A New Display of the Beauties of England: Or A Description of the Most Elegant Or Magnificent Public Edifices, Royal Palaces, Noblemen's and Gentlemen's Seats, and Other Curiosities, Natural Or Artificial ...R. Goadby, and sold, 1776 |
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... corn fields . The chief rivers are , the Grant , the Oufe , and the Nen , which run generally from weft to eaft , and having received feve- ral leffer ftreams in their courfe , fall into the German fea near Lynn in Norfolk . The tide ...
... corn fields . The chief rivers are , the Grant , the Oufe , and the Nen , which run generally from weft to eaft , and having received feve- ral leffer ftreams in their courfe , fall into the German fea near Lynn in Norfolk . The tide ...
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... corn fields . The chief rivers are , the Grant , the Oufe , and the Nen , which run generally from weft to eat , and having received leve- ral leffer ftreams in their courfe , fall into the German fea near Lynn in Norfolk . The tide ...
... corn fields . The chief rivers are , the Grant , the Oufe , and the Nen , which run generally from weft to eat , and having received leve- ral leffer ftreams in their courfe , fall into the German fea near Lynn in Norfolk . The tide ...
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... corn - fields to a very great extent . Clare Hall has a master , eighteen fellows , and fixty - three fcholars . PEMBROKE HALL was founded in the year 1347 , by Mary St. Paul , Countcts of Pembroke , whofe husband , Audoinare de ...
... corn - fields to a very great extent . Clare Hall has a master , eighteen fellows , and fixty - three fcholars . PEMBROKE HALL was founded in the year 1347 , by Mary St. Paul , Countcts of Pembroke , whofe husband , Audoinare de ...
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... corn , and affords ex- cellent pasture for fheep ; and in the lower lands the meadows are exceedingly rich , and feed abundance of fine cattle , not only for flaughter , but for the dairy ; and the cheese made at a village called ...
... corn , and affords ex- cellent pasture for fheep ; and in the lower lands the meadows are exceedingly rich , and feed abundance of fine cattle , not only for flaughter , but for the dairy ; and the cheese made at a village called ...
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... corn fields , and rich paf- tures adjoining , are no fmall addition . This town was formerly of great note , being proverbially called Ramfey the rich , before the diffolution of a wealthy abbey , founded by Alwin , Earl of the Eaft ...
... corn fields , and rich paf- tures adjoining , are no fmall addition . This town was formerly of great note , being proverbially called Ramfey the rich , before the diffolution of a wealthy abbey , founded by Alwin , Earl of the Eaft ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
abbey aldermen alfo almoſt alſo ancient antiquity Avon bailiff bank beautiful becauſe befides biſhop borough bridge built burgeffes caftle called caſtle cathedral chapel charity fchool chofen church confiderable confifts Cornwall diftant from London Duke eaft Earl elegant England erected faid fame feat feen feet fent feven feveral fhips fide fince firft fituated fmall foil fome foreft formerly fouth fpacious fpring fquare ftands ftatue ftill ftone ftream ftreets ftructure fuch fuppofed fupported furrounded ground hall handfome hanging woods hill hofpital houfe houſe inhabitants King Henry lord mafter manufacture marble mayor miles from London moft moſt noble paffing parish pleafing pleaſant prefent profpect Queen reign of King remarkable rifes river river Avon river Welland rock Roman ruins Saxon Severn ſmall ſtands ſtone thefe theſe thofe town trade trees uſed village wall Warwickshire weft William the Norman wood
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 235 - These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty, thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair; thyself how wondrous then ! Unspeakable, who sitt'st above these heavens, To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
Seite 235 - As may with sweetness, through mine ear, Dissolve me into ecstasies, 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.
Seite 90 - Scots pillar, becaufe it is faid (he went in fo far, and beyond it there is a ftecp afcent, for near a quarter of a mile, which terminates in a hollow in the roof, called the Needle's Eye, in which, when the guide places his candle, it looks like a ftar in the firmament. If a piftol is fired near the Queen's Pillar, the report will be as loud as a cannon.
Seite 220 - Good friend, for Jefus' fake forbear To dig the duft inclofed here : Bleft be the man that fpares thefe ftones, And curft be he that moves my bones.
Seite 235 - Find out the peaceful hermitage ; " The hairy gown and mofly cell, " Where I may fit and rightly fpell, «« Of ev'ry ftar that heav'n doth thcw, " And ev'ry herb that fips the dew, " 'Till old experience doth attain «* To fomething like prophetic ftrain, •* Thefe pleafures melancholy give, «* And I with thee will choofe to live.
Seite 205 - THE (N* 33) next and the fubfequent feat afford pretty much the fame fcenes a little enlarged ; with the addition of that remarkable clump of trees, called Frankly Beeches, adjoining to the old family feat of the...
Seite 208 - Venus, Venus here retir'd, My fober vows I pay : Not her on Paphian plains admir'd The bold, the pert, the gay. Not her, whofe amorous leer prevail'd To bribe the Phrygian boy ; Not he.r who, clad in armour fail'd, To fave difaft'rous Troy.
Seite 54 - He probably did not remain long in slavery ; for at the beginning of the civil war he was made a captain in the royal army, and in 1644 attended the queen to France, where he remained till the Restoration. At last, upon suspicion of his being privy to the popish plot, he was taken up in 1682, and confined in the Gatehouse, Westminster ; where he ended his life, in the sixty-third year of his age.
Seite 205 - Hence mounting once more to the right through this dark umbrageous walk, we enter at once upon a lightsome high natural terrace, whence the eye is thrown over all the scenes we have seen before, together with many fine additional ones, and all beheld from a declivity that approaches as near a precipice as is agreeable. In the middle is a seat with this inscription: Divini gloria ruris ! 0 glory of the silvan scene divine!
Seite 261 - Richard, as presenting him to our Saviour, who inclines himfelf in a very kind manner towards them. There are eleven angels reprefented, each of them having a wreath of white rofes round their heads. The difpofition of their countenances, and actions of their hands, is defigned to (hew that their attention is employed about king Richard.