Black's Picturesque Tourist and Road-book of England and WalesAdam and Charles Black, 1843 - 429 pages |
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... Parliament . Chalk St. 234 Gads Hill . 42 Stroud , cr . river Medway . 28 ROCHESTER . 29 261 Gads Hill is the scene of Falstaff's famous exploit . 41 Chatham . Hartlip . 137 Rainham . 34 37 34 Newington . 323 Key St. 381 31 ...
... Parliament . Chalk St. 234 Gads Hill . 42 Stroud , cr . river Medway . 28 ROCHESTER . 29 261 Gads Hill is the scene of Falstaff's famous exploit . 41 Chatham . Hartlip . 137 Rainham . 34 37 34 Newington . 323 Key St. 381 31 ...
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... Parliament . Po- pulation 13,872 . About half a mile south - west of Dover is the famous height de- signated Shakspeare's Cliff . From the pier at Dover to that at Calais is 24 miles . II . LONDON . - MAIDSTONE . - HYTHE AND FOLKSTONE ...
... Parliament . Po- pulation 13,872 . About half a mile south - west of Dover is the famous height de- signated Shakspeare's Cliff . From the pier at Dover to that at Calais is 24 miles . II . LONDON . - MAIDSTONE . - HYTHE AND FOLKSTONE ...
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... houses . The county gaol was erected in 1818 , on the improved radiating plan , at an expense of £ 200,000 . Maidstone has returned two members of Parliament LONDON . - MAIDSTONE . - HYTHE AND FOLKSTONE . - Continued . 5.
... houses . The county gaol was erected in 1818 , on the improved radiating plan , at an expense of £ 200,000 . Maidstone has returned two members of Parliament LONDON . - MAIDSTONE . - HYTHE AND FOLKSTONE . - Continued . 5.
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£ 200,000 . Maidstone has returned two members of Parliament since the reign of Edward VI . It formerly contained a college , founded by Archbishop Cour- tenay in the reign of Richard II .; but it was suppressed by Edward VI . Po ...
£ 200,000 . Maidstone has returned two members of Parliament since the reign of Edward VI . It formerly contained a college , founded by Archbishop Cour- tenay in the reign of Richard II .; but it was suppressed by Edward VI . Po ...
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... Parliament . 1833 , a large quantity of English silver coins of the reign of William I. were found in a field a short dis- tance from this town . A About 7000 of these coins are now in the British Mu- seum . Pop . of par . 1578 ...
... Parliament . 1833 , a large quantity of English silver coins of the reign of William I. were found in a field a short dis- tance from this town . A About 7000 of these coins are now in the British Mu- seum . Pop . of par . 1578 ...
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12 miles Abbey adorned Ambleside ancient antiquity bank Barnard Castle Bart Bath beautiful Bishop borough Bridge BRIST Bristol building built Buttermere called Canal Castle celebrated chapel church contains Coniston considerable trade Court Crag cross river Cumberland curious dist Duke Earl east Edward eminence erected Exeter extensive Fell formerly Gothic grammar school 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 Railway reign remains residence returns two members RIGHT FROM LOND road rock Roman ruins Saxon scenery seat side situated Skiddaw stands station stone summit Tarn three miles tourist tower town vale vicinity village Westmorland William William the Conqueror Windermere Wood
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Page 272 - The nouse was originally meant for a small villa, though it has long passed into the hands of farmers, and there is, in consequence, an air of neglect about the little demesne, which does not at all approach desolation, and yet gives it something of touching interest. You see...
Page 248 - 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 show, And every herb that sips the dew; Till old experience do attain To something like prophetic strain.
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 270 - Not raised in nice proportions was the pile, But large and massy ; for duration built ; With pillars crowded, and the roof upheld By naked rafters intricately crossed, Like leafless underboughs, in some thick wood, All withered by the depth of shade above.
Page 250 - TwiXt resignation and content. Oft in my mind such thoughts awake, By lone Saint Mary's silent lake ; Thou know'st it well, — nor fen, nor sedge, Pollute the pure lake's crystal edge ; Abrupt and sheer, the mountains sink At once upon the level brink ; And just a trace of silver sand Marks where the water meets the land.
Page 226 - FAREWELL, thou little Nook of mountain-ground, Thou rocky corner in the lowest stair Of that magnificent temple which doth bound One side of our whole vale with grandeur rare ; Sweet garden-orchard, eminently fair, The loveliest spot that man hath ever found, Farewell ! — we leave thee to Heaven's peaceful care, Thee, and the Cottage which thou dost surround.
Page 306 - Manvers, to Clipstone Park, of about five miles in length, and one or two in width. Bilhaghe is a forest of oaks, and is clothed with the most impressive aspect of age that can perhaps be presented to the eye in these kingdoms.
Page 224 - In rocky basin its wild waves repose, Inverted shrubs, and moss of gloomy green, Cling from the rocks with pale wood-weeds between ; Save that aloft the subtle sunbeams shine On wither'd briars, that o'er the crags recline, Sole light admitted...
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. Of vast circumference and gloom profound This solitary Tree ! a living thing Produced too slowly ever to decay ; Of form and aspect too magnificent To be...
Page 226 - The Cypress and her spire; —Of flowers that with one scarlet gleam Cover a hundred leagues, and seem To set the hills on fire. The Youth of green savannahs spake, And many an endless, endless lake, With all its fairy crowds Of islands, that together lie As quietly as spots of sky Among the evening clouds.