Letters written during a tour through South WalesC. and R. Baldwin, 1804 - 80 sider |
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Side 17
... , and the views both up and down the rivers Avon and Severn , and the opposite coast of Wales , are peculiarly fine . The house is well situated on an C eminence ; but it does not produce an effect ade- Seat of Lord de Clifford . 17.
... , and the views both up and down the rivers Avon and Severn , and the opposite coast of Wales , are peculiarly fine . The house is well situated on an C eminence ; but it does not produce an effect ade- Seat of Lord de Clifford . 17.
Side 18
... produce the effect of great light- ness , without diminishing the strength of the build- ing . The massy appearance of King's Weston House , will be discovered to arise from the architect adhering to Grecian ornaments , without ...
... produce the effect of great light- ness , without diminishing the strength of the build- ing . The massy appearance of King's Weston House , will be discovered to arise from the architect adhering to Grecian ornaments , without ...
Side 20
... produces real security , the inhabitants of the com- mercial port they were meant to protect , might esteem themselves happy in being possessed of a much more effectual defence than forts constructed like these : the difficult and ...
... produces real security , the inhabitants of the com- mercial port they were meant to protect , might esteem themselves happy in being possessed of a much more effectual defence than forts constructed like these : the difficult and ...
Side 26
... produced by " Deleta est Carthago ; " and it must be in the recollection of every one , how the energy of this country was called forth and roused against France by the in- human ediets of a Marat and a Robespiere . " was he considered ...
... produced by " Deleta est Carthago ; " and it must be in the recollection of every one , how the energy of this country was called forth and roused against France by the in- human ediets of a Marat and a Robespiere . " was he considered ...
Side 30
... producing a boldness of countenance which struck terror into their ene- mies . By this trait they were known and distin- guished among the Romans ; for they are described by Tacitus , as a formidable fighting race , " Validam- que ...
... producing a boldness of countenance which struck terror into their ene- mies . By this trait they were known and distin- guished among the Romans ; for they are described by Tacitus , as a formidable fighting race , " Validam- que ...
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Side 346 - guilt with pallid fear To sheltering caverns fly, And justly dread the vengeful fate That thunders through the sky. Protected by that hand, whose law The threat'ning storms obey, Intrepid virtue smiles secure As in the blaze of day. In the thick cloud's tremendous gloom, The lightning's
Side 101 - Mark the year, and mark the night, When Severn shall re-echo with affright, The shrieks of death through Berkley's roof that ring, Shrieks of an agonizing king.
Side 374 - sky, Which in it such a shape of solitude doth bear, As Nature at the first appointed it for prayer; Where in an aged cell, with moss and ivy grown, In which not to this day the sun hath ever shone, That reverend British saint, in zealous ages past, To contemplation lived
Side 349 - in that state of life in which it has pleased God to call us, we shall, after death, change this poor uncertain life for a better, where we shall be
Side 349 - And keep their impious turbans on, without Good morrow to the sun. Hail thou fair Heaven ! We house i'the rock, yet use thee not so hardly As prouder livers do.
Side 226 - Sate upon a flowery bed, With my hand beneath my head, While stray'd my eyes o'er Tbwy's flood, Over mead and over wood, From house to house, from hill to hill, Till contemplation had- her fill.
Side 349 - as low as ours. Stoop boys, this gate Instructs you how t'adore the heavens, and bows you To morning's holy office. The gates of monarchs Are arched so high, that giants may get
Side 288 - the Dane was to give the king a hawk for liberty every time he landed to traffic through England. Sir John Stanley had a grant of the Isle of Man from Henry IV. to be held of the king his heirs and successors, by homage and service of two falcons
Side 225 - in whose silent shade, For the modest Muses made, So oft I have the evening still, At the fountain of a rill,
Side 378 - Thomas, and his son, William Earl of Pembroke, who was beheaded at Banbury. Sir William Thomas lived in the reign of King Henry V. (1413), and was present with the king, in company with Sir David Gam, at the ever memorable battle of Agincourt, where he lost his life. What corroborates this opinion is, that