Delineations of the North Western Division of the County of Somerset, and of Its Antediluvian Bone Caverns, with a Geological Sketch of the Districtauthor, 1829 - 349 страници |
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Страница 265 - And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus; and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven; and he fell to the earth and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
Страница 298 - ... occur also fossil in the diluvian gravel; whence it follows that the period in which they inhabited these regions was that immediately preceding the formation of this gravel by that transient and universal inundation which has left traces of its ravages committed at no very distant period over the surface of the whole globe, and since which no important or general physical changes appear to have affected it.
Страница 268 - Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led him away. And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha: where they crucified him, and two other with him, on either side one, and Jesus in the midst.
Страница 136 - Proud prelate, I understand you are backward in complying with your agreement : but I would have you know, that I, who made you what you are, can unmake you ; and if you do not forthwith fulfil your engagement, by God I will immediately unfrock you. Yours, as you demean yourself, Elizabeth.
Страница 57 - ... work or zig-zag moulding, the most common of any ; and various other kinds rising and falling, jetting out and receding inward alternately, in a waving or undulating manner; — the embattled frette, a kind of ornament formed by a single round moulding, traversing the face of the arch, making its returns and crossings always at right angles, so forming the intermediate spaces into squares alternately open above and below ; specimens of this kind of ornament appear on the great arches in the middle...
Страница 54 - ... rampart, seven ditches are sunk across the ridge of the hill, out of which it is probable that the stones were drawn which formed the ramparts, besides which, the whole ground, for a considerable distance in front of the camp, is still covered with loose stones. There are two ramparts, about fifteen feet high from the bottom of the ditch, composed entirely of stones loosely placed, without a blade of grass or plant of any kind; these ramparts, with their corresponding ditches, cross the hill...
Страница 185 - Here indeed, Nature, working with a gigantic hand, has displayed a scene of no common grandeur. In one of those moments, when she convulsed the world with the throes of an earthquake, she burst asunder the rocky ribs of Mendip, and tore a chasm across its diameter, of more than a mile in length.
Страница 66 - COURT. — In the east wall of the chancel of Kenn Church, in the village of Kenn, near Tatton station, Somersetshire, is an old monument, containing, within a recess, the figures of a man in armour and a woman, with two daughters, kneeling, in the dress of Queen Elizabeth. On the base of the monument is a lady, leaning on her arm, holding an infant in one hand and a book in the other. Above is an inscription : " To Christopher Kenn, Esqre,, who died Jany. 21st, 1593, and to Dame Florence, his widow,...
Страница 53 - ... churches from its elevated summit. The western end projects into the Bristol channel, above the town of Weston, and is formed into one of the most remarkable fortifications in England.
Страница 89 - ... goose, with two cubs yelping at the bottom of the gallows ; the next, a monkey at prayers, with an owl perched on a branch over his head; and beneath this device, is another monkey holding a halbert.