Letters Written During a Tour Through North Wales, in the Year 1798, and at Other Times: Containing Views of the History, Antiquities, and Customs of that Part of the Principality, and Interpersed with Observations on Its Scenery, Agriculture, Botany, Mineralogy, Trade and ManufacturesC. and R. Baldwin, 1804 - 415 páginas |
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... prince of Wales came to Chester , 29th of Edward's reign , A , D. 1301 , to receive fealty of all the principal Freeholders of Wales ; among those who did homage was Gryffydd , Lord of Poole , for the Lordship of Powis .. A pleasant ...
... prince of Wales came to Chester , 29th of Edward's reign , A , D. 1301 , to receive fealty of all the principal Freeholders of Wales ; among those who did homage was Gryffydd , Lord of Poole , for the Lordship of Powis .. A pleasant ...
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... Prince's soul . It acquired some additional grants from Madwc ap Gryffydd , in the reign of Edward III . When the recluse amongst the Welsh were removed to English abbies , and replaced by English Monks , this house was placed under the ...
... Prince's soul . It acquired some additional grants from Madwc ap Gryffydd , in the reign of Edward III . When the recluse amongst the Welsh were removed to English abbies , and replaced by English Monks , this house was placed under the ...
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... Prince , assembled an army of the most determined partizans of independence , and having surrounded Edward in the Forest of Snow- den , near Caernarvon , obliged the King to make an ignoble retreat ; but , after defeating the King's ...
... Prince , assembled an army of the most determined partizans of independence , and having surrounded Edward in the Forest of Snow- den , near Caernarvon , obliged the King to make an ignoble retreat ; but , after defeating the King's ...
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... prince ; and as usual the district around was endowed with several privileges and exemptions , which continued under the general title of ancient usages , till re- stricted by the statutes of Henry VIII .; when the laws of England were ...
... prince ; and as usual the district around was endowed with several privileges and exemptions , which continued under the general title of ancient usages , till re- stricted by the statutes of Henry VIII .; when the laws of England were ...
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... Prince Anarawyd , top The cromlechs here differ from those of Anglesea , and other parts , by lying near the ground , and in an horizontal position ; one , called Brym y boel , is surrounded by a circle of small stones , and is of an ...
... Prince Anarawyd , top The cromlechs here differ from those of Anglesea , and other parts , by lying near the ground , and in an horizontal position ; one , called Brym y boel , is surrounded by a circle of small stones , and is of an ...
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abbey abound alpine ancient animal appearance arches Bangor Bards Barmouth beautiful beneath bridge built Bwlch Cader Cader Idris Caernarvon called Cardigan castle Chirk church conjecture considerable considered Conway Corwen custom dark Dinas distance Dovey elegant England English erected Estrildis favour feet fish formed frequently furnished Garfa Glyndwr ground Gyraldus hill inhabitants King lake land Llan Llanberis Llanrwst Llewelyn Llyn LOBELIA DORTMANNA Locrine lofty Lord Lordship Mallwyd Mawddach Merioneth miles Moel Montgomery moun mountains nature neighbours North Wales observation obtained Owen pass peat Pennant plants Poole possessed Powis present Prince principal probably remains RHODIOLA ROSEA rising river road rock rocky Roger de Montgomery Roman ruins Saxifraga NIVALIS scenery scenes scite Severn side situation slate Snowdon spirit steep stone stream summit supposed tains tide tion town vale variety vegetable vicinity village walls Welsh woods
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Página 317 - Big with the vanity of state; But transient is the smile of fate! A little rule, a little sway, A sunbeam in a winter's day, Is all the proud and mighty have Between the cradle and the grave. And see the rivers how they run, Thro...
Página 282 - Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear : Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. Some village- Hampden, that, with dauntless breast, The little tyrant of his fields withstood, Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood. Th...
Página 24 - 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!
Página 317 - That cast an awful look below ; Whose ragged walls the ivy creeps, And with her arms from falling keeps : So both a safety from the wind On mutual dependence find. 'Tis now the raven's bleak abode ; Tis now th...
Página 401 - I am thy father's spirit ; Doom'd, for a certain term, to walk the night ; And, for the day, confin'd to fast in fires, Till the foul crimes, done in my days of nature, Are burn'd and purg'd away.
Página 163 - Though poor the peasant's hut, his feasts though small, He sees his little lot the lot of all; Sees no contiguous palace rear its head, To shame the meanness of his humble shed; No costly lord the sumptuous banquet deal, To make him loathe his vegetable meal...
Página 163 - Or seeks the den where snow-tracks mark the way, And drags the struggling savage into day. At night returning, every labour sped, He sits him down, the monarch of a shed...
Página 18 - With fairest flowers, Whilst summer lasts, and I live here, Fidele, I'll sweeten thy sad grave : thou shalt not lack The flower that's like thy face, pale primrose ; nor The azured hare-bell, like thy veins ; no, nor The leaf of eglantine, whom not to slander, Out-sweeten'd not thy breath...
Página iii - O Nature, how in every charm supreme ! Whose votaries feast on raptures ever new ! O for the voice and fire of seraphim, To sing thy glories with devotion due ! Blest be the day I 'scaped the wrangling Crew, From Pyrrho's maze, and Epicurus...
Página 249 - No more its arches echo to the noise Of joy and festive mirth. No more the glance Of blazing taper through its windows beams, And quivers on the undulating wave : But naked stand the melancholy walls, Lash'd by the wintry tempests, cold and bleak, That whistle mournful thro' the empty halls, And piece-meal crumble down the tow'rs to dust.