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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... land above of sufficient span to reach the stone viaduct . Although an expedient , it has been carried out in such a way as to produce a very pleasing effect . Great credit is due to the able engineer for having carried the line of rail ...
... land above of sufficient span to reach the stone viaduct . Although an expedient , it has been carried out in such a way as to produce a very pleasing effect . Great credit is due to the able engineer for having carried the line of rail ...
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... land . The allegation is referred to in the Gwydir history , and is held as a popular tradition ; but perhaps Gray's poetic denunciation , " Ruin seize thee , ruthless king ! " strengthened the charge of Edward's cruelty . It is only ...
... land . The allegation is referred to in the Gwydir history , and is held as a popular tradition ; but perhaps Gray's poetic denunciation , " Ruin seize thee , ruthless king ! " strengthened the charge of Edward's cruelty . It is only ...
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... lands of Owen , and gave them to Lord Grey , which was the source of much trouble between England and Wales , for on the night of the 20th September following Owen burnt the town of Ruthin , and slew all the men he found there . ' And ...
... lands of Owen , and gave them to Lord Grey , which was the source of much trouble between England and Wales , for on the night of the 20th September following Owen burnt the town of Ruthin , and slew all the men he found there . ' And ...
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... land . The language spoken at this day in North Wales is said by learned authorities to have been at one time the common dialect , not merely of the island , but of the greater portion of Europe . It was the language of the first ...
... land . The language spoken at this day in North Wales is said by learned authorities to have been at one time the common dialect , not merely of the island , but of the greater portion of Europe . It was the language of the first ...
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... lands , and on which occasion every one formerly contributed his leek to the common repast . THE CHURCH AND DISSENT . - Among the clergy of the Established Church are to be found ministers eminent for piety and learning , and for a ...
... lands , and on which occasion every one formerly contributed his leek to the common repast . THE CHURCH AND DISSENT . - Among the clergy of the Established Church are to be found ministers eminent for piety and learning , and for a ...
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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.