A Tour Throughout South Wales and Monmouthshire: Comprehending a General Survey of the Picturesque Scenery, Remains of Antiquity, Historical Events, Peculiar Manners, and Commercial Situations, of that Interesting Portion of the British EmpireAn interesting account of the author's tour, includes an adverse report on the standard of food at a local inn (p.123) and a complaint at the cost of being shown around the famous library at Hafod - he refused the offer! (p. 121). |
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... soon gained an undisputed footing . About the latter end of the reign of Henry the Third , we find it acquire a more orna mental and distinct character . The pillars , which before were round , and encircled with slender detached shafts ...
... soon gained an undisputed footing . About the latter end of the reign of Henry the Third , we find it acquire a more orna mental and distinct character . The pillars , which before were round , and encircled with slender detached shafts ...
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... soon acquired a sufficient firmness , and in the present day it possesses the adhesion of solid rock . This method was used by the Romans , and adopt- ed by succeeding ages ; but the arches were turned , and the angles coigned with hewn ...
... soon acquired a sufficient firmness , and in the present day it possesses the adhesion of solid rock . This method was used by the Romans , and adopt- ed by succeeding ages ; but the arches were turned , and the angles coigned with hewn ...
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... soon entered the Se- vern , here an expansive estuary , and so far a noble object ; but deriving little importance from its shores , which , except in the neigh- bourhood of Aust , are a mere undulation of corn - fields and pastures ...
... soon entered the Se- vern , here an expansive estuary , and so far a noble object ; but deriving little importance from its shores , which , except in the neigh- bourhood of Aust , are a mere undulation of corn - fields and pastures ...
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... soon after besieged by Griffith ap Rhys ap Theodore , a native chief , and a great part of the out- buildings destroyed . It is now the property of the Duke of Beaufort , Lord paramount of Gower . A large tract of country northward of ...
... soon after besieged by Griffith ap Rhys ap Theodore , a native chief , and a great part of the out- buildings destroyed . It is now the property of the Duke of Beaufort , Lord paramount of Gower . A large tract of country northward of ...
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... soon after the Beaumonts conquered Gowerland ; and on the opposite side of the bay stands the more picturesque ruin of Penrice castle ; so called after the Penrice's , a Norman family that settled there in the reign of Edward the First ...
... soon after the Beaumonts conquered Gowerland ; and on the opposite side of the bay stands the more picturesque ruin of Penrice castle ; so called after the Penrice's , a Norman family that settled there in the reign of Edward the First ...
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Page 236 - There is a gentle Nymph not far from hence, That with moist curb sways the smooth Severn stream : Sabrina is her name, a virgin pure ; Whilom she was the daughter of Locrine, That had the sceptre from his father Brute. She, guiltless damsel, flying the mad pursuit Of her enraged stepdame Guendolen, Commended her fair innocence to the flood That stayed her flight with his cross-flowing course.
Page 148 - 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 azur'd hare-bell, like thy veins; no, nor The leaf of eglantine, whom not to slander, Out-sweeten'd not thy breath...
Page 269 - Retreat from care, that never must be mine, How blest is he who crowns, in shades like these, A youth of labour with an age of ease; Who quits a world where strong temptations try, And, since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly ! For him no wretches, born to work and weep, Explore the mine, or tempt the dangerous...
Page 205 - Now morn, her rosy steps in th' eastern clime Advancing, sow'd the earth with orient pearl, When Adam...
Page 228 - Now sinks at last, or feebly mans the soul ; While low delights, succeeding fast behind, In happier meanness occupy the mind : As in those domes, where Caesars once bore sway, Defac'd by time and tottering in decay, There in the ruin, heedless of the dead, The shelter-seeking peasant builds his shed, And, wond'ring man could want the larger pile, Exults, and owns his cottage with a smile.
Page 129 - The gloomy pine, the poplar blue, The yellow beech, the sable yew, The slender fir, that taper grows, The sturdy oak with broad-spread boughs.
Page 214 - Adams ; with such gentlemen as came there under the degree of a knight, attended by footmen, and plentifully served with wine. At the second table in the hall, served from my lord's table, and with other hot meats, sate the sewer, with the gentlemen waiters and pages, to the number of twenty-four.
Page 142 - Live you ? or are you aught That man may question ? You seem to understand me, By each at once her choppy finger laying Upon her skinny lips. — You should be women, And yet your beards forbid me to interpret That you are so.
Page 335 - 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 ; Smiles by his cheerful fire, and round surveys His children's looks, that brighten at the blaze ; While his loved partner, boastful of her hoard, Displays her cleanly platter on the board : And haply too some pilgrim, thither led, With many a tale repays the nightly bed.
Page 229 - ... the court, some remains of the baronial hall, and the foundations of other buildings, within the area of the walls, are apparent. A small artificial mount at the north-east angle of the ruin sustains the citadel, a lofty round tower; to which last...