The British Tourist's, Or, Traveller's Pocket Companion, Through England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland: Comprehending the Most Celebrated Modern Tours in the British Islands, and Several Originals, Volume 2R. Phillips, 1809 - Great Britain |
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... ruins of a small fort , not so injured by time , but that it might be easily restored to its former state . It seems never to have been intended as a place of strength , nor was built to endure a siege , but merely to afford cover to a ...
... ruins of a small fort , not so injured by time , but that it might be easily restored to its former state . It seems never to have been intended as a place of strength , nor was built to endure a siege , but merely to afford cover to a ...
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... ruins of ancient magnificence , of which even the ruins cannot long be visible , unless some care be taken to preserve them ; and where is the pleasure of preserving such mournful memorials ? They have been , till very lately , so much ...
... ruins of ancient magnificence , of which even the ruins cannot long be visible , unless some care be taken to preserve them ; and where is the pleasure of preserving such mournful memorials ? They have been , till very lately , so much ...
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... ruins of religious buildings , we came to two vaults , over which had formerly stood the house of the sub - prior . One of the vaults was inhabited by an old woman , who claimed the right of abode there as the widow of a man whose ...
... ruins of religious buildings , we came to two vaults , over which had formerly stood the house of the sub - prior . One of the vaults was inhabited by an old woman , who claimed the right of abode there as the widow of a man whose ...
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... ruins afford ample testimony of its ancient magnificence : its ex- tent might , I suppose , easily be found by following this remark could only apply to this particular truck , not to the country in general . From the New Forest in ...
... ruins afford ample testimony of its ancient magnificence : its ex- tent might , I suppose , easily be found by following this remark could only apply to this particular truck , not to the country in general . From the New Forest in ...
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... ruins of the cathedral of Elgin afforded us another proof of the waste of reformation . There is enough yet ... ruin . The church of Elgin had , in the intestine tumults of the barbarous ages , been laid waste by the irruption of a ...
... ruins of the cathedral of Elgin afforded us another proof of the waste of reformation . There is enough yet ... ruin . The church of Elgin had , in the intestine tumults of the barbarous ages , been laid waste by the irruption of a ...
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Abbey acres Ambleside ancient antiquity appears beautiful Boethius bridge building built called castle Castle Oliver cattle church clan cross cultivated distance Duke Earl elegant eminence English erected Erse expence extent feet Fort Augustus front Furness Fell gentleman ground hall handsome Hebrides Highland hill honour houses of York hundred improvement Inch Kenneth inhabitants inscription Inverness island Keswick labour lady laird lake land Leaving live lofty Lord Lord Shelburne Maclean Macleod magnificent mansion miles monuments mountains Mull Nantwich never noble passed Pennant Penrith perhaps petrifactions picturesque proceeded Raasay remains remarkable rent residence rise river river Eden road rock Roman ruins says scene Scotland seat shew side Sir Allan situation Skiddaw Skie Slane Castle spot square stands stone supposed tain Tideswell tion tomb tower town travelled trees vale vicinity village visited wall whole wind wood Young
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Page 133 - ... Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses ; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me and from my friends be such frigid philosophy, as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among...
Page 98 - By pretension to Second Sight, no profit was ever sought or gained. It is an involuntary affection, in which neither hope nor fear are known to have any part. Those who profess to feel it do not boast of it as a privilege, nor. are considered by others as advantageously distinguished. They have no temptation to feign ; and their hearers have no motive to encourage the imposture.
Page 132 - We were now treading that illustrious island, which was once the luminary of the Caledonian regions, whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived the benefits of knowledge, and the blessings of religion. To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish if it were possible.
Page 106 - The editor, or author, never could shew the original ; nor can it be shewn by any other. To revenge reasonable incredulity, by refusing evidence, is a degree of insolence, with which the world is not yet acquainted ; and stubborn audacity is the last refuge of guilt.
Page 33 - I presented her with a book, which I happened to have about me, and should not be pleased to think that she forgets me. In the evening the...
Page 36 - The phantoms which haunt a desert are want, and misery, and danger; the evils of dereliction rush upon the thoughts; man is made unwillingly acquainted with his own weakness, and meditation shews him only how little he can sustain, and how little he can perform.
Page 54 - The clans retain little now of their original character ; their ferocity of temper is softened, their military ardour is extinguished, their dignity of independence is depressed, their contempt of government subdued, and their reverence for their chiefs abated. Of what they had before the late conquest of their country, there remain only their language and their poverty.
Page 54 - Their language is attacked on every side. Schools are erected, in which English only is taught, and there were lately some who thought it reasonable to refuse them a version of the holy scriptures, that they might have no monument of their mother tongue.
Page 36 - I sat down on a bank, such as a writer of Romance might have delighted to feign. I had indeed no trees to whisper over my head, but a clear rivulet streamed at my feet. The day was calm, the air soft, and all was rudeness, silence, and solitude.
Page 45 - Out of one of the beds on which we were to repose started up, at our entrance, a man black as a Cyclops from the forge.