Peak scenery; or, Excursions in Derbyshire1824 |
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... remains of any ancient works to denote its former consequence , but Dr. Stukely is said to have traced the walls that nearly circum- scribed the area where Derventio stood : he likewise dis- covered the foundations of many houses ; and ...
... remains of any ancient works to denote its former consequence , but Dr. Stukely is said to have traced the walls that nearly circum- scribed the area where Derventio stood : he likewise dis- covered the foundations of many houses ; and ...
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... House stands , are the remains of a once magnificent abbey , founded by Robert Fitz - Ranulph , Lord of Alfreton ; as an expiation for the part he is said to have acted in the mur- RUINS OF BEAUCHIEF ABBEY . 13 der of Thomas à.
... House stands , are the remains of a once magnificent abbey , founded by Robert Fitz - Ranulph , Lord of Alfreton ; as an expiation for the part he is said to have acted in the mur- RUINS OF BEAUCHIEF ABBEY . 13 der of Thomas à.
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... remains to point out the original form of this once extensive pile of building . The exterior architecture of the chapel is so extremely plain , that with the exception of the reeded windows , and the double buttress at the angles , it ...
... remains to point out the original form of this once extensive pile of building . The exterior architecture of the chapel is so extremely plain , that with the exception of the reeded windows , and the double buttress at the angles , it ...
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... remains of furnaces and forges where they have ceased to exist for centuries . That they once pre- vailed in Abbey Dale , is indisputable : large mounds of cin- ders , evidently produced from the smelting of iron ore , have been ...
... remains of furnaces and forges where they have ceased to exist for centuries . That they once pre- vailed in Abbey Dale , is indisputable : large mounds of cin- ders , evidently produced from the smelting of iron ore , have been ...
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... remains . No part of the kingdom is better calculated to facilitate the study of mineralogy and geology , than the Peak of Derby- shire it is here that nature , in a peculiar way , lays bare her operations . The various strata here ...
... remains . No part of the kingdom is better calculated to facilitate the study of mineralogy and geology , than the Peak of Derby- shire it is here that nature , in a peculiar way , lays bare her operations . The various strata here ...
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adorned amongst ancient appears artist Ashbourne Bakewell banks beautiful beheld Bridge Buxton Castle Castleton cavern chapel character Chatsworth church church-yard clouds colour contemplation Cross Dale dark delightful Derby Derbyshire Derwent Devonshire Duke elegant eminence erected excursion Eyam feeling foliage Glossop grandeur ground Haddon Haddon Hall Hall Hathersage hills honour Ilam Ilam Hall landscape light lofty Lord magnificent Mam Tor mansion marble Matlock Bath Matlock Dale Middleton miles mineral Miss Seward Monsal-dale monument Moor mountains nearly noble object observed occupied ornamented passed Peak of Derbyshire Peveril picture picturesque present recollection residence rich river Dove river Wye road rock rocky romantic scene scenery sculptured Sheffield side situation Stanton Stanton Moor steep stone stream summit surrounding Thorpe Cloud Tideswell toadstone town traveller trees vale valley vicinity village visited whole wild William Peveril Winnats Wirksworth wood Wormhill
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Page 303 - How often have I blest the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn to play, And all the village train, from labour free, Led up their sports beneath the spreading tree...
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