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... possesses a spring whose waters afford great relief in a variety of infirmities , from the cha- lybeate with which they are impregnated . The church contains a monument to the memory of Dr Hawkesworth , ( the author of the Adventurer ...
... possesses a spring whose waters afford great relief in a variety of infirmities , from the cha- lybeate with which they are impregnated . The church contains a monument to the memory of Dr Hawkesworth , ( the author of the Adventurer ...
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... possesses an excellent harbour for merchantmen , and its value and importance will be greatly increased by the for- mation of docks , which are intended to be built of a capacity sufficient to re- ceive vessels of the largest class ...
... possesses an excellent harbour for merchantmen , and its value and importance will be greatly increased by the for- mation of docks , which are intended to be built of a capacity sufficient to re- ceive vessels of the largest class ...
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... possesses the advantage of a fine , firm , level sand , affording the utmost facility for bathing , even in the most tempestu- ous weather ; and opportunities for exercise , either on horse or foot , for several miles . The climate is ...
... possesses the advantage of a fine , firm , level sand , affording the utmost facility for bathing , even in the most tempestu- ous weather ; and opportunities for exercise , either on horse or foot , for several miles . The climate is ...
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... possess ed in a peculiar degree the quality of accommodating itself to circumstances . On being reproached as a turn coat he used to say , " Nay . nay , I always keep to my principles , which are these -to live and die Vicar of Bray ...
... possess ed in a peculiar degree the quality of accommodating itself to circumstances . On being reproached as a turn coat he used to say , " Nay . nay , I always keep to my principles , which are these -to live and die Vicar of Bray ...
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... possesses some trade as a sea - port in coals , iron , and cop- per , for which it is considerably indebted to its canal , which communicates be- tween Aberdare and Britton Ferry . Neath Castle is now an inconsiderable ruin . About 1 ...
... possesses some trade as a sea - port in coals , iron , and cop- per , for which it is considerably indebted to its canal , which communicates be- tween Aberdare and Britton Ferry . Neath Castle is now an inconsiderable ruin . About 1 ...
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12 miles Abbey adorned Ambleside ancient antiquity bank Barnard Castle Bart Bath beautiful Bishop borough Bridge Bristol building built Buttermere called Canal Castle celebrated chapel church contains Coniston considerable trade Court Crag cross river Cumberland curious dist Duke Earl east Edward eminence erected Exeter extensive Fell formerly Gothic grammar school Grasmere Hall handsome Helvellyn Henry Henry VIII Hill House Kendal Keswick King lake Langdale LEFT FROM LOND Lodge London Lord Loughrigg Fell M. P. Pop magnificent mansion manufacture meeting-houses members to Parliament miles distant monuments mountains neighbourhood parish Park Patterdale Penrith picturesque Pike principal priory Railway reign remains residence returns two members RIGHT FROM LOND road rock Roman ruins Saxon scenery seat side situated Skiddaw spacious stands station stone summit Tarn three miles tourist tower town vale vicinity village Westmorland William William the Conqueror Windermere Wood
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Page 248 - And bring all Heaven before mine eyes. And may at last my weary age Find out the peaceful hermitage, The hairy gown and mossy cell Where I may sit and rightly spell Of every star that heaven doth shew, And every herb that sips the dew ; Till old experience do attain To something like prophetic strain.
Page 240 - There is a Yew-tree, pride of Lorton Vale, Which to this day stands single, in the midst Of its own darkness, as it stood of yore : Not loth to furnish weapons for the bands Of Umfraville or Percy ere they marched To Scotland's heaths ; or those that crossed the sea And drew their sounding bows at Azincour, Perhaps at earlier Crecy, or Poictiers. Of vast circumference and gloom profound This solitary Tree ! a living thing Produced too slowly ever to decay ; Of form and aspect too magnificent To be...
Page 342 - Troop after troop are disappearing ; Troop after troop their banners rearing Upon the eastern bank you see. Still pouring down the rocky den, Where flows the sullen Till, And rising from the dim-wood glen, Standards on standards, men on men In slow succession still, And sweeping o'er the Gothic arch, And pressing on, in ceaseless march, To gain the opposing hill.
Page 258 - This dog had been through three months' space A dweller in that savage place. Yes, proof was plain that since the day On which the traveller thus had died The dog had watched about the spot, Or by his master's side : How nourished here through such long time He knows, who gave that love sublime, And gave that strength of feeling, great Above all human estimate.
Page 232 - I stood at the window, beholding Mountain and lake and vale ; the valley disrobed of its verdure ; Derwent retaining yet from eve a glassy reflection Where his expanded breast, then still and smooth as a mirror, Under the woods reposed ; the hills that, calm...
Page 235 - Paled in by many a lofty hill, The narrow dale lay smooth and still, And, down its verdant bosom led, A winding brooklet found its bed. But, midmost of the vale, a mound Arose, with airy turrets crown'd, Buttress and rampire's circling bound, And mighty keep and tower; Seem'd some primeval giant's hand The castle's massive walls had plann'd, A ponderous bulwark to withstand Ambitious Nimrod's power.
Page 226 - The Cypress and her spire; —Of flowers that with one scarlet gleam Cover a hundred leagues, and seem To set the hills on fire. The Youth of green savannahs spake, And many an endless, endless lake, With all its fairy crowds Of islands, that together lie As quietly as spots of sky Among the evening clouds.
Page 272 - ... have completely run wild ; and I look down from it upon lovely Winandermere, which seems at this moment even like another sky, so truly is every summer cloud and tint of azure pictured in its transparent mirror. " I am so delighted with the spot, that I scarcely know how I shall leave it. The situation is one of the deepest retirement ; but the bright lake before me, with all its fairy barks and sails, glancing like 'things of life' over its blue water, prevents the solitude from being overshadowed...
Page 271 - And students with their pensive citadels; Maids at the wheel, the weaver at his loom, Sit blithe and happy; bees that soar for bloom, High as the highest peak of Furness Fells, Will murmur by the hour in foxglove bells...
Page 164 - ... monument of its owner's ambition. The external wall of this royal castle was, on the south and west sides, adorned and defended by a lake partly artificial, across which Leicester had constructed a stately bridge, that LTizabeth might enter the castle by a path hitherto untrodden...