Wanderings and Excursions in North WalesC. Tilt, and Simpkin and Company, 1836 - 261 Seiten |
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... mind , the Author would fain enter his protest against the glory of letters being esteemed subsidiary to any other design , ranking , as it ought , first and pre - eminent in the march of intellect , as in the records of the human mind ...
... mind , the Author would fain enter his protest against the glory of letters being esteemed subsidiary to any other design , ranking , as it ought , first and pre - eminent in the march of intellect , as in the records of the human mind ...
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... mind with mournful plea- sure ; for he now beheld the ancient seat of his forefathers , the spires of his native sea - port , and the wild blue hills of Cambria mingling with the distance . They were still the same ; but he looked as a ...
... mind with mournful plea- sure ; for he now beheld the ancient seat of his forefathers , the spires of his native sea - port , and the wild blue hills of Cambria mingling with the distance . They were still the same ; but he looked as a ...
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... mind its former power ; and now its great natural advantages - its increasing usefulness and prosperity . No traveller enters the principality without being surprised with evidences of its singular history ; its numerous antiquities ...
... mind its former power ; and now its great natural advantages - its increasing usefulness and prosperity . No traveller enters the principality without being surprised with evidences of its singular history ; its numerous antiquities ...
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... mind and person , for which she was subsequently so distinguished , and which changed the policy of the prince into the impassioned tenderness of an ardent lover . Nor , though so early formed , does the attachment seem to have been ...
... mind and person , for which she was subsequently so distinguished , and which changed the policy of the prince into the impassioned tenderness of an ardent lover . Nor , though so early formed , does the attachment seem to have been ...
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... mind and patriotic actions which threw lustre round a few of the true British sovereigns who sat within her walls . ' Carleon , now step forth with stately style , No feeble phrase may serve to set thee forth : Thy famous town was spoke ...
... mind and patriotic actions which threw lustre round a few of the true British sovereigns who sat within her walls . ' Carleon , now step forth with stately style , No feeble phrase may serve to set thee forth : Thy famous town was spoke ...
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Abbey ancient Anglesey antique appearance Arthur Asaph bard beauty Beddgelert beheld Bettws y Coed bishop bold bridge British Caernarvon Caernarvonshire Capel Curig castle character charm Chester Chirk Castle church Clwyd Conway crown deep Dinas distance Earl Edward English erected Euloe favourite feet Flint Flint Castle Flintshire fortress genius glen Glendower Hawarden head heights Henry hills Holyhead honour hues King kynge lake land less Llanberis Llanrwst Llewellyn Llyn lofty lonely Lord magnificent majestic Menai Merlin miles mind Moel Siabod monarch mountain night noble North Wales Northop observed Offa's Dyke once Owen passed Pennant picturesque pleasant present prince Radclyffe retreat Rhuddlan Richard river rocks romantic round royal ruins Saltney scene scenery seat seemed seen shadows side singular Snowdon Snowdonia South Stack splendour spot stream summit surrounding tower town vale valley Vortigern walls Wanderer waters Welsh wild woods youe
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Seite 186 - And first one universal shriek there rush'd, Louder than the loud ocean, like a crash Of echoing thunder; and then all was hush'd, Save the wild wind and the remorseless dash Of billows; but at intervals there gush'd, Accompanied with a convulsive splash, A solitary shriek, the bubbling cry Of some strong swimmer in his agony.
Seite 49 - Fair laughs the morn, and soft the zephyr blows While proudly riding o'er the azure realm In gallant trim the gilded vessel goes; Youth on the prow, and pleasure at the helm; Regardless of the sweeping whirlwind's sway, That, hush'd in grim repose, expects his evening prey.
Seite 132 - The soul and source of music, which makes known Eternal harmony, and sheds a charm, Like to the fabled Cytherea's zone, Binding all things with beauty ; — 'twould disarm The spectre Death, had he substantial power to harm. xci. Not vainly did the early Persian make His altar the high places and the peak Of earth-o'ergazing mountains...
Seite 202 - Dash'd in a cloud of foam, it sends aloft A hoary mist, and forms a ceaseless shower. Nor can the...
Seite 80 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long...
Seite 53 - Richard, no man cried, God save him ; No joyful tongue gave him his welcome home: But dust was thrown upon his sacred head : Which with such gentle sorrow he shook off, — His face still combating with tears and smiles, The badges of his grief and patience, — That, had not God, for some strong purpose steel'd The hearts of men, they must perforce have melted, And barbarism itself have pitied him.
Seite 53 - As in a theatre, the eyes of men, After a well-graced actor leaves the stage, Are idly bent on him that enters next, Thinking his prattle to be tedious...
Seite 186 - Then rose from sea to sky the wild farewell, Then shriek'd the timid, and stood still the brave, Then some leap'd overboard with dreadful yell, As eager to anticipate their grave ; And the sea yawn'd around her like a hell...
Seite 132 - All heaven and earth are still— though not in sleep, But breathless, as we grow when feeling most; And silent, as we stand in thoughts too deep: — All heaven and earth are still: From the high host Of stars, to the lull'd lake and mountain-coast, All is concenter'd in a life intense, Where not a beam, nor air, nor leaf is lost, But hath a part of being, and a sense Of that which is of all Creator and defence.
Seite 131 - Love had he found in huts where poor Men lie : His daily Teachers had been Woods and Rills, The silence that is in the starry sky, The sleep that is among the lonely hills.