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 Inns |
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... the reign of Henry V . Under the Cathedral is a church for French Protestants , a
colony of whom settled here after the revocation of the edict of Nantes , and
established the silk manufacture , which still continues , though in a declining
state .
... the reign of Henry V . Under the Cathedral is a church for French Protestants , a
colony of whom settled here after the revocation of the edict of Nantes , and
established the silk manufacture , which still continues , though in a declining
state .
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Here is a Government doekyard , estathroughout upon arches , blished in the
reign of Henry which form a viaduct 92 VIIL . consisting of a narrow feet in height
above the strip of land , which extends ground . This line forms for more than half
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Here is a Government doekyard , estathroughout upon arches , blished in the
reign of Henry which form a viaduct 92 VIIL . consisting of a narrow feet in height
above the strip of land , which extends ground . This line forms for more than half
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3 miles distant is Cow . ling Castle , built in the reign of Richard II . , once a place
of great strength : it is now chiefly in ruins , i parts of which are very picturesque .
STROOD | 31 cr . river Medway to town of ROCHESTER ( p . 2 ) . CHATHAM ( p .
3 miles distant is Cow . ling Castle , built in the reign of Richard II . , once a place
of great strength : it is now chiefly in ruins , i parts of which are very picturesque .
STROOD | 31 cr . river Medway to town of ROCHESTER ( p . 2 ) . CHATHAM ( p .
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TUNBRIDGE WELLS . 46 | Tunbridge Wells is a celebrated watering - place upon
the borders of Kent and Sesser . The chalybeate spring , to which the town owes
its origin , was first no ticed in the reign of James I . , by Dudley , Lord North .
TUNBRIDGE WELLS . 46 | Tunbridge Wells is a celebrated watering - place upon
the borders of Kent and Sesser . The chalybeate spring , to which the town owes
its origin , was first no ticed in the reign of James I . , by Dudley , Lord North .
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Maidstone has returned two members of Parliament since the reign of Edward VI
. It formerly contained a college , founded by Archbishop Courtenay in the reign
of Richard II . ; but it was suppressed by Edward VI . Population in 1851 , 20 , 801
...
Maidstone has returned two members of Parliament since the reign of Edward VI
. It formerly contained a college , founded by Archbishop Courtenay in the reign
of Richard II . ; but it was suppressed by Edward VI . Population in 1851 , 20 , 801
...
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Black's Picturesque Tourist and Road and Railway Guide Book Through England ... Adam and Charles Black (Firm) Visualització completa - 1862 |
Black's Picturesque Tourist and Road and Railway Guide Book Through England ... Adam and Charles Black (Firm) Visualització completa - 1857 |
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Passatges populars
Pągina 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...
Pągina 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.
Pągina 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!
Pągina 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.
Pągina 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...
Pągina 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.
Pągina 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.
Pągina 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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Pągina 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...