The Beauties of England and Wales: Or, Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive, of Each County, Band 8,Teil 2Verner & Hood, 1808 |
Im Buch
Ergebnisse 1-5 von 100
Seite 624
... probably intended for two purposes ; for a sally - port at low water ; and to procure water from the river when the tide was in . The KEEP , or Great Tower , erected by Bishop Gundulph , is still nearly perfect as to its outward figure ...
... probably intended for two purposes ; for a sally - port at low water ; and to procure water from the river when the tide was in . The KEEP , or Great Tower , erected by Bishop Gundulph , is still nearly perfect as to its outward figure ...
Seite 627
... probably consisted of a platform on a level with the top of the wall within the parapet : the latter was about five feet high , and had embrazures about two feet wide . The four towers at the angles were raised another story ; and had ...
... probably consisted of a platform on a level with the top of the wall within the parapet : the latter was about five feet high , and had embrazures about two feet wide . The four towers at the angles were raised another story ; and had ...
Seite 634
... probably extended over all the Cathedral eastward from the nave . This Bishop died in the year 1182 : his successor , Waleran , is said to have been seized with his last illness in this city , whilst making preparations for a journey to ...
... probably extended over all the Cathedral eastward from the nave . This Bishop died in the year 1182 : his successor , Waleran , is said to have been seized with his last illness in this city , whilst making preparations for a journey to ...
Seite 640
... probably emblematical of the grants made to the Priory by these Sovereigns ; but the countenances of both are defaced . All the mouldings of the arch are decorated by sculptures ; the principal of them representing twisted branches ...
... probably emblematical of the grants made to the Priory by these Sovereigns ; but the countenances of both are defaced . All the mouldings of the arch are decorated by sculptures ; the principal of them representing twisted branches ...
Seite 643
... probably as late as the reign of Henry the Seventh . It measures about thirty feet wide , and forty - five in length . The south and west sides exhibit five spacious windows , under obtuse arches , divided by mullions ; the piers or ...
... probably as late as the reign of Henry the Seventh . It measures about thirty feet wide , and forty - five in length . The south and west sides exhibit five spacious windows , under obtuse arches , divided by mullions ; the piers or ...
Andere Ausgaben - Alle anzeigen
The Beauties of England and Wales, Or Delineations, Topographical ... Edward Wedlake Brayley Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2017 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Abbey afterwards aisle ancient appears Archbishop Archbishop of Canterbury Bart Becket belonging Bishop Brasses building built buried called Canterbury Castle Cathedral chancel Chapel Charles Christ Church Cinque Ports Court daughter dedicated to St died Domesday Book Dover Dover Castle Earl east edifice Edward the Third entrance erected Faversham feet Folkstone formerly gate granted ground Harbour Hasted's Kent Henry the Eighth Henry the Third inhabitants Isle of Thanet King King of Kent King's Lambard land Lanfranc late latter London Lord Maidstone Manor mansion Margate memory Monks monument nave Norman architecture ornamented Parish Parliament Philipott Pier pointed arches Pope possessions principal Prior Ramsgate Reculver reign of Henry remains residence Richard Rochester Roman Sandwich Saxon says sculptured seat Second side Sir John Sir Thomas stone Thanet tomb tower town transept Tunbridge wall west end William
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 970 - Here reign the blustering North, and blighting East, No tree is heard to whisper, bird to sing; Yet Nature could not furnish out the feast, Art he invokes new horrors still to bring. Here mouldering fanes and battlements arise, Turrets and arches nodding to their fall, Unpeopled monast'ries delude our eyes, And mimic desolation covers all.
Seite 1066 - Appear like mice; and yon' tall anchoring bark, Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight: The murmuring surge, That on the unnumber'd idle pebbles chafes, Cannot be heard so high: — I'll look no more; Lest my brain turn, and the deficient sight Topple down headlong.
Seite 1066 - 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' tall, anchoring bark, Diminished to her cock ; her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight.
Seite 1066 - 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...
Seite 1077 - Down*; in these parts the whole soil is chalk, and whenever it holds up, in half an hour it is dry enough to walk out. I took the opportunity of three or four days...
Seite 1108 - Gothic structure, in the form of a cross, with a tower rising from the intersection of the nave, and supported by four pillars of uncommon magnitude. The interior is remarkably neat ; having a raised floor, and with pews of the best wainscot.
Seite 1183 - to-morrow I must fight for my crown. And, assure yourself, if I lose that I will lose my life too : but I hope to preserve both. Do you stand in such a place (directing him to a particular place), where you may see the battle, out of danger. And when I have gained the victory come to me ; I will then own you to be mine, and take care of you.
Seite 1368 - Specimens and Parts; containing a History of the County of Kent, and a Dissertation on the Laws, from the Reign of Edward the Confessor to Edward the First; of a topographical, commercial, civil, and nautical History of South Britain, with its gradual and comparative Progress in Trade, Arts, Population, and Shipping, from authentic Documents.
Seite 1347 - He was very often visited by Lyttelton and Pitt, who, when they were weary of faction and debates, used at Wickham to find books and quiet, a decent table, and literary conversation. There is at Wickham a walk made by Pitt; and, what is of far more importance, at Wickham Lyttelton received that conviction which produced his , Dissertation on St. Paul.
Seite 1116 - the mayor, jurats, and commonalty of the town and port " of Hythe, in the county of Kent.