Peak scenery, or, Excursions in Derbyshire:: made chiefly for the purpose of picturesque observationauthor and published, 1899 |
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... Night Scene . - Morning in Hope Dale . - Hope Brough . - The River Derwent SECTION VII . - High - low . - Leam . - Padley . - Approach to Calver . - Calver Lime . - Morning Scene . - Hassop Hall . - Longstone . - Godfrey Row- land - his ...
... Night Scene . - Morning in Hope Dale . - Hope Brough . - The River Derwent SECTION VII . - High - low . - Leam . - Padley . - Approach to Calver . - Calver Lime . - Morning Scene . - Hassop Hall . - Longstone . - Godfrey Row- land - his ...
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... Night was now rapidly closing in upon us : we therefore descended the steep side of Castle Hill , and on re - entering the village that lies at its base , we observed the church lighted up for evening service : this we learned was a new ...
... Night was now rapidly closing in upon us : we therefore descended the steep side of Castle Hill , and on re - entering the village that lies at its base , we observed the church lighted up for evening service : this we learned was a new ...
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... night , heard the rush of this mountain very dis- tinctly in my bed - room in Castleton , and I listened to the murmurs that it made , but was utterly unable to discover the cause . From the top of Mam Tor , one thousand three hundred ...
... night , heard the rush of this mountain very dis- tinctly in my bed - room in Castleton , and I listened to the murmurs that it made , but was utterly unable to discover the cause . From the top of Mam Tor , one thousand three hundred ...
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... night and blackness . Leaving the boat , we ascended a stage or platform , erected above the level of the canal . The nerves of that man must be firm and well- strung who in this situation can contemplate the space around him without ...
... night and blackness . Leaving the boat , we ascended a stage or platform , erected above the level of the canal . The nerves of that man must be firm and well- strung who in this situation can contemplate the space around him without ...
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... night and darkness approached , and the detail of the intervening space was less distinct . It is difficult at any time , and under any light , to form an accurate opinion of the distance of large and lofty mountains : the eye ...
... night and darkness approached , and the detail of the intervening space was less distinct . It is difficult at any time , and under any light , to form an accurate opinion of the distance of large and lofty mountains : the eye ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
adorned amongst appears Ashbourne Ashover banks beautiful beheld Belper Bolsover Bolsover castle branches Bridge castle Castleton cavern Chapel-en-le-Frith character Chatsworth Chesterfield church colouring copies Crich dark deep delightful Derby Derbyshire Derwent distance ditto Duke Earl eminence entrance Etherow excursion feeling foliage Glossop ground Hall Hardwick Hathersage hills honour Ilam Ilam Hall John landscape light lofty London magnificent Mam Tor manor mansion mass Matlock Bath Matlock Dale meadows Memoir of Chantrey miles mineral monument Moor mountains nearly noble Norton object observed occupied passed Peak of Derbyshire Peak's Hole Peveril picture picturesque pleasing present residence river river Dove road rocks rocky romantic scene scenery Sculptor shadow Sheffield side situated South Winfield Stanton Stanton Moor steep stone stream summit Thorpe Cloud tion tower trees vale valley Via Gellia vicinity village visited walk whole wild William Peveril Winnats Wirksworth woods
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 57 - How often have I blest the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn to play, And all the village train, from labour free, Led up their sports beneath the spreading tree...
Seite 69 - For which the shepherds at their festivals Carol her goodness loud in rustic lays, And throw sweet garland wreaths into her stream Of pansies, pinks, and gaudy daffodils.
Seite 57 - And many a gambol frolicked o'er the ground, And sleights of art and feats of strength went round ; And still as each repeated pleasure tired, Succeeding sports the mirthful band inspired ; The dancing pair that simply sought renown, By holding out to tire each other down...
Seite 46 - No, faith, not a jot; but to follow him thither with modesty enough, and likelihood to lead it; as thus: Alexander died, Alexander was buried, Alexander returneth...
Seite 77 - The western waves of ebbing day Roll'd o'er the glen their level way ; Each purple peak, each flinty spire, Was bathed in floods of living fire. But not a setting beam could glow Within the dark ravines below...
Seite 70 - Why rather, sleep, liest thou in smoky cribs, Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee, And hush'd with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber, Than in the perfum'd chambers of the great, Under the canopies of costly state, And lull'd with sounds of sweetest melody...
Seite 72 - I was not in safety, neither had I rest, and the trouble came." The pedestal below is inscribed — To PENELOPE, Only child of Sir Brooke Boothby, and Dame Susannah Boothby, Born, April llth, 1785.— Died, March 13th, 1791. She was in form and intellect most exquisite. The unfortunate parents ventured their all on this frail bark, and the wreck was total.