Peak scenery, or, Excursions in Derbyshire:: made chiefly for the purpose of picturesque observationauthor and published, 1899 |
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... rising behind the heathy foreground that lay on our right . The church is a good object it stands on the side of a steep hill amongst gardens and cottages at the upper extremity of the village , and a fine woody eminence behind rises ...
... rising behind the heathy foreground that lay on our right . The church is a good object it stands on the side of a steep hill amongst gardens and cottages at the upper extremity of the village , and a fine woody eminence behind rises ...
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... rising from the midst of trees and cottages scattered irregularly around it . Such a picture is delightful to the eye , and the mind insensibly associates the idea of orderly conduct and moral feeling , with the appearance of these ...
... rising from the midst of trees and cottages scattered irregularly around it . Such a picture is delightful to the eye , and the mind insensibly associates the idea of orderly conduct and moral feeling , with the appearance of these ...
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... rising far above , and a verdant slope below , that declines to the river . Compstall Bridge , a good modern struc- ture , lies on the left of the house : above it , the banks of the Etherow are high and rocky --- their upper cliffs are ...
... rising far above , and a verdant slope below , that declines to the river . Compstall Bridge , a good modern struc- ture , lies on the left of the house : above it , the banks of the Etherow are high and rocky --- their upper cliffs are ...
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... rising and sinking of this well twice in the short space of half an hour . A little beyond this celebrated well we left the Castleton road by a sharp turn on our right , and proceeded to Peak Forest , a little village , surrounded by an ...
... rising and sinking of this well twice in the short space of half an hour . A little beyond this celebrated well we left the Castleton road by a sharp turn on our right , and proceeded to Peak Forest , a little village , surrounded by an ...
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... rising ground in the meadows , on the left of the Bradford . Nearer the river , the distance is lost , and the village be- comes less picturesque . Alport is a pleasant village , and the greater part of its inhabitants appear to be in ...
... rising ground in the meadows , on the left of the Bradford . Nearer the river , the distance is lost , and the village be- comes less picturesque . Alport is a pleasant village , and the greater part of its inhabitants appear to be in ...
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.