North Wales ... delineated from two excursionsLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1814 - 80 pages |
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William Bingley. EULOE CASTLE . It is about a quarter of a mile distant from the road , and from its situation on the ... miles distant . Soon after their arrival they made an attack on this castle , and after a fortnight's siege , it was ...
William Bingley. EULOE CASTLE . It is about a quarter of a mile distant from the road , and from its situation on the ... miles distant . Soon after their arrival they made an attack on this castle , and after a fortnight's siege , it was ...
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... mile distant ; but there is a chapel of ease within the walls of the castle , a building which was formerly used as the chapel to the garrison . At a little distance from this there is also part of the body of a church be- gun by Robert ...
... mile distant ; but there is a chapel of ease within the walls of the castle , a building which was formerly used as the chapel to the garrison . At a little distance from this there is also part of the body of a church be- gun by Robert ...
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... miles distant . In the same church , A. D. 1220 , was also interred Cynan ap Owen Gwy- nedd his body was inclosed in the habiliments of a monk , holy garments , which in those su- perstitious days were deemed proof against every power ...
... miles distant . In the same church , A. D. 1220 , was also interred Cynan ap Owen Gwy- nedd his body was inclosed in the habiliments of a monk , holy garments , which in those su- perstitious days were deemed proof against every power ...
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William Bingley. pouring down on all sides . I was not many miles distant from the place at the time . All the carriages , among which was the mail , were stopped for several hours , until a body of the country people , who were ...
William Bingley. pouring down on all sides . I was not many miles distant from the place at the time . All the carriages , among which was the mail , were stopped for several hours , until a body of the country people , who were ...
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... miles distant , I could plainly distinguish the white line of the road , and the neighbouring moun- tains , appear to rise abruptly from the water's edge ; from hence a long range is seen to stretch into the interior of the country , in ...
... miles distant , I could plainly distinguish the white line of the road , and the neighbouring moun- tains , appear to rise abruptly from the water's edge ; from hence a long range is seen to stretch into the interior of the country , in ...
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abbey afterwards Amlwch ancient Anglesea appearance arches Asaph Bangor bank Beaumaris beautiful Beddgelert betwixt bridge building Caer Caernarvon Caernarvonshire called Capel Curig castle cataract celebrated CHAP Chester church Clwyd considerable Conwy copper crown Denbigh descended Dinas Dolbadarn castle Dolgelle earl Edward elegant erected EXCURSION feet formed formerly ground half a mile Harlech hence Henry hill hollow hundred inhabitants island king lake little distance Llanberis Llangollen Llanrwst Llewelyn Llyn Llyn Cwellyn lord Machynlleth Mawr meadows Merionethshire miles distant moun mountains Nant nearly North Wales observed Oswestry Owen parish passed Penmaen Pennant persons picturesque Pont pool present prince principal Pwllheli reign Rhaiadr Rhyddlan river river Conwy road rock Ruthin scene scenery seat seen Shrewsbury side singular situated Snowdon steep stone stream summit tourist tower town vale vale of Clwyd village walls waterfall Welsh whole wood yards
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Page 503 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long...
Page 503 - And then it started, like a guilty thing Upon a fearful summons. I have heard The cock, that is the trumpet to the morn, Doth with his lofty and shrill-sounding throat Awake the god of day; and at his warning. Whether in sea or fire, in earth or air, The extravagant and erring spirit hies To his confine; and of the truth herein This present object made probation.
Page 103 - 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.
Page 247 - O'erturned his infant's bed he found, With blood-stained covert rent ; And all around, the walls and ground With recent blood besprent. He called his child — no voice replied — He searched, with terror wild ; Blood, blood he found on every side, But nowhere found his child. " Hell-hound ! my child's by thee devoured," The frantic father cried ; And to the hilt his vengeful sword He plunged in Gelert's side.
Page 307 - On a rock, whose haughty brow Frowns o'er old Conway's foaming flood, Robed in the sable garb of woe, With haggard eyes the poet stood ; (Loose his beard and hoary hair, Stream'd like a meteor to the troubled air,) And with a master's hand and prophet's fire Struck the deep sorrows of his lyre...
Page 156 - I venerate the man, whose heart is warm, Whose hands are pure, whose doctrine and whose life Coincident exhibit lucid proof That he is honest in the sacred cause.
Page 247 - Llewelyn homeward hied ; When, near the portal seat, His truant Gelert he espied, Bounding his lord to greet. But, when he gain'd his castle door, Aghast the chieftain stood ; The hound all o'er was smear'd with gore His lips, his fangs ran blood.
Page 246 - Oh, where does faithful Gelert roam ? the flower of all his race ! so true, so brave ! a lamb at home — a lion in the chase!
Page 309 - Dash'd in a cloud of foam, it sends aloft A hoary mist, and forms a ceaseless shower. Nor can the...
Page 248 - Best of thy kind, adieu ! The frantic deed which laid thee low, This heart shall ever rue.