A Perambulation of the Antient and Royal Forest of Dartmoor, and the Venville Precincts: Or, A Topographical Survey of the Antiquities and SceneryC. E. Moat, 1856 - 362 Seiten |
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... by Cornwood , below Pen Beacon and Shell Top , -then takes a westerly course in the line of the Hentor ridge and Shaugh moor , approaches its westernmost point at Meavy , and thence runs almost 2 PERAMBULATION OF DARTMOOR .
... by Cornwood , below Pen Beacon and Shell Top , -then takes a westerly course in the line of the Hentor ridge and Shaugh moor , approaches its westernmost point at Meavy , and thence runs almost 2 PERAMBULATION OF DARTMOOR .
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... course of the * LYSONS , Mag . Brit . , Devon , vol . ii . , p . 314 . Furnum Regis , King's Oven or Furnace . Probably an antient smelting or blowing house . Wallabrook , until that stream falls into the East Dart 4 PERAMBULATION OF ...
... course of the * LYSONS , Mag . Brit . , Devon , vol . ii . , p . 314 . Furnum Regis , King's Oven or Furnace . Probably an antient smelting or blowing house . Wallabrook , until that stream falls into the East Dart 4 PERAMBULATION OF ...
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... courses , than in other parts . The principal groups of houses , ( villages or towns , ) are invariably found in such situations . For miles in the heathy table land round Cranmere Pool , I have only been able to find a single insulated ...
... courses , than in other parts . The principal groups of houses , ( villages or towns , ) are invariably found in such situations . For miles in the heathy table land round Cranmere Pool , I have only been able to find a single insulated ...
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... course of stones , but in some instances a double circle is observed . These stones stand generally from eighteen inches to thirty above the surface . The door jambs also of stone , are , in most cases , higher placed , nearly at right ...
... course of stones , but in some instances a double circle is observed . These stones stand generally from eighteen inches to thirty above the surface . The door jambs also of stone , are , in most cases , higher placed , nearly at right ...
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... course from being traced by a Roman galley , and his reimbursement by his grateful countrymen , is well known . It is also recorded that the Greeks of Marseilles , who had been long anxious to obtain a share in this traffic , were at ...
... course from being traced by a Roman galley , and his reimbursement by his grateful countrymen , is well known . It is also recorded that the Greeks of Marseilles , who had been long anxious to obtain a share in this traffic , were at ...
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aboriginal antient antiquary antiquity appears Arkite banks Beacon Belstone boundary Bovey Bridge British Cæsar cairn called castle Chagford church circle common Cornwall Cosdon court Cranmere Pool Crockern Tor cromlech cross Danmonian Dart Dartmoor declivity described Devon Devonshire district Drewsteignton Druidical Druids east erected evidence Exeter feet Forest granite Grimspound ground height Heytor hill Holne hut-circles inclosure interesting kistvaen land Logan Stone Lydford Manaton masses Merivale Bridge mile Mistor monuments moor moorland Moreton mountain natural neighbourhood neighbouring Newton North Bovey notice observed Okehampton original parish pass perambulation Plym Plymouth Institution Plympton Polwhele present Prince Prince Town probably quod relics remarkable ridge rises river road rock rock-basins rude sacred scene scenery Shaugh Sheepstor side slope specimen spot stannary stream Tamar Tavistock Tavy Teign thence tinners tolmen town traced tracklines trackway usque vale venerable vestiges wall western Widdecombe wild wood
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Seite 336 - I oft have heard of Lydford law, How in the morn they hang and draw. And sit in judgment after.
Seite 134 - Scarce images of life, one here, one there, Lay vast and edgeways; like a dismal cirque Of Druid stones, upon a forlorn moor, When the chill rain begins at shut of eve, In dull November, and their chancel vault, The Heaven itself, is blinded throughout night.
Seite 122 - Glittering lances are the loom, Where the dusky warp we strain, Weaving many a soldier's doom, Orkney's woe, and Randver's bane. See the grisly texture grow ! ('Tis of human entrails made) And the weights, that play below, Each a gasping warrior's head. Shafts for shuttles, dipp'd in gore, Shoot the trembling cords along. Sword, that once a monarch bore, Keep .the tissue close and strong.
Seite 346 - Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Eben-ezer, saying, Hitherto hath the Lord helped us.
Seite 1 - Ask where's the North? at York, 'tis on the Tweed; In Scotland, at the Orcades; and there, At Greenland, Zembla, or the Lord knows where.
Seite 337 - More, to these men that lie in lurch There is a bridge, there is a church, Seven ashes, and one oak ; Three houses standing, and ten down ; They say the parson hath a gown, But I saw ne'er a cloak. Whereby you may consider well, That plain simplicity doth dwell, At Lydford, without bravery ; And in the town, both young and grave, Do love the naked truth to have, No cloak to hide their knavery.
Seite 14 - God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills ; a land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates ; a land of oil olive, and honey...
Seite 108 - tis so long, it is not very wide, For two are the most that together can ride ; And e'en...
Seite 262 - ... doubt that a soil must gradually lose those of its constituents which are removed in the seeds, roots, and leaves of the plants raised upon it. The fertility of a soil cannot remain unimpaired, unless we replace in it all those substances of which it has been thus deprived. Now this can only be done by manure.
Seite 46 - Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee; this heap be witness, and this pillar be witness, that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and that 29 thou shalt not pass over this heap and this pillar unto me, for harm.