Rambles by Rivers: The Avon, Band 3C. Knight & Company, 1845 - 253 Seiten |
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... castle stood ; it is called Castle - hill now . " These Roman works , it is thought , were the nucleus of the present town . The fort covered Many articles of discovered here , about the fifth part of an acre . Roman workmanship have ...
... castle stood ; it is called Castle - hill now . " These Roman works , it is thought , were the nucleus of the present town . The fort covered Many articles of discovered here , about the fifth part of an acre . Roman workmanship have ...
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... Castle ; but of it only a few disjointed fragments remain . As there is no pathway , it is hardly worth while to attempt to follow the windings of the river here . The fields are pleasant , but fairer are before us ; and the rambler may ...
... Castle ; but of it only a few disjointed fragments remain . As there is no pathway , it is hardly worth while to attempt to follow the windings of the river here . The fields are pleasant , but fairer are before us ; and the rambler may ...
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... Castle , which will of course be the main object of a visit , lies about half a mile beyond the town . Before making any remarks on the present appearance and con- dition of Kenilworth Castle , I shall sketch its his- tory as briefly as ...
... Castle , which will of course be the main object of a visit , lies about half a mile beyond the town . Before making any remarks on the present appearance and con- dition of Kenilworth Castle , I shall sketch its his- tory as briefly as ...
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... castle . Wil- liam Mauduit , Earl of Warwick , stedfastly refused to join the barons , and Giffard , watching his time , succeeded by a stratagem in surprising Warwick Castle , which he then rendered untenable ; at the same time ...
... castle . Wil- liam Mauduit , Earl of Warwick , stedfastly refused to join the barons , and Giffard , watching his time , succeeded by a stratagem in surprising Warwick Castle , which he then rendered untenable ; at the same time ...
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... castle but with their lives . The siege had lasted nearly six months , and Henry resolved at length to storm the castle : a difficult and laborious task before artillery was invented . His preparations , indeed , show how great an un ...
... castle but with their lives . The siege had lasted nearly six months , and Henry resolved at length to storm the castle : a difficult and laborious task before artillery was invented . His preparations , indeed , show how great an un ...
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abbey abbot afterwards Alveston ancient Angler appearance Arun Avon banks beautiful Bramber Castle Bredon Hill bridge building called castle century chapel character Charlcote church cottages course cross death delight Dove-dale Dudley Duke Earl of Warwick edifice Egwin Elizabeth erected Evesham favourite feeling Fladbury Fulbrooke graceful grounds Guy's Cliff Hampton Lucy Henry Henry VIII hill honour Kenilworth Kenilworth Castle king Lady lofty London look Lord manor mansion meadows miles Mole monastery monks monument Naseby neighbourhood noble parish park passed perhaps Pershore picturesque pleasant poet possession present pretty quiet rambler reign remains remarkable render river road rock says scene scenery Seathwaite seen Shak Shakspere's Shoreham side Sir Thomas spot stands stone Stoneleigh Stratford stream Sussex Tewkesbury things Thomas Lucy thought tion Tortington tower town trees Ulpha village visitor walls Warwick Castle William Shakspere wood worth
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Seite 65 - That not to know at large of things remote From use, obscure and subtle, but to know That which before us lies in daily life, Is the prime wisdom...
Seite 157 - Sometime we see a cloud that's dragonish; A vapour sometime like a bear or lion, A tower'd citadel, a pendent rock, A forked mountain, or blue promontory With trees upon't, that nod unto the world, And mock our eyes with air.
Seite 194 - Ful wel she sange the service devine, Entuned in hire nose ful swetely ; And Frenche she spake ful fayre and fetisly, After the scole of Stratford atte bowe, For Frenche of Paris was to hire unknowe.
Seite 98 - London, six oxen were daily eaten at a breakfast ; and every tavern was full of his meat; and who had any acquaintance in his family, should have as much boiled and roast as he could carry on a long dagger.
Seite 99 - This story shall the good man teach his son, And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by, From this day to the ending of the world, But we in it shall be remembered : We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...
Seite 6 - The current, that with gentle murmur glides, Thou know'st, being stopp'd, impatiently doth rage; But, when his fair course is not hindered, He makes sweet music with the enamell'd stones, Giving a gentle kiss to every sedge He overtaketh in his pilgrimage, And so by many winding nooks he strays, With willing sport, to- the wild ocean.
Seite 169 - No life, my honest Scholar, no life so happy and so pleasant as the life of a well-governed Angler ; for when the lawyer is swallowe'd up with business, and the statesman is preventing or contriving plots, then we sit on cowslip banks, hear the birds sing, and possess ourselves in as much quietness as these silent silver streams, which we now see glide so quietly by us.
Seite 134 - For except thou canst answer me questions three, Thy head shall be smitten from thy bodie. And first, quo...
Seite 224 - The picture of the mind revives again : While here I stand, not only with the sense Of present pleasure, but with pleasing thoughts That in this moment there is life and food For future years.
Seite 26 - Sir, this is none other but the hand of God; and to Him alone belongs the glory, wherein none are to share with Him.