The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive, of Each County, Volume 6 |
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... residence and capital ; and in that city , Egbert , his descendant , caused himself to be crowned King of all England . Under the Saxon domina- tion , the original name of the country was changed into Huntun- scyre , from which its ...
... residence and capital ; and in that city , Egbert , his descendant , caused himself to be crowned King of all England . Under the Saxon domina- tion , the original name of the country was changed into Huntun- scyre , from which its ...
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... residence . The chief part of the county is inclosed ; though large tracts of open heath , and uncultivated land , remain in the vicinity of Christchurch , and on the borders of Dorsetshire . The aggregate extent of the waste lands ...
... residence . The chief part of the county is inclosed ; though large tracts of open heath , and uncultivated land , remain in the vicinity of Christchurch , and on the borders of Dorsetshire . The aggregate extent of the waste lands ...
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... residence of the Emperors Carausius and Állectus , who assumed the Imperial Purple in Britain , and whose coins have been dug up in greater numbers here , and in the adjoining fields , than those of any two lawful Emperors whomsoever ...
... residence of the Emperors Carausius and Állectus , who assumed the Imperial Purple in Britain , and whose coins have been dug up in greater numbers here , and in the adjoining fields , than those of any two lawful Emperors whomsoever ...
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... residence of his successors , Ambrosius , and Uther Pendragon ; the former is believed to have died by poison in this city . * After the irruption of the Saxons under Cerdic , and the defeat of the united army of the Britons in the New ...
... residence of his successors , Ambrosius , and Uther Pendragon ; the former is believed to have died by poison in this city . * After the irruption of the Saxons under Cerdic , and the defeat of the united army of the Britons in the New ...
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... residence , which , in the next place , it was asserted that he had , built ; and of course he was asserted to have set up the round table which was found there . See John Stow , Annals , & c . those parts of Britain that were still ...
... residence , which , in the next place , it was asserted that he had , built ; and of course he was asserted to have set up the round table which was found there . See John Stow , Annals , & c . those parts of Britain that were still ...
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Abbey acres afterwards aisles ancient antiquity appears arches arms beautiful Bishop Bishop of Winchester building built called Camden Carisbrooke Castle Castle Cathedral celebrated centre Chapel Charles Church considerable court Crown Domesday Book Duke Duncumb's Collections Earl east Edward the Confessor elegant eminence entrance erected extremely feet Forest gate Glocester Goodrich Castle granted ground Hampshire Henry the Eighth Hereford Herefordshire Hill inhabitants Isle of Wight John Kenchester King King's land late latter length Leominster Lord machicollations manor mansion miles Milner nave nearly number of houses original ornamented parish Parliament pillars Portsmouth possession present principal Prior Silkstede Priory Queen reign of Henry remains residence Richard river river Wye Roman ruins Saxon seat situated Southampton Southampton Water stone timber tion tower town transept trees various Walkelin wall whole William Winchester wood yards
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Page 503 - Or in proud falls magnificently lost, But clear and artless, pouring through the plain Health to the sick, and solace to the swain. Whose causeway parts the vale with shady rows ? Whose seats the weary traveller repose ? Who tanght that heaven-directed spire to rise ?
Page 288 - Insatiate archer ! could not one suffice ? Thy shaft flew thrice ; and thrice my peace was slain ; And thrice, ere thrice yon moon had fill'd her horn.
Page 382 - Forgive, blest shade, the tributary tear, That mourns thy exit from a world like this ; Forgive the wish that would have kept thee here, And stayed thy progress to the seats of bliss • No more confined to grov'ling scenes of night, No more a tenant pent in mortal clay, Now should we rather hail thy glorious flight, And trace thy journey to the realms of day.
Page 141 - Few men have left behind such purity of character, or such monuments of laborious piety. He has provided instruction for all ages, from those who are lisping their first lessons, to the enlightened readers of Malbranche and Locke ; he has left neither corporeal nor spiritual nature unexamined ; he has taught the Art of Reasoning, and the Science of the Stars.
Page 151 - Nimrod first the bloody chase began, A mighty hunter, and his prey was man : Our haughty Norman boasts that barbarous name, And makes his trembling slaves the royal game. The fields are ravish'd from th...
Page 287 - I can always answer, because I always know whence they have their arguments, which I have read a hundred times ; but that fellow Young is continually pestering me with something of his own."* After all, Tindal and the censurers of Young may be reconcilable.
Page 504 - This guest of summer, The temple-haunting. martlet, does approve, By his lov'd mansionry, that the heaven's breath Smells wooingly here : no jutty, frieze, Buttress, nor coigne of vantage, but this bird Hath made his pendent bed, and procreant cradle : Where they most breed and haunt, I have observ'd, The air is delicate.
Page 503 - ... The Man of Ross," each lisping babe replies. Behold the market-place with poor o'erspread ! The Man of Ross...
Page 151 - The fields are ravish'd from th' industrious swains, From men their cities, and from gods their fanes: The levell'd towns with weeds lie cover'd o'er; The hollow winds through naked temples roar; Round broken columns clasping ivy...
Page 503 - But clear and artless, pouring through the plain, Health to the sick, and solace to the swain. Whose causeway parts the vale with shady rows ? Whose seats the weary traveller repose ? Who taught that Heaven-directed spire to rise ? " The Man of Ross,