Wanderings in North Wales: A Road and Railway Guide-book : Comprising Curious and Interesting Historical Information with a Description of the Ancient Castles and Ruins of the Northern Principality, Its Churches, Towns, Mountains, Rivers, Lakes, Railways, EtcWilliam S. Orr and Company, 1851 - 264 páginas |
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... chapels . Castell , a castle , a fortress . Ceryg , stones . Cil , a retreat , a back , a recess . Clawdd , a dike , ditch , trench . Clogwen , a precipice . Côch , red . Coed , a wood . Cors , a bog . Craig , a rock . Dê , the south ...
... chapels . Castell , a castle , a fortress . Ceryg , stones . Cil , a retreat , a back , a recess . Clawdd , a dike , ditch , trench . Clogwen , a precipice . Côch , red . Coed , a wood . Cors , a bog . Craig , a rock . Dê , the south ...
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... chapel above , was built by Margaret , mother of Henry VII . The interior work is beautifully executed , and pre- sents a fine specimen of enriched groining , with carved pendants , illustrative of its legend , and sculptures alluding ...
... chapel above , was built by Margaret , mother of Henry VII . The interior work is beautifully executed , and pre- sents a fine specimen of enriched groining , with carved pendants , illustrative of its legend , and sculptures alluding ...
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... chapel appears , from its remains , to have been a spacious and elegant building . The archi- tecture is mixed , Norman and Early English . It is worth while to visit Basingwerk , though only the shade of what it was , were it but to ...
... chapel appears , from its remains , to have been a spacious and elegant building . The archi- tecture is mixed , Norman and Early English . It is worth while to visit Basingwerk , though only the shade of what it was , were it but to ...
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... chapel of St. Hilary , within the Castle walls , as well as in the new Church in " the Park . " The Lunatic Asylum , opened in 1848 , and situated near to the town , is a remarkably fine edifice , and well adapted to the benevolent ...
... chapel of St. Hilary , within the Castle walls , as well as in the new Church in " the Park . " The Lunatic Asylum , opened in 1848 , and situated near to the town , is a remarkably fine edifice , and well adapted to the benevolent ...
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... chapel . It extended 130 feet in length , was 32 broad , and of a great height . The roof was supported by eight noble arches , six of which still remain ; a great fire - place at one end , and another on the side , warmed it ; and six ...
... chapel . It extended 130 feet in length , was 32 broad , and of a great height . The roof was supported by eight noble arches , six of which still remain ; a great fire - place at one end , and another on the side , warmed it ; and six ...
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Página 49 - God save him; No joyful tongue gave him his welcome home : But dust was thrown upon his sacred head ; Which with such gentle sorrow he shook off, His face still combating with tears and smiles, The badges of his grief and patience ;— < That had not heaven, for some strong purpose, steel'd The hearts of men, they must perforce have melted, And barbarism itself have pitied him.
Página 84 - It matters little at what hour o' the day The righteous falls asleep, death cannot come To him untimely who is fit to die: The less of this cold world, the more of heaven, The briefer life, the earlier immortality.
Página 66 - This spot was often dignified by the presence of SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D. Whose moral writings, exactly conformable to the precepts of Christianity, Gave ardour to Virtue and confidence to Truth.
Página 176 - And thus it is said or sung : — ' Here prophetic Merlin sate, when to the British King The changes long to come auspiciously he told ; And, from the top of Brith, so high and wondrous steep, Where Dinas Emrys stood, shewed where the serpents fought — The white that tore the red, from whence the prophet wrought The Britons' sad decay then shortly to ensue.
Página 107 - ... which support the road-way, and from the opposite pier at a distance of 576 feet ; and, in addition to this, the sound is many times repeated between the water and the roadway.
Página 47 - The duke, bowing low to the ground, answered, ' My lord, I am come before you sent for me; the reason why I will shewe you. The common fame among your people is such, that ye have for the space of twenty or two and twenty years, ruled them very rigorously: but, if it please our Lord, I will helpe you to govern better!
Página 240 - And that his soul through mercy's gone to heaven ! You that survive and read this tale, take care For this most certain exit to prepare, Where blest in peace, the actions of the just Smell sweet, and blossom in the silent dust.
Página 62 - It is a cruciform structure, principally in the decorated style of English architecture, with a low square embattled tower, rising from the intersection of the nave and transepts, and having at the north-east angle a staircase turret : the exterior is of simple but good design; the buttresses are few and of very bold character, and the arch of the west door is plainly moulded : the...
Página 107 - By a most unlucky coincidence, the precise focus of divergence at the former station was chosen for the place' of the confessional. Secrets never intended for the public ear thus became known, to the dismay of the confessors, and the scandal of the people, by the resort of the curious to the opposite point, (which seems to have been discovered accidentally,) till at length, one listener having had his curiosity somewhat over-gratified by hearing his wife's avowal of her own infidelity, this tell-tale...
Página 205 - These five enigmas he explains in the following manner. The first is explained by the mountains, which surround the place. The second implies that on one side of the town there was a bridge, over which all travellers must pass ; and the third that, on the other side, they had to go under a wooden trough, which conveyed water from a rock, at a mile distant, to an over shot mill.