Rambles by Rivers: The Thames. Another issue, Band 2C. Cox, 1849 |
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... monastery . From Colesborne it passes under Cliff- ering Wood , dancing gaily along a glen - like valley , and well earning the title which Drayton bestowed upon it , of " nimble - footed Churn . " Here its course is extremely beautiful ...
... monastery . From Colesborne it passes under Cliff- ering Wood , dancing gaily along a glen - like valley , and well earning the title which Drayton bestowed upon it , of " nimble - footed Churn . " Here its course is extremely beautiful ...
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... church , setting over them a fair large stone , whereon were engraven her name and praise . They were not again disturbed till the suppression of 66 66 monasteries in the reign of the pious Henry VIII THE THAMES . 59.
... church , setting over them a fair large stone , whereon were engraven her name and praise . They were not again disturbed till the suppression of 66 66 monasteries in the reign of the pious Henry VIII THE THAMES . 59.
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The Thames. Another issue James Thorne. 66 monasteries in the reign of the pious Henry VIII . , when , as Leland records , her tomb was opened by the royal commissioners ; in it was found the leaden case , within which were the bones ...
The Thames. Another issue James Thorne. 66 monasteries in the reign of the pious Henry VIII . , when , as Leland records , her tomb was opened by the royal commissioners ; in it was found the leaden case , within which were the bones ...
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... monastery by Juliana de Sancto Re- migio . " ( Skelton . ) Its great antiquity is there- fore clear , apart from the evidence afforded by its style , and fortunately it has escaped without any remarkable injury . It is generally ...
... monastery by Juliana de Sancto Re- migio . " ( Skelton . ) Its great antiquity is there- fore clear , apart from the evidence afforded by its style , and fortunately it has escaped without any remarkable injury . It is generally ...
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... we may trust the same au- thority , a British station . As its subsequent fame was long owing to the connexion of the monastery with it , it may not be Abington . amiss to notice its foundation . In the ( 98 ) CHAPTER VII Abingdon.
... we may trust the same au- thority , a British station . As its subsequent fame was long owing to the connexion of the monastery with it , it may not be Abington . amiss to notice its foundation . In the ( 98 ) CHAPTER VII Abingdon.
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Seite 167 - Whereas, at a tavern, there is a general freedom from anxiety. You are sure you are welcome ; and the more noise you make, the more trouble you give, the more good things you call for, the welcomer you are. No...
Seite 168 - Whoe'er has travell'd life's dull round, Where'er his stages may have been, May sigh to think he still ha.s found The warmest welcome at an inn.
Seite 31 - Yet be it less or more, or soon or slow, It shall be still in strictest measure even To that same lot, however mean or high, Toward which Time leads me, and the will of Heaven ; All is, if I have grace to use it so, As ever in my great Task-Master's eye.
Seite 92 - Who gave the ball, or paid the visit last; One speaks the glory of the British Queen, And one describes a charming Indian screen; A third interprets motions, looks, and eyes; At every word a reputation dies.
Seite 198 - A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts and nothing long; But in the course of one revolving moon Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.
Seite 18 - O could I flow like thee, and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme! Though deep, yet clear, though gentle, yet not dull, Strong without rage, without o'er-flowing full.
Seite 30 - Straight mine eye hath caught new pleasures Whilst the landscape round it measures; Russet lawns, and fallows gray, Where the nibbling flocks do stray; Mountains, on whose barren breast The labouring clouds do often rest; Meadows trim with daisies pied, Shallow brooks, and rivers wide; Towers and battlements it sees Bosomed high in tufted trees, Where perhaps some beauty lies, The cynosure of neighbouring eyes.
Seite 28 - Spring was published next year, with a dedication to the countess of Hertford ; whose practice it was to invite every summer some poet into the country, to hear her verses, and assist her studies. This honour was one summer conferred on Thomson, who took more delight in carousing with lord Hertford and his friends than assisting her ladyship's poetical operations, and therefore never received another summons.
Seite 52 - Non ego perfidum dixi sacramentum ; " nothing shall separate me from a mistress which I have loved so long and have now at last married; though she neither has brought me a rich portion, nor lived yet so quietly with me as I hoped from her...
Seite 220 - And where, though all things differ, all agree. Here waving groves a chequer'd scene display, And part admit, and part exclude the day ; 'As some coy nymph her lover's warm address Nor quite indulges, nor can quite repress.