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Excursions in North Wales: Including Aberystwith and the Devil's Bridge ... - Page 53
by William Bingley - 1839 - 355 pages
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Excursions in North Wales, with corrections and additions by W.R. Bingley

William Bingley - 1839 - 414 pages
...passage through a small meadow and across the river Ogwen, and lodged itself on the opposite hank. To the right of the road is CARNEDD DAVID, on the...Lady, though crowds may be present, Submits to be dress'd by the hands of a peasant; And you'll see, when her Grace is but once in his clutches, With...
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Glimpses of the Old World: Or, Excursions on the Continent, and in ..., Volume 2

John Alonzo Clark - Europe - 1840 - 588 pages
...deplore, That Grenville and Pitt made peers by the score ; But now 'tis asserted, unless I have blunder'd, There's a man who makes peeresses here by the hundred...Lady, though crowds may be present, Submits to be dress'd by the hands of a peasant ; And you'll see, when her Grace is but once in his clutches, With...
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Glimpses of the Old World: Or, Excursions on the Continent, and in ..., Volume 2

John Alonzo Clark - Europe - 1840 - 476 pages
...deplore, That Grenville and Pitt made peers by the score ; But now 'tis asserted, unless I have blunder'd, There's a man who makes peeresses here by the hundred...Lady, though crowds may be present, Submits to be dressed by the hands of a peasant ; And you'll see, when her Grace is but once in his clutches, With...
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The Cambrian Mirror, Or, North Wales Tourist: Comprehending the History and ...

Edward Parry - Wales - 1843 - 252 pages
...the station from which they are sent, And all their great titles are got by descent ; Aitd wheree'er they are seen in a palace or shop, Their rank they...top. Yet, no merit they claim from their birth or connection, But derive their chief worth from their native complexion ; And all the best judge?, prefer...
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The Cambrian Mirror, Or, North Wales Tourist: Comprehending the History and ...

Edward Parry - Wales - 1843 - 244 pages
...the stalion from which they are sent, And all their greal titles are got by descent ; And wheree'cr they are seen in a palace or shop, Their rank they...still at the top. Yet, no merit they claim from their hirth or connection, But derive their chief worth from their native complexion ; And all the best judges,...
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The Cambrian mirror, or North Wales tourist

Edward Parry - 1847 - 378 pages
...which they are sent, And an their great titles are got by descent : And where'er they are seen, ma palace or shop, Their rank they preserve and are still at the top. Vet, no merit they claim from their birth or connection, But derive their chief worth from their native...
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The Cambrian mirror, or North Wales tourist

Edward Parry - 1851 - 274 pages
...the station from which they are sent, And all their great titles are got by descent : And where'er they are seen, in a palace or shop, Their rank they...lady, though crowds may be present, Submits to be dress'd by the hands of a peasant. And you'll see when her grace is but once in his clutches, With...
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Fugitive poems connected with natural history and physical science ...

Fugitive poems - 1869 - 252 pages
...all their great titles are got by descent ; Wherever they're seen, in a palace or shop, Their ranks they preserve, and are still at the top ; Yet no merit they claim from their birth and connection, And derive their chief worth from their native complexion ; And all the best judges...
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Fugitive Poems Connected with Natural History and Physical Science

Charles Daubeny - English poetry - 1869 - 250 pages
...all their great titles are got by descent ; Wherever they're seen, in a palace or shop, Their ranks they preserve, and are still at the top ; Yet no merit they claim from their birth and connection, And derive their chief worth from their native complexion ; And all the best judges...
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Views in North Wales, from drawings by T.L. Rowbotham, with notes by W.J. Loftie

Wales, North - 1875 - 128 pages
...the station from which they are sent, And all their great titles are got by descent ; And where'er they are seen, in a palace or shop, Their rank they...the top. Yet no merit they claim from their birth or connection, But derive their chief worth from their native complexion. And all the best judges prefer,...
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