The gem of the Peak; or, Matlock Bath and its vicinityLongman & Company, 1838 - 256 pages |
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... walls , From cliff to cliff the liquid treasure falls ; In beds of stalactite , bright ores among , O'er corals , shells , and crystals , winds along Crusts the green mosses and the tangled wood , And sparkling plunges to its parent ...
... walls , From cliff to cliff the liquid treasure falls ; In beds of stalactite , bright ores among , O'er corals , shells , and crystals , winds along Crusts the green mosses and the tangled wood , And sparkling plunges to its parent ...
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... wall re- cently built up from the road to give greater space and security to the terrace in front of the house . + From this we immediately reach the narrow pass at the toll bar , and the first object which strikes the attention is the ...
... wall re- cently built up from the road to give greater space and security to the terrace in front of the house . + From this we immediately reach the narrow pass at the toll bar , and the first object which strikes the attention is the ...
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... wall , in a recess of the hill , is Dido's Cave , an old mine now out of work . The walk called the 66 Lovers , " leads direct north to the Boats , which are the favourite attrac- tion of all parties , to sail up and down the stream ...
... wall , in a recess of the hill , is Dido's Cave , an old mine now out of work . The walk called the 66 Lovers , " leads direct north to the Boats , which are the favourite attrac- tion of all parties , to sail up and down the stream ...
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... wall ; and here the pathway becomes mountainous and rugged , but not at all impassable . Tracing the rude path and bearing rather to the left , the stranger will soon find himself on the Height of Masson Low . We shall just point out ...
... wall ; and here the pathway becomes mountainous and rugged , but not at all impassable . Tracing the rude path and bearing rather to the left , the stranger will soon find himself on the Height of Masson Low . We shall just point out ...
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... wall about half way up , there is a path to the left which leads to one of the most interesting views in the Bath , which ought not to be omitted . The rocks are soon reached from hence . There is a most enchanting walk upwards from ...
... wall about half way up , there is a path to the left which leads to one of the most interesting views in the Bath , which ought not to be omitted . The rocks are soon reached from hence . There is a most enchanting walk upwards from ...
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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.