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 Manufactures |
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... through the apertures of which seyeral streams rolled down the cwms to bring
their tributary waters to the Severn . We pressed forward sometimes along the
trackless vale , sometimes ascending the steep acclivities of the mountain barrier
...
... through the apertures of which seyeral streams rolled down the cwms to bring
their tributary waters to the Severn . We pressed forward sometimes along the
trackless vale , sometimes ascending the steep acclivities of the mountain barrier
...
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fended bird is deaf to the intreaty , and makes directly for her proper element , the
ocean , where the raven is quickly drowned , and the puffin returns in triumph to
the nest : yet , it sometimes happens , that the invader is the victor , and the ...
fended bird is deaf to the intreaty , and makes directly for her proper element , the
ocean , where the raven is quickly drowned , and the puffin returns in triumph to
the nest : yet , it sometimes happens , that the invader is the victor , and the ...
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They are thickset , with limbs rather small ; and though instances have sometimes
occurred of prodigious strength , yet , like their ancestors , they are light and
active , more free than strong ; and the modern , like the ancient Briton , is not
very ...
They are thickset , with limbs rather small ; and though instances have sometimes
occurred of prodigious strength , yet , like their ancestors , they are light and
active , more free than strong ; and the modern , like the ancient Briton , is not
very ...
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... next of kin then follow the example , offering sometimes as much , and
sometimes less than the first : the rest of the congregation , who intend to offer
silver , follow , when a solemn pause ensues ; and the rest of the congregation
offer pence : ...
... next of kin then follow the example , offering sometimes as much , and
sometimes less than the first : the rest of the congregation , who intend to offer
silver , follow , when a solemn pause ensues ; and the rest of the congregation
offer pence : ...
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The audience usually call for the tune ; sometimes a few only sing and
sometimes the whole company ; but , when a party of capital singers assemble ,
they rarely call for the tune , for it is indifferent to them what tune the harper plays ;
parishes ...
The audience usually call for the tune ; sometimes a few only sing and
sometimes the whole company ; but , when a party of capital singers assemble ,
they rarely call for the tune , for it is indifferent to them what tune the harper plays ;
parishes ...
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Informações bibliográficas
| Título | 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 Manufactures |
| Autor | John Evans |
| Edição | 3 |
| Editora | C. and R. Baldwin, 1804 |
| Original de | Harvard University |
| Digitalizado | 4 out. 2007 |
| Num. págs. | 415 páginas |
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