A Journey Into Cornwall, Through the Counties of Southampton, Wilts, Dorset, Somerset & Devon:: Interspersed with Remarks, Moral, Historical, Literary, and PoliticalH. Sharpe; and F. & C. Rivington ... London., 1799 - 364 pages |
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... winds down another hill into Botley , an inconsiderable town , but to which as well as many other places on this coast the system of barrack - building has been extended . There is a bridge at the end of the town , and near it a house ...
... winds down another hill into Botley , an inconsiderable town , but to which as well as many other places on this coast the system of barrack - building has been extended . There is a bridge at the end of the town , and near it a house ...
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... partake , " And fall for Charles's and Religion's sake . ” The river Itchen winds it's silver stream at the foot of Catherine - Hill , and about two miles beyond it , beautifully adorns the grounds of Mr. Shakespear of ( 23 )
... partake , " And fall for Charles's and Religion's sake . ” The river Itchen winds it's silver stream at the foot of Catherine - Hill , and about two miles beyond it , beautifully adorns the grounds of Mr. Shakespear of ( 23 )
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... wind , but appear- ing to command a view of the sea , which , even bere , we just caught a transient glimpse of . We turned to the right for Wimborne . The ground is covered with heath and furze till within two or three miles of the ...
... wind , but appear- ing to command a view of the sea , which , even bere , we just caught a transient glimpse of . We turned to the right for Wimborne . The ground is covered with heath and furze till within two or three miles of the ...
Page 122
... winds to the right , where there is a very fine old bridge over the Stour , which flows from north to south , in an irregular course and with a gentle current , from it's origin at Stourhead in Wiltshire . This Bridge is said to have ...
... winds to the right , where there is a very fine old bridge over the Stour , which flows from north to south , in an irregular course and with a gentle current , from it's origin at Stourhead in Wiltshire . This Bridge is said to have ...
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... . " THOMPSON The road winds down a very steep declivity , which , but for the serpentine course of the path , would be extremely difficult and dangerous . The Cliffs on each side are near thirty feet in perpent I 2 ( 131 )
... . " THOMPSON The road winds down a very steep declivity , which , but for the serpentine course of the path , would be extremely difficult and dangerous . The Cliffs on each side are near thirty feet in perpent I 2 ( 131 )
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Page 129 - Go ! fair example of untainted youth, Of modest wisdom, and pacific truth : Composed in sufferings, and in joy sedate, Good without noise, without pretension great. Just of thy word, in every thought sincere, Who knew no wish but what the world might hear : Of softest manners, unaffected mind, Lover of peace, and friend of human kind : Go, live ! for heaven's eternal year is thine, Go, and exalt thy mortal to divine.
Page 80 - Rural confusion ! On the grassy bank Some ruminating lie ; while others stand Half in the flood, and often bending sip The circling surface.
Page 35 - Here sleeps in peace a Hampshire Grenadier, Who caught his death by drinking cold small beer. Soldiers, be wise from his untimely fall. And when you're hot, drink strong or none at all.
Page 168 - There, interspersed in lawns and opening glades, Thin trees arise that shun each other's shades. Here in full light the russet plains extend : There wrapt in clouds the bluish hills ascend. Ev'n the wild heath displays her purple dyes, And 'midst the desert fruitful fields arise, That, crown'd with tufted trees and springing corn, Like verdant isles, the sable waste adorn.
Page 211 - With dim mortality. It is not air That from a thousand lungs reeks back to thine, Sated with exhalations rank and fell, The spoil of dunghills, and the putrid thaw Of nature...
Page 174 - ... of nature, all the works of art, all the labours of men are reduced to nothing. All that we admired and adored before as great...
Page 131 - Heavens ! what a goodly prospect spreads around, Of hills, and dales, and woods, and lawns, and spires, And glittering towns, and gilded streams, till all The stretching landscape into smoke decays...
Page 324 - Beneath those rugged elms, that yew-tree's shade Where heaves the turf in many a mouldering heap, Each in his narrow cell for ever laid, The rude Forefathers of the hamlet sleep.
Page 266 - In the worst inn's worst room, with mat half hung, The floors of plaster, and the walls of dung, On once a flock bed, but repair'd with straw, With tape-tied curtains never meant to draw, The George and Garter...
Page 175 - Rome, the great city, the empress of the world, whose domination and superstition, ancient and modern, make a great part of the history of this earth, what is become of her now? She laid her foundations deep, and her palaces were strong and sumptuous : she glorified herself, and lived deliciously, and said in her heart, I sit a queen, and shall see no sorrow.