Rambles by Rivers: The Avon, Том 3C. Knight & Company, 1845 - 253 страници |
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... ground in the island , it affords , from many parts , very extensive , if not very remarkable views . Its church is ancient , but not important as an architectural object . The spire has a somewhat singular appearance , termi- nating ...
... ground in the island , it affords , from many parts , very extensive , if not very remarkable views . Its church is ancient , but not important as an architectural object . The spire has a somewhat singular appearance , termi- nating ...
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... ground here , that from the spire Boston deeps , in Lincolnshire , sixty miles distant , may , according to Mr. Mastin , be seen on a clear day . In the late Ordnance Survey , reflectors were placed on the spire , and it formed a rather ...
... ground here , that from the spire Boston deeps , in Lincolnshire , sixty miles distant , may , according to Mr. Mastin , be seen on a clear day . In the late Ordnance Survey , reflectors were placed on the spire , and it formed a rather ...
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... ground . Mastin says that in a clear day he has seen , at different times in the day as the light served , thirty - nine or forty parish churches from one station , seen them and counted them with the naked eye . The site of the battle ...
... ground . Mastin says that in a clear day he has seen , at different times in the day as the light served , thirty - nine or forty parish churches from one station , seen them and counted them with the naked eye . The site of the battle ...
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... ground , see whether we cannot obtain an idea of the battle , by aid of those who wrote when it was fresh in memory . Naseby fight has been often described , but here its repetition may be forgiven . The battle occurred in the middle of ...
... ground , see whether we cannot obtain an idea of the battle , by aid of those who wrote when it was fresh in memory . Naseby fight has been often described , but here its repetition may be forgiven . The battle occurred in the middle of ...
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... ground of very great advantage , about a mile south from Harborough ( which was left at their back ) , and there put ... grounds before him . * Charles had been led to move his troops from their former and , as it should seem ...
... ground of very great advantage , about a mile south from Harborough ( which was left at their back ) , and there put ... grounds before him . * Charles had been led to move his troops from their former and , as it should seem ...
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abbey abbot afterwards Alveston ancient Angler appearance Arun Avon banks beautiful Bramber Castle Bredon Hill bridge building called castle century chapel character Charlcote church cottages course cross death delight Dove-dale Dudley Duke Earl of Warwick edifice Egwin Elizabeth erected Evesham favourite feeling Fladbury Fulbrooke graceful grounds Guy's Cliff Hampton Lucy Henry Henry VIII hill honour Kenilworth Kenilworth Castle king Lady lofty London look Lord manor mansion meadows miles Mole monastery monks monument Naseby neighbourhood noble parish park passed perhaps Pershore picturesque pleasant poet possession present pretty quiet rambler reign remains remarkable render river road rock says scene scenery Seathwaite seen Shak Shakspere's Shoreham side Sir Thomas spot stands stone Stoneleigh Stratford stream Sussex Tewkesbury things Thomas Lucy thought tion Tortington tower town trees Ulpha village visitor walls Warwick Castle William Shakspere wood worth
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Страница 65 - That not to know at large of things remote From use, obscure and subtle, but to know That which before us lies in daily life, Is the prime wisdom...
Страница 157 - Sometime we see a cloud that's dragonish; A vapour sometime like a bear or lion, A tower'd citadel, a pendent rock, A forked mountain, or blue promontory With trees upon't, that nod unto the world, And mock our eyes with air.
Страница 194 - Ful wel she sange the service devine, Entuned in hire nose ful swetely ; And Frenche she spake ful fayre and fetisly, After the scole of Stratford atte bowe, For Frenche of Paris was to hire unknowe.
Страница 98 - London, six oxen were daily eaten at a breakfast ; and every tavern was full of his meat; and who had any acquaintance in his family, should have as much boiled and roast as he could carry on a long dagger.
Страница 99 - This story shall the good man teach his son, And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by, From this day to the ending of the world, But we in it shall be remembered : We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...
Страница 6 - The current, that with gentle murmur glides, Thou know'st, being stopp'd, impatiently doth rage; But, when his fair course is not hindered, He makes sweet music with the enamell'd stones, Giving a gentle kiss to every sedge He overtaketh in his pilgrimage, And so by many winding nooks he strays, With willing sport, to- the wild ocean.
Страница 169 - No life, my honest Scholar, no life so happy and so pleasant as the life of a well-governed Angler ; for when the lawyer is swallowe'd up with business, and the statesman is preventing or contriving plots, then we sit on cowslip banks, hear the birds sing, and possess ourselves in as much quietness as these silent silver streams, which we now see glide so quietly by us.
Страница 134 - For except thou canst answer me questions three, Thy head shall be smitten from thy bodie. And first, quo...
Страница 224 - The picture of the mind revives again : While here I stand, not only with the sense Of present pleasure, but with pleasing thoughts That in this moment there is life and food For future years.
Страница 26 - Sir, this is none other but the hand of God; and to Him alone belongs the glory, wherein none are to share with Him.