The gem of the Peak; or, Matlock Bath and its vicinityLongman & Company, 1838 - 256 pages |
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... hand , and on the other its bold ridges and steep sides , which , in some places , exhibit immense masses of rock descending rapidly from about midway from the top to the river's edge , ranged in succession like a series of ribs or ...
... hand , and on the other its bold ridges and steep sides , which , in some places , exhibit immense masses of rock descending rapidly from about midway from the top to the river's edge , ranged in succession like a series of ribs or ...
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... hand , the Bath , being deeply embosomed amongst the hills on the southern side chiefly of the Heights of Abraham , and screened effec- tually by them , the High Tor and Riber Hill from the North and East ; and catching every gleam of ...
... hand , the Bath , being deeply embosomed amongst the hills on the southern side chiefly of the Heights of Abraham , and screened effec- tually by them , the High Tor and Riber Hill from the North and East ; and catching every gleam of ...
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... hand with fingers fine , Combs the wide card , and FORMS THE ETERNAL LINE ; Slow with soft lips , the whirling can * acquires The tender skeins , and wraps in rising spires ; With quickening pace successive rollers move , And these ...
... hand with fingers fine , Combs the wide card , and FORMS THE ETERNAL LINE ; Slow with soft lips , the whirling can * acquires The tender skeins , and wraps in rising spires ; With quickening pace successive rollers move , And these ...
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... hand of the gardener , bounds the road on the left ; above which the Old Bath house stands , a long building of unequal proportions ; from its having been added to successively as the num- ber of visitors yearly increased . The road ...
... hand of the gardener , bounds the road on the left ; above which the Old Bath house stands , a long building of unequal proportions ; from its having been added to successively as the num- ber of visitors yearly increased . The road ...
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... his own bold and nervous hand , bearing the date of 19th September , 1815 , which is extremely interesting to all the admirers of this great man . to his comfort and wants . Two good baths , 30 INNS AND POSTING HOUSES .
... his own bold and nervous hand , bearing the date of 19th September , 1815 , which is extremely interesting to all the admirers of this great man . to his comfort and wants . Two good baths , 30 INNS AND POSTING HOUSES .
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The Gem of the Peak; Or, Matlock Bath and Its Vicinity: An Account of Derby ... William Adam Affichage du livre entier - 1843 |
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adorned amongst ancient appearance Ashford Bakewell beautiful beds bold Bonsall Buxton called Castle Castleton Cavern Chatsworth Church cliff colour considerable cottages cotton crags Crescent Crich Cromford crystals Cumberland Cavern dark Derby Derbyshire Dovedale Duke of Devonshire Earl effect elegant elevated eminence Eyam feet finest fluor garden Grace grit gritstone ground Haddon Hall height Heights of Abraham hence hill immense interest June to July lead lime limestone lofty lovely magnificent Mam Tor Manor marble masses Masson Matlock Bath Middleton Dale miles Mill miners Monsal Dale Moor mountain noble object occurs ornamental parties passing Peak Peak Cavern present remarkable river road rocks romantic Rowsley rude scenery shale side situated spar splendid steep stone stranger stream summit Taddington tion Toadstone tower trees Vale veins village visitors walk Wirksworth wood Wormhill yards
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Page 28 - How charming is divine Philosophy! Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose, But musical as is Apollo's lute, And a perpetual feast of nectared sweets, Where no crude surfeit reigns.
Page 17 - So now, where Derwent guides his dusky floods, Through vaulted mountains, and a night of woods, The nymph Gossypia...
Page 199 - Place in the Peke, and there decide their pretensions by the use of arms; declaring at the same time, that whoever vanquished his competitors, should receive his daughter, with his castle at Whittington, as a reward for his skill and valour.
Page 81 - ... .Then said he unto me, prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, Son of man, and say to the wind, thus saith the Lord God; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.
Page 95 - Kennet) with workmen to pull down " the south side of that good old seat, and to rebuild it on a plan he gave to them, for a front to his gardens, so fair and august, that it looked like a model only of what might be done in after ages. When he had finished this part he meant to go no further ; till seeing public affairs in a happier settlement, for a testimony of ease and joy, he undertook the east side of the quadrangle...
Page 18 - First, with nice eye, emerging Naiads cull From leathery pods the vegetable wool ; With wiry teeth revolving cards release The tangled knots, and smooth the ravell'd fleece : Next moves the iron hand with fingers fine, Combs the wide card, and forms th
Page 9 - Have the gates of death been opened unto thee ? Or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?
Page 203 - ... and pleasure, astonishment and delight, which is one of the most interesting feelings of the mind.