An Excursion to the Lakes in Westmoreland and Cumberland;: With a Tour Through Part of the Northern Counties, in the Years 1773 and 1774, Volumen86J. Wilkie, No. 71, St. Paul's Churchyard, and W. Charnley, in Newcastle., 1776 - 382 páginas |
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... ftation , the Vallum having formed a strong outwork to the castle , of great height towards the fouth . — This kind of fituation was in many places cho- fen for erecting fortreffes , after the depar- ture of the Romans ; feveral castles ...
... ftation , the Vallum having formed a strong outwork to the castle , of great height towards the fouth . — This kind of fituation was in many places cho- fen for erecting fortreffes , after the depar- ture of the Romans ; feveral castles ...
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... ftation was fituate on this emi- nence , and that the prefent castle stands on the fame ground ; but the Vallum is totally effaced . The Hall . The great Hall is worthy the obferva- tion of travellers , there being enclosed in a cafe ...
... ftation was fituate on this emi- nence , and that the prefent castle stands on the fame ground ; but the Vallum is totally effaced . The Hall . The great Hall is worthy the obferva- tion of travellers , there being enclosed in a cafe ...
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... ftation RRONOVAICUM , vaicum which has formed an area and outwork one hundred and twenty paces fquare , de- fended by the Vallum and an outward ditch ; both at this time very difcernable . -The angles of this camp are obtufe , like most ...
... ftation RRONOVAICUM , vaicum which has formed an area and outwork one hundred and twenty paces fquare , de- fended by the Vallum and an outward ditch ; both at this time very difcernable . -The angles of this camp are obtufe , like most ...
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... ftation of life merit is difcovered , it fhould receive a degree of praise propor- tioned to its excellence.From this uni- verfal principle , which benevolence de- lights to cherish , I must not pafs in filence the deferts of our ...
... ftation of life merit is difcovered , it fhould receive a degree of praise propor- tioned to its excellence.From this uni- verfal principle , which benevolence de- lights to cherish , I must not pafs in filence the deferts of our ...
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... ftation where the fineft echoes were to be obtained from the furrounding mountains .-- The veffel was provided with fix brafs cannon , mounted on fwivels ; -on difcharging one of thefe pieces , the report was echoed from the oppofite ...
... ftation where the fineft echoes were to be obtained from the furrounding mountains .-- The veffel was provided with fix brafs cannon , mounted on fwivels ; -on difcharging one of thefe pieces , the report was echoed from the oppofite ...
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afcended alfo almoſt antient antiquity appears arifing beauties Biſhop Brampton Brough caftle Camden caſtle church cliffs Cockermouth confifts Cumberland Dacre defcended diftant diſcovered diſtance druids Earl eaſt faid fame fays fcene feat fecond feems feen feet feven feveral fhade fhew fhore fhould fide fingular firſt fituation fmall folemn fome formed fouth fquare ftands ftation ftones ftream fuch fummit fuppofed furrounded ground groves height Henry Hexham hills houfe houſe hundred iffue ifland infcription John Baliol Kefwick King lake land lofty Lord Lord William Howard miles monument moſt mountains Northumberland oppofite paces paffed Penrith pleaſing pleaſure poffeffions prefent profpect rifing river river Eden river Greta river Irthing river Tees rocks Roman Rookby ruins ſcattered ſcene Sir James Lowther Skiddow ſmall ſtand ſtone thefe theſe thofe thoſe thouſand tion tower town uſed vaft vale vallum vifited wall weft whilft whofe whoſe Wigton wood
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Página 130 - ... surface. I will now carry you to the top of a cliff, where if you dare approach the ridge, a new...
Página 154 - 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.
Página 138 - Purfue my theme, and fight the fear of death. Here, like a fhepherd gazing from his hut, Touching his reed, or...
Página 128 - I must add the frequent and bold projection of the cliffs into the lake, forming noble bays and promontories ; in other parts, they finely retire from it ; and often open in abrupt chasms or...
Página 128 - ... picturesque forms. On the opposite shore you will find rocks and cliffs of stupendous height, hanging broken over the lake in horrible grandeur, some of them a thousand feet high, the woods climbing up their steep...
Página 153 - ... where we were delighted with the noble objects which prefented themfelves to our view. — Around us was fpread a grove, formed of tall young oaks, afh, and birch trees, which gave an agreeable coolnefs and...
Página 127 - Instead of a meagre rivulet, a noble living lake, ten miles round, of an oblong form, adorned with a variety of wooded islands. The rocks indeed of Dovedale are finely wild, pointed and irregular; but the hills are both little and unanimated, and the margin of the brook is poorly edged with weeds, morass, and brushwood. But at Keswick, you will on one...
Página 189 - ... and near a mile in breadth, shining and bright as a mirror, we viewed the agreeable variety of the adjacent country ; to the right, woodlands and meadows, in many little peninsulas and promontories descended with easy slopes to the brink of the lake, where...
Página 138 - Bleft be that hand divine which gently laid My heart at reft beneath this humble fhed. The world's a ftately bark, on dang'rous feas, With pleafure feen, but boarded at our peril : Here, on a...
Página 145 - The water of Derwent-water is fubje& to violent agitations, and often without any apparent caufe, as was the cafe this day ; the weather was calm, yet the waves ran a great height, and the boat was tofied violently, with what is called a bottom wind.