The Beauties of England: Or, a Comprehensive View of the Antiquities of this Kingdom; the Seats of the Nobility and Gentry; ... the Chief Villages, Market Towns, and Cities; ... Intended as a Travelling Pocket Companion: ...L. Davis and C. Reymers, 1764 - 328 páginas |
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... divided into the refpective COUNTIES And intended as ATRAVELLING POCKET COMPANION : Pointing out whatever is Curious , both in ART and NATURE The Second EDITION , improved and enlarged . LONDO N : Printed for L. DAVIS and C. REYMER 3 ...
... divided into the refpective COUNTIES And intended as ATRAVELLING POCKET COMPANION : Pointing out whatever is Curious , both in ART and NATURE The Second EDITION , improved and enlarged . LONDO N : Printed for L. DAVIS and C. REYMER 3 ...
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... divided into 9 Hundreds , and contains 21 Par- liament Boroughs , 27 Market Towns , 161 Parish Churches , befides Chapels of Eafe , and betwixt 12 and 1300. Villages . Its Circumference is computed at 150 M. and its Acres at about ...
... divided into 9 Hundreds , and contains 21 Par- liament Boroughs , 27 Market Towns , 161 Parish Churches , befides Chapels of Eafe , and betwixt 12 and 1300. Villages . Its Circumference is computed at 150 M. and its Acres at about ...
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... divided , and falls from thence in a wider Cataract to the Botton , where it has formed a deep Bason in the Ground . Antiquities of Devonshire . Ford - Abbey , was originally the Seat of Adeliza , Daugh- ter of Baldwin , of the Family ...
... divided , and falls from thence in a wider Cataract to the Botton , where it has formed a deep Bason in the Ground . Antiquities of Devonshire . Ford - Abbey , was originally the Seat of Adeliza , Daugh- ter of Baldwin , of the Family ...
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... divided in their Opinions with regard to this famous an- tique Structure : at prefent they feem to acquiefce in the Opinion of the learned Dr. Stukely , that it was one of the grand Temples of the British Druids . The Stones which ...
... divided in their Opinions with regard to this famous an- tique Structure : at prefent they feem to acquiefce in the Opinion of the learned Dr. Stukely , that it was one of the grand Temples of the British Druids . The Stones which ...
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... divided into 29 Parishes . The Air is univerfally efteemed to be as pure and healthful as any in the Kingdom , and the Soil fo rich , that it produces Corn enough in one Year to ferve it feven . Through the Middle of the Ifland runs a ...
... divided into 29 Parishes . The Air is univerfally efteemed to be as pure and healthful as any in the Kingdom , and the Soil fo rich , that it produces Corn enough in one Year to ferve it feven . Through the Middle of the Ifland runs a ...
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Página 80 - tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon...
Página 285 - Dance : a person rode upon the image of a horse, with a bow and arrow in his hands, with which he made a snapping noise, keeping time with the music, whilst six others danced the hay and other country dances, with as many rein-deer's heads on their shoulders.
Página 278 - D 2 cathedral cathedral fupported by rows of pillars, having a chryftal roof, all of the fame rock, tranfparent and glittering from the numerous candles burnt there to light the workmen, who, with their fteel pick-axes, dig it away ; this rock work extends feveral acres. There is a good church in this town, with a fine roof, and fe?
Página 214 - Water-wheel goes round, which is three times in one Minute, and 318,504,960 Yards in one Day and Night. One Waterwheel gives Motion to all the rest of the Wheels and Movements, of which any one may be stopt separately.
Página 282 - Close is enclosed in a wall, and a deep dry ditch on all sides, except towards the city, where it is defended by a great lake, or marsh, formed by its brook.
Página 80 - That on th' unnumbered idle pebbles chafes, Cannot be heard so high. I'll look no more; Lest my brain turn and the deficient sight Topple down headlong.
Página 275 - ... trade, I thought it worth my while to be more diligent in my fpeculation about it ; by which I found that about Nantwich, Northwich, and Middlewich, about thirty miles from the fea, are feveral falt-fprings near the river Weaver, and feldom exceed four yards in depth, which is called the falt-pit ; and the water is fo very cold at the bottom of the pit, that when the briners fometimes go about to cleanfe it, they cannot flay in it above half an hour, and in that time they are forced to drink...
Página 276 - ... then with their loots they take it up, the brine dropping from it, and throw it into their barrows, which are cases made with flat cleft wickers, in the shape almost of a sugar loaf, the bottom uppermost.
Página 46 - When we advance further, the dark part of the ponderous imposts over our heads, the chasm of sky between the jambs of the Cell, the odd construction of the whole, and the greatness of every part, surprises.
Página 308 - In the days of King Arthur, St David won a great victory over the Saxons, having ordered every one of his soldiers to place a Leek in his cap, for the sake of distinction ; in memory whereof the Welsh to this day wear a Leek on the first of March.