Black's Picturesque Tourist and Road and Railway Guide Book Through England and Wales: With a General Travelling Map ; Charts of Roads, Railroads, and Interesting Localities; Engraved Views of Picturesque Scenery; and a Comprehensive General Index, Embracing a List of Hotels and InnsA. and C. Black, 1859 - 544 pàgines |
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... half miles further to the eastward is Herne Bay , which has of late years been partially frequented by the people of the metropolis as a summer bathing - place , for which its situa- tion is well suited . But the extensive scale upon ...
... half miles further to the eastward is Herne Bay , which has of late years been partially frequented by the people of the metropolis as a summer bathing - place , for which its situa- tion is well suited . But the extensive scale upon ...
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... half a mile to the south - west of Dover is Shakespere's Cliff , a bold prominence of chalk , now tunnelled through by the railway , and the name of which is derived from the well - known description in the fourth act of " King Lear ...
... half a mile to the south - west of Dover is Shakespere's Cliff , a bold prominence of chalk , now tunnelled through by the railway , and the name of which is derived from the well - known description in the fourth act of " King Lear ...
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... half a m . along the banks of the river . But the chief object of interest is the R. Arsenal , which covers more than 100 acres , and forms the grand depot of artillery for the use of the army and navy . It seldom contains fewer than ...
... half a m . along the banks of the river . But the chief object of interest is the R. Arsenal , which covers more than 100 acres , and forms the grand depot of artillery for the use of the army and navy . It seldom contains fewer than ...
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... Half- 661 66 way House . Hatcham . cr . Croydon Canal . 2 81 34 Enter Kent . Lewisham . 5 Lee Lodge . cr . river Ravens- Lee Manor House , F. bourn . 64 614 Lee . Eltham . 5 Lewisham , a very po- 64 pulous village , extending near a ...
... Half- 661 66 way House . Hatcham . cr . Croydon Canal . 2 81 34 Enter Kent . Lewisham . 5 Lee Lodge . cr . river Ravens- Lee Manor House , F. bourn . 64 614 Lee . Eltham . 5 Lewisham , a very po- 64 pulous village , extending near a ...
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... half - brother , Robert Earl of Montainge and Cornwall . They were afterwards forfeited to the Crown , and Henry III . granted them to his son Prince Edward and his heirs , Kings of England , so that they should never more be separated ...
... half - brother , Robert Earl of Montainge and Cornwall . They were afterwards forfeited to the Crown , and Henry III . granted them to his son Prince Edward and his heirs , Kings of England , so that they should never more be separated ...
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Black's Picturesque Tourist and Road and Railway Guide Book Through England ... Adam and Charles Black (Firm) Visualització completa - 1857 |
Frases i termes més freqüents
12 miles Abbey Ambleside ancient antiquity bank Bart Bath beautiful Bishop borough Branch Bridge BRIST Bristol building built Buttermere called Canal Castle celebrated chapel church contains Cockermouth Coniston Court Crag cross Cumberland curious Duke Earl east Edward eminence enter erected Exeter extensive Fell formerly Gothic Grasmere Hall handsome Helvellyn Henry Henry VIII Hill House Junction St Kendal Keswick King lake Langdale late Leeds LEFT FROM LOND Lodge London Lord Loughrigg Fell M.P. Pop magnificent Manchester mansion manufacture members to Parliament miles distant monuments mountains neighbourhood numerous parish Park Patterdale Penrith picturesque Pike Priory Railway reign remains residence RIGHT FROM LOND river river Avon river Calder river Wye road Roman ruins Saxon scenery seat side situated Skiddaw station stone Street summit Tarn Thames thence three miles tourist tower town trade vale valley vicinity village Water Westmorland Whitehaven William Windermere Wood
Passatges populars
Pàgina 283 - HOPE rules a land for ever green : All powers that serve the bright-eyed queen Are confident and gay ; Clouds at her bidding disappear ; Points she to aught ? the bliss draws near, And fancy smooths the way. Not such the land of wishes...
Pàgina 297 - Of vast circumference and gloom profound This solitary Tree ! a living thing Produced too slowly ever to decay ; Of form and aspect too magnificent To be destroyed.
Pàgina 300 - Gavel; for on its highest point is a small triangular receptacle in the native rock, which, the shepherds say, is never dry. There we might have slaked our thirst plenteously with a pure and celestial liquid, for the cup or basin, it appears, has no other feeder than the dews of heaven, the showers, the vapours, the hoar frost, and the spotless snow. While we were gazing around, 'Look,' I exclaimed, 'at yon ship upon the glittering sea!
Pàgina 271 - And not a moonbeam enters here. But they without its light can see The chamber carved so curiously, Carved with figures strange and sweet, All made out of the carver's brain, For a lady's chamber meet : The lamp with twofold silver chain Is fastened to an angel's feet.
Pàgina 297 - THERE is a Yew-tree, pride of Lorton Vale, Which to this day stands single, in the midst Of its own darkness, as it stood of yore...
Pàgina 226 - Their temperature is lower than those of .'Mli, and they are more agreeable for bathing. They are administered internally to persons in whom the digestive organs are feeble, and are found very efficacious in the cure of gout and rheumatism. The Crescent at Buxton is an extensive and elegant structure, comprising two hotels, a library, an assemblyroom, &c.
Pàgina 312 - Cushions or tufts of moss, parched and brown, appear between the huge blocks and stones that lie in heaps on all sides to a great distance, like skeletons or bones of the earth not needed at the creation, and there left to be covered with never-dying lichens, which the clouds and dews nourish ; and adorn with colours of vivid and exquisite beauty.
Pàgina 237 - About half a mile from the station is the large and populous town of Warrington, on the north bank of the Mersey in Lancashire. It is one of the oldest towns in Lancashire, and was a Roman station. A bridge was built here over the Mersey by the Earl of Derby, for the purpose of enabling Henry VII. to pay him a visit with greater convenience. The principal manufactures are cottons, shoes, and fustians, and in the vicinity are pin, glass, and iron-works.
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Pàgina 296 - ... exposure, and its consecrated connexion with the final hopes and fears of the adjacent pastoral hamlet, — but for these considerations the first movement of a stranger's feelings would be towards loud laughter ; for the...