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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... reach it without first crossing the wide estuary of the Tamar ; and those from Hingston Down , * and the Cornish side of the river , in years ago . " In the Saxon's Heptarchy , this harbour ( Plymouth ) was called Tamarweorth , ( as is ...
... reach it without first crossing the wide estuary of the Tamar ; and those from Hingston Down , * and the Cornish side of the river , in years ago . " In the Saxon's Heptarchy , this harbour ( Plymouth ) was called Tamarweorth , ( as is ...
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... reach Clannaborough Common , between the inclosed lands of Throwleigh and Shelstone Hill , and about one mile west of Throwleigh church . Here our attention will be rivetted by one of the most remarkable specimens of aboriginal ...
... reach Clannaborough Common , between the inclosed lands of Throwleigh and Shelstone Hill , and about one mile west of Throwleigh church . Here our attention will be rivetted by one of the most remarkable specimens of aboriginal ...
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... bridge is twenty - seven feet . Passing over the hill , through extensive turf - ties , to- wards Sittaford Tor , we reach the circles popularly known by the name of Grey Wethers . The circumferences of 96 PERAMBULATION OF DARTMOOR .
... bridge is twenty - seven feet . Passing over the hill , through extensive turf - ties , to- wards Sittaford Tor , we reach the circles popularly known by the name of Grey Wethers . The circumferences of 96 PERAMBULATION OF DARTMOOR .
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... reach Frogymead Hill , adjoining Fenworthy , Here is ano- ther circle of a similar description but of smaller dimensions . Its diameter is sixty feet . The stones of which it is formed are twenty - seven , ( about three feet apart ...
... reach Frogymead Hill , adjoining Fenworthy , Here is ano- ther circle of a similar description but of smaller dimensions . Its diameter is sixty feet . The stones of which it is formed are twenty - seven , ( about three feet apart ...
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... reach it , and the whole rock is ninety - six feet in circumference . " Lastly , he describes an assemblage of rocks which seem to have been a chosen spot for religious ceremonies : " here , " says he , " we find rock idols , altars ...
... reach it , and the whole rock is ninety - six feet in circumference . " Lastly , he describes an assemblage of rocks which seem to have been a chosen spot for religious ceremonies : " here , " says he , " we find rock idols , altars ...
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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.