Excursions in North Wales: Including Aberystwith and the Devil's Bridge, Intended as a Guide to TouristsLongman, Orme, 1839 - 355 páginas |
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... Saxon or English , to a question asked , may proceed through a great part of Wales without being inconvenienced by a want of knowledge of the native language . He may however be frequently at a loss to discover the correct pronunciation ...
... Saxon or English , to a question asked , may proceed through a great part of Wales without being inconvenienced by a want of knowledge of the native language . He may however be frequently at a loss to discover the correct pronunciation ...
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... Saxon or British origin . The castle continued in possession of the two sons of the founders till the reign of Henry I. when that monarch chose to take it into his own hands . After the restoration of Charles II . it was granted to ...
... Saxon or British origin . The castle continued in possession of the two sons of the founders till the reign of Henry I. when that monarch chose to take it into his own hands . After the restoration of Charles II . it was granted to ...
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... Saxon The church was probably erected not long after- wards . In the year 1393 the first structure was burnt down by the carelessness of one of the workmen who was mending the leads . The fellow observing the mischief he had done , and ...
... Saxon The church was probably erected not long after- wards . In the year 1393 the first structure was burnt down by the carelessness of one of the workmen who was mending the leads . The fellow observing the mischief he had done , and ...
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... Saxons , the site of which has been discovered at Wroxeter , a village on the bank of the Severn , about four miles distant . The Welsh name for Shrewsbury was Pen Gwern , the Head of the Alder Groves ; and the Saxons called it Scrobbes ...
... Saxons , the site of which has been discovered at Wroxeter , a village on the bank of the Severn , about four miles distant . The Welsh name for Shrewsbury was Pen Gwern , the Head of the Alder Groves ; and the Saxons called it Scrobbes ...
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... . OSWESTRY Was during the Saxon times a place of considerable im- portance , and at the present day it is a place of some note . The number of its inhabitants is 4478. The sale of Welsh flannels was formerly carried on in this town to a.
... . OSWESTRY Was during the Saxon times a place of considerable im- portance , and at the present day it is a place of some note . The number of its inhabitants is 4478. The sale of Welsh flannels was formerly carried on in this town to a.
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Términos y frases comunes
abbey Aberystwith afterwards ancient Anglesey appears arches Asaph ascending Bala Bangor Bards Barmouth Beaumaris beautiful Beddgelert bridge building built Caer Caernarvon Caernarvonshire called Capel Curig castle celebrated century Chester church church-yard considerable Conway crown Denbigh Dinas distance Dolgelley Earl Edward elegant English entrance erected EXCURSION feet Flintshire formed formerly fortress Griffith ground Harlech height Henry hill hollow Holyhead inhabitants island king lake Llanberis Llangollen Llangynog Llewelyn Llyn Lord Machynlleth Mawr Menai Menai Bridge Merionethshire miles distant mountains Mytton Nant nearly North Wales Oswestry Owen Glyndwr parish pass Penmaen Pennant Pont pool present Prince principal reign Rhaiadr Rhyddlan Richard river river Dee river Mawddach road rock Ruthin saint Saxons scene scenery seat Shrewsbury side singular situated Snowdon steep stone summit supposed tains tourist tower town vale village walls Welsh whole wood Wrexham Wynne yards
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Página 329 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long...
Página 316 - Smooth to the shelving brink a copious flood Rolls fair and placid; where collected all, In one impetuous torrent, down the steep It thundering shoots, and shakes the country round.
Página 329 - And then it started, like a guilty thing Upon a fearful summons. I have heard The cock, that is the trumpet to the morn, Doth with his lofty and shrill-sounding throat Awake the god of day; and at his warning. Whether in sea or fire, in earth or air, The extravagant and erring spirit hies To his confine; and of the truth herein This present object made probation.
Página 138 - Oh, where does faithful Gelert roam ? the flower of all his race ! so true, so brave ! a lamb at home — a lion in the chase!
Página 139 - O'erturned his infant's bed he found, With blood-stained covert rent ; And all around, the walls and ground With recent blood besprent. He called his child — no voice replied — He searched, with terror wild ; Blood, blood he found on every side, But nowhere found his child. " Hell-hound ! my child's by thee devoured," The frantic father cried ; And to the hilt his vengeful sword He plunged in Gelert's side.
Página 139 - In sooth, he was a peerless hound, the gift of royal John ; but now no Gelert could be found, and all the chase rode on. And now, as over rocks and dells the gallant chidings rise, all Snowdon's craggy chaos yells with many mingled cries.
Página 140 - Best of thy kind, adieu ! The frantic deed which laid thee low, This heart shall ever rue.
Página 53 - But derive their chief worth from their native complexion. And all the best judges prefer, it is said, A Countess in blue to a Duchess in red. This Countess, or Lady, though crowds may be present, Submits to be...
Página 140 - Lay a great wolf, all torn and dead, Tremendous still in death. Ah, what was then Llewellyn's pain ! For now the truth was clear : The gallant hound the wolf had slain, To save Llewellyn's heir.
Página 139 - Twas only at Llewelyn's board The faithful Gelert fed ; He watched, he served, he cheered his lord, And sentinelled his bed. In sooth he was a peerless hound, The gift of royal John ; But now no Gelert could be found, And all the chase rode on. And now, as...