Wanderings and Excursions in North WalesC. Tilt, and Simpkin and Company, 1836 - 261 pàgines |
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Pàgina 1
... interest the imagination and to allure the eye . The old British birth - place of elf and fairy lore , famed alike for triumphs of the sword and prizes of the lyre - to how many recollec- tions did it give rise , as the Wanderer of many ...
... interest the imagination and to allure the eye . The old British birth - place of elf and fairy lore , famed alike for triumphs of the sword and prizes of the lyre - to how many recollec- tions did it give rise , as the Wanderer of many ...
Pàgina 3
... interest than Wales . The prize of contending invaders , it was long the strong - hold of genuine British valour , and maintained , upwards of twelve centuries , unequal conflicts with nations far more powerful , yielding only on ...
... interest than Wales . The prize of contending invaders , it was long the strong - hold of genuine British valour , and maintained , upwards of twelve centuries , unequal conflicts with nations far more powerful , yielding only on ...
Pàgina 8
... interest than the fate of the last of the Llewellyns , justly entitled ' the Great ' for at the moment he fell , a victim to treachery , he left his country in battle array upon the sides of her majestic Snow- don , and her fall as ...
... interest than the fate of the last of the Llewellyns , justly entitled ' the Great ' for at the moment he fell , a victim to treachery , he left his country in battle array upon the sides of her majestic Snow- don , and her fall as ...
Pàgina 47
... interest- ing in an historical point of view . The old castle is situated about two miles from Hawarden , and five from the village of Northop . Having indulged his curiosity in exploring the relics of feudal power and splendour ...
... interest- ing in an historical point of view . The old castle is situated about two miles from Hawarden , and five from the village of Northop . Having indulged his curiosity in exploring the relics of feudal power and splendour ...
Pàgina 49
... interest and truth . It affords , also , one of the most startling lessons of humanity in the son of England's favourite hero , and on the very spot in the land where his royal predecessor had appeared a crowned conqueror , at the head ...
... interest and truth . It affords , also , one of the most startling lessons of humanity in the son of England's favourite hero , and on the very spot in the land where his royal predecessor had appeared a crowned conqueror , at the head ...
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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
Passatges populars
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 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...
Pàgina 202 - Dash'd in a cloud of foam, it sends aloft A hoary mist, and forms a ceaseless shower. Nor can the...
Pàgina 80 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long...
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 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...
Pàgina 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...
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 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.