The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive, of Each County, Volume 17 |
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... persons were summoned out of every Cantref , or hundred , to assist the king in the great work of legislation . This parliament having been assembled , they proceeded to examine the ancient laws , cancelled some , reformed others ...
... persons were summoned out of every Cantref , or hundred , to assist the king in the great work of legislation . This parliament having been assembled , they proceeded to examine the ancient laws , cancelled some , reformed others ...
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... persons were held sacred , and a heavy fine , one hundred and twenty six cows , levied on the person , who killed one . If a Bard wanted to ask a favour of royalty , he must previously perform upon the harp , one of his own compositions ...
... persons were held sacred , and a heavy fine , one hundred and twenty six cows , levied on the person , who killed one . If a Bard wanted to ask a favour of royalty , he must previously perform upon the harp , one of his own compositions ...
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... persons . " The laws and ordinances of Howel Dha , the Honble . Daines Barrington observes , are the most regular of any extant , and have been wonderfully preserved , considering their antiquity ; but though there are many provisions ...
... persons . " The laws and ordinances of Howel Dha , the Honble . Daines Barrington observes , are the most regular of any extant , and have been wonderfully preserved , considering their antiquity ; but though there are many provisions ...
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... person wearing a religious habit . But they desire , above all others nations the episcopal ordination and unction , by ... persons , to the relics of saints , bells , holy books , and the cross , which they devoutly revere ; and hence ...
... person wearing a religious habit . But they desire , above all others nations the episcopal ordination and unction , by ... persons , to the relics of saints , bells , holy books , and the cross , which they devoutly revere ; and hence ...
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... person has incurred the enmity of his prince , on applying to the church for protection , he and his family will continue to live unmolested . But inany persons abuse this in- demnity , far exceeding the indulgence of the canon , which ...
... person has incurred the enmity of his prince , on applying to the church for protection , he and his family will continue to live unmolested . But inany persons abuse this in- demnity , far exceeding the indulgence of the canon , which ...
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adjacent afford ancient Anglesea appears appellation arch Bangor Bards Beaumaris beauty bishop British Britons building Caer Caernarvon Caernarvonshire called Cambria Cantref Cardiganshire castle celebrated century Chester church coal considerable consisting copper Denbigh Denbighshire denominated distance district earl Edward England English erected feet Flint Flintshire formed fortress ground Gwynedd Henry hill Holyhead honour hundred inhabitants island John kind king land late latter Llanrwst Llewelyn Llyn lofty lord Menai ment Merioneth Merionethshire miles Mona monarch Montgomeryshire monuments mountains nearly North Wales numerous observes obtained Ordovices Owen parish passing Pennant persons possession Powys present prince principal probably reign residence river river Dee road rock Roman royal Ruthin Saxons Segontium Severn side situated slate South Wales stone supposed tion tower town Traeth Traeth mawr vale vicinity walls Welsh William wood Wrexham Wynne yards
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Page 852 - SWEET AUBURN! loveliest village of the plain; Where health and plenty cheered the labouring swain, Where smiling spring its earliest visit paid, And parting summer's lingering blooms delayed : Dear lovely bowers of innocence and ease, Seats of my youth, when every sport could please, How often have I loitered o'er thy green, Where humble happiness endeared each scene...
Page 582 - His guide to happiness on high. And see! Tis come, the glorious morn! the second birth Of heaven and earth! Awakening Nature hears The new-creating word, and starts to life, In every heightened form, from pain and death For ever free.
Page 549 - Hampden, that he had a head to contrive, a tongue to persuade, and a hand to execute, any mischief.
Page 584 - London dead : Much good, some ill, he did ; so hope all's even, And that his soul through mercy's gone to heaven.
Page 597 - Men have lost their reason in nothing so much as their religion, wherein stones and clouts make martyrs ; and, since the religion of one seems madness unto another, to afford an account or rational of old rites requires no rigid reader.
Page 921 - Smooth to the shelving brink a copious flood Rolls fair and placid; where collected all, In one impetuous torrent, down the steep It thundering shoots, and shakes the country round. At first, an azure sheet, it rushes broad ; Then whitening by degrees, as prone it falls, And from the loud-resounding rocks below Dash'd in a cloud of foam, it sends aloft A hoary mist, and forms a ceaseless shower.
Page 102 - Llwyd they worked so fresh there for a considerable time that they frightened some young workmen out of the work. This was when we were driving levels and before we had got any ore: but when we came to the ore, they then gave over and I heard no more talk of them. Our old miners are no more concerned at hearing them blasting, boring holes, landing leads, etc.
Page 889 - I held a tower in France, till all the old women in Wales heard of it; and now the old women of France shall hear how I defended the Welsh castle.
Page 190 - Where his glowing eye-balls turn, Thousand banners round him burn : Where he points his purple spear, Hasty, hasty Rout is there, Marking with indignant eye Fear to stop, and Shame to fly. There Confusion, Terror's child, Conflict fierce, and Ruin wild, Agony, that pants for breath, Despair and honourable Death.
Page 190 - Gwyneth's shield, and Britain's gem. He nor heaps his brooded stores, Nor on all profusely pours; Lord of every regal art, Liberal hand, and open heart. Big with hosts of mighty name, Squadrons three against him came; This the force of Eirin hiding, Side by side as proudly riding, On her shadow long and gay Lochlin...