Nooks and Corners of PembrokeshireE. Stock, 1895 - 203 sider |
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Side iv
... Wales . ' On the other hand , the northern and eastern districts are as Welsh as the heart of Wales ; and there , as the wayfarer soon discovers for himself , the mother - tongue of the Principality is the only one ' understanded of the ...
... Wales . ' On the other hand , the northern and eastern districts are as Welsh as the heart of Wales ; and there , as the wayfarer soon discovers for himself , the mother - tongue of the Principality is the only one ' understanded of the ...
Side 2
... Wales , ' with its Saxon speech and Norman fortress of Roch ; while all to westward stretches venerable Dewisland , Welsh now as ever in tongue and in title . The Solva River , emerging from a deep and narrow cwm , ' forms A GENERAL ...
... Wales , ' with its Saxon speech and Norman fortress of Roch ; while all to westward stretches venerable Dewisland , Welsh now as ever in tongue and in title . The Solva River , emerging from a deep and narrow cwm , ' forms A GENERAL ...
Side 3
... Wales was made so happy as To inherit such a Haven . ' The quaint author of ' Polyolbion ' no less enthusiastically remarks : ' So highly Milford is in every mouth renown'd , Noe Haven hath aught good , that in her is not found ...
... Wales was made so happy as To inherit such a Haven . ' The quaint author of ' Polyolbion ' no less enthusiastically remarks : ' So highly Milford is in every mouth renown'd , Noe Haven hath aught good , that in her is not found ...
Side 6
... Wales , ' whose Saxon place - names , such as Johnston , Williamston , Hodgeston and the like , contrast so strikingly with the universal Llan - this , that and the other , still common throughout the upper country . We have already had ...
... Wales , ' whose Saxon place - names , such as Johnston , Williamston , Hodgeston and the like , contrast so strikingly with the universal Llan - this , that and the other , still common throughout the upper country . We have already had ...
Side 13
... Wales ; a man who , having run through his patrimony at breakneck pace , allowed the ancestral mansion to fall into ruin , and betook himself to a lonely turret upon the seaward cliffs . Here he is said to have spent his time in showing ...
... Wales ; a man who , having run through his patrimony at breakneck pace , allowed the ancestral mansion to fall into ruin , and betook himself to a lonely turret upon the seaward cliffs . Here he is said to have spent his time in showing ...
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adjacent adorned amidst ancient appears arches bearing beneath beside Bishop broad bygone Byrnach Caldey Caldey Island Carew CAREW CASTLE CASTLE MARTIN century chamber chancel chapel Cleddau corner cottages cromlech cross curious Dale Davids Cathedral edifice effigy Fishguard flanked forms gable George Owen Giraldus Giraldus Cambrensis glimpse Gumfreston handsome Haverfordwest head Henry hill Hodgeston hollow Kilgerran Lamphey land lane Llanwnda Llawhaden lofty Lord Maenclochog MANORBERE CASTLE massive mediæval Milford Haven monument narrow nave neighbouring Nevern Newport nook olden parish church pass peep Pembroke Pembroke Castle Pembrokeshire Pencaer Picton Castle picturesque pierced pleasant porch Precelly present pretty quaint ramble rises road Roch Castle rocks rocky roof rough ruins secluded sheltered side Sir Rhys sketch Slebech slopes Stackpole stands stone stream structure tall Teivy Tenby Timmins tower town trees vale vaulted village Wales walls Welsh whence winding woodlands
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Side 43 - ... on one part by a vineyard, and on the other by a wood, remarkable for the projection of its rocks, and the height of its hazel trees.
Side 128 - TAFFY was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief; Taffy came to my house and stole a piece of beef: I went to Taffy's house, Taffy was not at home ; Taffy came to my house and stole a marrowbone.
Side 129 - Shrine here ehc'lo'd resteth the Bones of that noble Lord, Edmund Earl of Richmond, Father and Brother to Kings, the which departed out of this World in the year of Lord God, a thousand four hundred and fifty and six, the first day of the Month of November, on whose soul Almighty Jesus have mercy. Amen.
Side 43 - It is excellently well defended by turrets and bulwarks, and is situated on the summit of a hill extending on the western side towards the sea-port, having on the northern and southern sides a fine fish-pond under its walls, as conspicuous for its grand appearance, as for the depth of its waters, and a beautiful orchard on the same side...
Side 150 - ... had first appeared and began her note on a stone called St. Byrnach's Stone, being curiously wrought with sundry sorts of knots standing upright in the churchyard of this parish, and one year staying very long and the priest and the people expecting her accustomed coming (for I account this bird of the feminine gender) came at last, lighting on the said stone, her accustomed perching-place, and being scarce able once to sound the note, presently fell dead.
Side 19 - The year's at the spring And day's at the morn; Morning's at seven; The hill-side's dew-pearled; The lark's on the wing; The snail's on the thorn: God's in his heaven — All's right with the world!
Side 44 - ... remarkable for the projection of its rocks, and the height of its hazel trees. On the right hand of the promontory, between the castle and the church, near the site of a very large lake and mill, a rivulet of neverfailing water flows through a valley, rendered sandy by the violence of the winds. Towards the west, the Severn sea, bending its course to Ireland, enters a hollow bay at some distance from the castle...
Side 61 - It was the lark, the herald of the morn, No nightingale; look, love, what envious streaks Do lace the severing clouds in yonder east: Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain-tops: I must be gone and live, or stay and die.
Side 56 - VII. was borne, in knowledge wherof a chymmeney is now made, with the armes and badges of king Henri the VII. In the botom of the great stronge rownd tower in the inner ward is a marvelus vault caullid the Hogan.