Black's Picturesque Tourist and Road-book of England and Wales: With a General Travelling Map, Charts of Roads, Railroads, and Interesting Localities, and Engraved Views of the SceneryAdam and Charles Black, 1847 - 429 pages |
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... erected in the 13th century , is the most elegant and uniform structure of the kind in England . The spire , which was built a century later , is celebrated for its beauty and its length , which is upwards of 400 feet . The length of ...
... erected in the 13th century , is the most elegant and uniform structure of the kind in England . The spire , which was built a century later , is celebrated for its beauty and its length , which is upwards of 400 feet . The length of ...
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... erection 460 B. C. Near Stonehenge is an inn called the Druid's Head . Pop . of Amesbury , 1171 . cross river Avon ... erected by Mr Beckford , under the direction of Wyatt . The tower has now fallen 96 down , and the edifice suf- 100 ...
... erection 460 B. C. Near Stonehenge is an inn called the Druid's Head . Pop . of Amesbury , 1171 . cross river Avon ... erected by Mr Beckford , under the direction of Wyatt . The tower has now fallen 96 down , and the edifice suf- 100 ...
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... erected by Bishop Fox ; and a painting by West , of the raising of Lazarus , now occupies the place where the high altar formerly stood . In the floor of Prior Silkstede's chapel , in the old Norman south transept , is the tomb of Izaak ...
... erected by Bishop Fox ; and a painting by West , of the raising of Lazarus , now occupies the place where the high altar formerly stood . In the floor of Prior Silkstede's chapel , in the old Norman south transept , is the tomb of Izaak ...
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... erected in the spirit and under the influence of the genius loci . The bee - hives in their rustic rows , the little crofts , all belong to a primi- tive country . I went on , now coming to small groups of such places , now to others of ...
... erected in the spirit and under the influence of the genius loci . The bee - hives in their rustic rows , the little crofts , all belong to a primi- tive country . I went on , now coming to small groups of such places , now to others of ...
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... erected in the time of Henry VIII . Here Charles I. , after being removed from the Isle of Wight , was confined for some time previous to his trial and execution . Between Hurst Castle and Lymington is the small village of Mil- lord ...
... erected in the time of Henry VIII . Here Charles I. , after being removed from the Isle of Wight , was confined for some time previous to his trial and execution . Between Hurst Castle and Lymington is the small village of Mil- lord ...
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12 miles Abbey Ambleside ancient antiquity bank Barnard Castle Bart Bath beautiful Bishop borough Bridge Bristol building built Buttermere called Canal Castle cathedral celebrated chapel church contains Coniston considerable trade Crag cross river Cumberland curious dist Duke Earl east Edward eminence England erected Exeter extensive Fell formerly Gothic 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 Queen Railway reign remains residence returns two members RIGHT FROM LOND road Roman ruins Saxon scenery Scotland seat side situated Skiddaw stands station stone Street summit Tarn three miles tourist tower town vale vicinity village Westmorland William William the Conqueror Windermere Wood Woodcut
Popular passages
Page 240 - Tree! a living thing Produced too slowly ever to decay; Of form and aspect too magnificent To be destroyed.
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 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.
Page 257 - This lamentable tale I tell! A lasting monument of words This wonder merits well. The Dog, which still was hovering nigh, Repeating the same timid cry, This Dog had been through three months' space A dweller in that savage place.
Page 225 - Smiling so tranquilly, and set, so deep ! Oft doth your dreamy loveliness return, Colouring the tender shadows of my sleep With light Elysian ; for the hues that steep Your shores in melting lustre, seem to float On golden clouds from spirit-lands remote, Isles of the blest; and in our memory keep Their place with holiest harmonies : fair scene, Most loved by evening and her dewy star!
Page 344 - 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...
Page 164 - We cannot but add, that of this lordly palace, where princes feasted and heroes fought, now in the bloody earnest of storm and siege, and now in the games of chivalry, where beauty dealt the prize which valour won, all is now desolate.
Page 384 - CHANCELLORS•. The office of Chancellor is biennial, or tenable for such a length of time beyond two years as the tacit consent of the University may choose to allow.
Page 318 - The most remarkable apartments in this interesting edifice are the state-room and the gallery. At one end of the former is a canopy of state, and in another part a bed, the hangings of which are very ancient. The gallery, which is about 170 feet long] and 26 wide, extends the whole length of the eastern side of the house, and is hung with tapestry, on a part of which is the date of 1478.
Page 274 - Alost of the excursions recommended to be made from Ambleside may, with almost equal advantage, be performed from this inn. Close at hand is Dove's Nest, the house Mrs Hemans inhabited one summer. Her description of the place, taken from her delightful letters, will not be deemed uninteresting...