Tinterne and Its Vicinity ...Hamilton, 1839 - 168 Seiten |
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... Caerwent , and Caerleon 81 Devaudon Green .... LLANVAIR ISCOED CASTLE .. SHIRENEWTON .... " " " " 82 DINHAM CASTLE Poem of CARUTH , a British Bard CAERWENT X. CONTENTS .
... Caerwent , and Caerleon 81 Devaudon Green .... LLANVAIR ISCOED CASTLE .. SHIRENEWTON .... " " " " 82 DINHAM CASTLE Poem of CARUTH , a British Bard CAERWENT X. CONTENTS .
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William Heard Thomas. DINHAM CASTLE Poem of CARUTH , a British Bard CAERWENT , ISCA SILURUM Church ....... Roman Fortification Tesselated Pavements .. VIA JULIA .... PENHOW CASTLE ... Page 83 " " 85 " " " " 87 88 " " Lanwerne Hall 89 ...
William Heard Thomas. DINHAM CASTLE Poem of CARUTH , a British Bard CAERWENT , ISCA SILURUM Church ....... Roman Fortification Tesselated Pavements .. VIA JULIA .... PENHOW CASTLE ... Page 83 " " 85 " " " " 87 88 " " Lanwerne Hall 89 ...
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... Caerwent , or Portscwet , from which the sea has receded for many ages . From this eminence may be traced , in great preservation , the massive portwall , pierced with eyelets , and supported by circular bastions at given distances ...
... Caerwent , or Portscwet , from which the sea has receded for many ages . From this eminence may be traced , in great preservation , the massive portwall , pierced with eyelets , and supported by circular bastions at given distances ...
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... Caerwent ? This is rendered improbable , from the abundance of stone on the immediate spot . Why , also , do they occur in the western gate and in the wall ? a circumstance which further induces me to think that these bricks were part ...
... Caerwent ? This is rendered improbable , from the abundance of stone on the immediate spot . Why , also , do they occur in the western gate and in the wall ? a circumstance which further induces me to think that these bricks were part ...
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... Caerwent , and Leigh , was one of the founders of Tinterne Abbey . When the Irish rebelled against Dermott McCartimore , king of Leinster , that prince besought the aid of Strong- bow , who , with an English force of two hundred knights ...
... Caerwent , and Leigh , was one of the founders of Tinterne Abbey . When the Irish rebelled against Dermott McCartimore , king of Leinster , that prince besought the aid of Strong- bow , who , with an English force of two hundred knights ...
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amidst amongst ancient arches ascend beauty belonging beneath Blorenge Briavel's bridge Bristol Britain British Brockweir built buried Caerleon Caerwent Caractacus chancel chapel Charles Chepstow church citadel Clare Cleiddon command court crowned daughter Delphinium consolida Devaudon Devil's Pulpit died duke of Beaufort earl of Worcester edifice erection feet fell garrison gate gentle Gwent hill ivied Jowarth king Kymin larvæ length Llandenny Llandogo lofty Lord Herbert lordship magnificent majesty mansion marquis of Worcester massive meadows miles moat Monmouth monument nave Newport nightingale objects of interest OFFA'S DYKE once parliament passed Penhow picturesque possession prince Raglan Castle reign of Henry remains river River Wye road rock Roman Rome ruin Saxon scene Severn side Somerset spot steep stone stream style Suetonius Tinterne Abbey tion tower of Gwent town trees Trelleg vale vicinity village walk walls Wentwood western whilst William wood Wyndcliff
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Seite 66 - God, the life and light Of all this wondrous world we, see ; Its glow by day, its smile by night, Are but reflections caught from thee; Where'er we turn, thy glories shine, And all things fair and bright are thine!
Seite 19 - The nightingale, as soon as April bringeth Unto her rested sense a perfect waking, While late bare earth, proud of new clothing, springeth, Sings out her woes, a thorn her song-book making, And mournfully bewailing, Her throat in tunes expresseth What grief her breast oppresseth For Tereus" force on her chaste will prevailing.
Seite 78 - He died here being on his way homeward, three days after the battle, having taken order with MAURICE his son who succeeded him in the kingdom, that in the same place he should happen to decease a church should be built, and his body buried in the same, which was accordingly performed in the year 600.
Seite viii - To trace in nature's most minute design The signature and stamp of power divine, Contrivance intricate, express'd with ease, Where unassisted sight no beauty sees, The shapely limb and lubricated joint, Within the small dimensions of a point, Muscle and nerve miraculously spun, His mighty work, who speaks and it is done, The invisible in things scarce seen reveal'd, To whom an atom is an ample field...
Seite 43 - It is written, again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the ;world, and the glory of them, in a moment of time.
Seite viii - Contrivance intricate, expressed with ease, Where unassisted -sight no beauty sees, The shapely limb and lubricated joint, Within the small dimensions of a point, Muscle and nerve miraculously spun, His mighty work, who speaks and it is done, The invisible in things scarce seen revealed, To whom an atom is an ample field; To wonder at a thousand insect forms.
Seite 144 - Morgan, who was in the same plot. But, because Sir Trevor Williams is the more dangerous man by far, I would have you seize him first, and the other will easily be had. To the end you may not be frustrated and that you be not deceived, I think fit to give you some characters of the man, and some intimations how things stand. He is a man, as I am informed, full of craft and subtlety ; very bold and resolute ; hath a House at...
Seite 143 - But if the money, which was laid out in raising, arming, and paying that body of men, which never advanced the king's service in the least degree, had been brought into the king's receipt at Oxford, to have been employed to the most advantage, I am persuaded the war might have been ended the next summer.
Seite 154 - ... and give you power, to treat and conclude with the confederate Roman Catholics in our kingdom of Ireland...
Seite 136 - ... that the poor silly men stood so amazed, as if they had been half dead, and yet they saw nothing : at last as the plot was laid, up comes a man, staring and running, and crying out, before he came at them, * Look to yourselves, my masters, for the lions are got loose...