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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... height , and the foundations of the buttresses of the arches are laid 35 feet in depth . Immediately after occurs the tunnel cut through the Llandegai hills . It is 440 yards long , and is arched over with brick . The viaduct over the ...
... height , and the foundations of the buttresses of the arches are laid 35 feet in depth . Immediately after occurs the tunnel cut through the Llandegai hills . It is 440 yards long , and is arched over with brick . The viaduct over the ...
Página xxi
... height of the cut- ting through which the railway here passes is 150 feet . GRESFORD Is a village pleasantly situated on an eminence in the picturesque vale to which it gives its name . The Church , which is conspicuous , is a very ...
... height of the cut- ting through which the railway here passes is 150 feet . GRESFORD Is a village pleasantly situated on an eminence in the picturesque vale to which it gives its name . The Church , which is conspicuous , is a very ...
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... height 147 feet , and the span of its arches ( 19 in number ) 50 feet each . Its construction occupied about two years and a half , and cost £ 72,346 . This arched road , crossing the river Dee under circum- stances of great difficulty ...
... height 147 feet , and the span of its arches ( 19 in number ) 50 feet each . Its construction occupied about two years and a half , and cost £ 72,346 . This arched road , crossing the river Dee under circum- stances of great difficulty ...
Página xxiii
... height , 100 feet ; number of arches , 12 , 10 of which are of stone of 45 feet span each ; the extreme arch at either end being of timber , with a span of 120 feet . The modification of the original plan , which was to have sixteen ...
... height , 100 feet ; number of arches , 12 , 10 of which are of stone of 45 feet span each ; the extreme arch at either end being of timber , with a span of 120 feet . The modification of the original plan , which was to have sixteen ...
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... height is Carnedd Llywelyn , 3520 feet . The geometrical length of this range , following the zig - zag of its summits , is forty miles . The Berwyn range of mountains com- mences near Chirk Castle , Denbighshire ; takes a parallel ...
... height is Carnedd Llywelyn , 3520 feet . The geometrical length of this range , following the zig - zag of its summits , is forty miles . The Berwyn range of mountains com- mences near Chirk Castle , Denbighshire ; takes a parallel ...
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Abbey Abergele Amlwch ancient Anglesey arches Arms Asaph Bangor Bank Beaumaris beautiful Beddgelert Bishop built Bulkeley Caer Caernarvon Caernarvonshire called Capel Curig Castle celebrated chapel Chester and Holyhead Chirk church Clwyd Conway Corwen Davydd dedicated to St Denbigh Denbighshire distance Dolgelley Earl Edward English erected feet Flint Flintshire formed fortress Grufydd Gwydir Gwynedd Harlech Henry hill Holyhead Holywell inches iron island King lake late length Liverpool Llanberis Llangollen Llanrwst Llyn Llywelyn Lord Machynlleth mansion Mawr Menai Merionethshire miles Montgomeryshire monument Mostyn mountain neighbourhood North Wales Ogwen Orme's Head parish pass Penmaen Pennant Penrhyn picturesque pier Prince principal Pwllheli quarries railway reign residence Rhuddlan Richard river road rock Roman Ruthin Saxons scenery Shrewsbury side situated slate Snowdon spot station stone Straits summit Suspension Bridge Tan-y-Bwlch tons tourist tower town tubes vale village walls Welsh William Wrexham
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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.