which was wanting to make good the amount. Ruth Pierce protested that she had paid her share, and said, 'She wished she might drop down dead if she had not.' She rashly repeated this awful wish ; when, to the consternation and terror of the surrounding multitude, she instantly fell down and expired, having the money concealed in her hand.
Page 188 - Low was our pretty Cot : our tallest rose Peep'd at the chamber-window. We could hear At silent noon, and eve, and early morn, The sea's faint murmur. In the open air Our myrtles...
Page 174 - ... variety of iron instruments, and utensils of all kinds. " At Bristol see the Hot-well; St. George's Cave, where the Bristol diamonds are found; Ratcliff Church; and at Kingwood the coalpits. Taste there Milford oysters, marrowpuddings, cock-ale, metheglin, white and red muggets, elvers, sherry, sack, (which, with sugar, is called Bristol milk;) and some other wines, which, perhaps, you will not drink so good at London, " At Glocester observe the whispering place in the Cathedral.
Page 196 - Heaven, he erected a monastery on this spot, and endowed it with all the lands contained in the Isle of Athelney. To perpetuate the...