Black's Guide to WarwickshireAdam & Charles Black, 1874 - 218 pàgines |
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... east by Nor- thamptonshire ; on the south by Oxford- shire and Gloucestershire ; and on the west by Worcestershire . The south - eastern part of the county consists of the lower forma- tions of the oolitic series , rising into two ...
... east by Nor- thamptonshire ; on the south by Oxford- shire and Gloucestershire ; and on the west by Worcestershire . The south - eastern part of the county consists of the lower forma- tions of the oolitic series , rising into two ...
Pàgina 2
shire , east of Tamworth . The highest points in the county are at Corley , in Hemlingford Hundred , and in the neighbourhood of Packington . Ancient writers divide the county into parts - the Feldon , or plain country , and the Arden ...
shire , east of Tamworth . The highest points in the county are at Corley , in Hemlingford Hundred , and in the neighbourhood of Packington . Ancient writers divide the county into parts - the Feldon , or plain country , and the Arden ...
Pàgina 7
... east wing . The whole east wing was speedily gutted , and only the blackened walls and debris remained . So rapidly did the fire extend that a few books from the library and some of the more valuable pictures could alone be saved . The ...
... east wing . The whole east wing was speedily gutted , and only the blackened walls and debris remained . So rapidly did the fire extend that a few books from the library and some of the more valuable pictures could alone be saved . The ...
Pàgina 34
... - factories are those of the Midland Waggon Company , the Metropolitan Company , and the Britannia Works . THE ROYAL MINT , Heaton and Sons , Icknield Street East , cannot fail to interest those who obtain the 34 BIRMINGHAM .
... - factories are those of the Midland Waggon Company , the Metropolitan Company , and the Britannia Works . THE ROYAL MINT , Heaton and Sons , Icknield Street East , cannot fail to interest those who obtain the 34 BIRMINGHAM .
Pàgina 35
East , cannot fail to interest those who obtain the privi- lege of inspecting it . Copper coin is made here in immense quantities - 82,000 pieces being struck every day . * VICINITY OF BIRMINGHAM . THE suburbs of Birmingham afford ...
East , cannot fail to interest those who obtain the privi- lege of inspecting it . Copper coin is made here in immense quantities - 82,000 pieces being struck every day . * VICINITY OF BIRMINGHAM . THE suburbs of Birmingham afford ...
Frases i termes més freqüents
abbey adorned aisles ancient antiquity apartment arch architecture Atherstone Avon Beauchamp beautiful Birmingham building built castle chancel chapel Charles church consists of nave contains Coventry Crown 8vo daughter Decorated style died Dudley Dugdale Earl of Leicester Earl of Warwick east window edifice Edition Edward III erected Fcap feet figure founded Geoffrey de Clinton Guy's Guy's Cliff Hall hamlet handsome Henley-in-Arden Henry VI Henry VIII inscription interest interior John Kenilworth King knight Lady Lady Godiva Leamington London Lord Lucy magnificent manor mansion manufacture marble ment monuments noble notice original ornamented paintings parish park picturesque Polesworth portraits possesses Queen Elizabeth rebuilt reign of Edward reign of Henry Richard road Roman Rugby School Shakspere Shakspere's Shustoke side Sir Thomas SOLIHULL spire splendid stained glass stone Stratford Street Tamworth tion tomb tourist town transepts Vandyke various VICINITY village walls Warwickshire Wootton Wawen
Passatges populars
Pàgina 160 - The current, that with gentle murmur glides, Thou know'st, being stopp'd, impatiently doth rage; But, when his fair course is not hindered, He makes sweet music with the enamell'd stones, Giving a gentle kiss to every sedge He overtaketh in his pilgrimage, And so by many winding nooks he strays, With willing sport, to- the wild ocean.
Pàgina 52 - Godiva, wife to that grim Earl, who ruled In Coventry : for when he laid a tax Upon his town, and all the mothers brought Their children...
Pàgina 52 - The little wide-mouth'd heads upon the spout Had cunning eyes to see: the barking cur Made her cheek flame: her palfrey's footfall shot Light horrors thro' her pulses: the blind walls Were full of chinks and holes; and overhead Fantastic gables, crowding, stared; but she Not less thro...
Pàgina 185 - King-maker, had distinguished himself by his gallantry in the field, by the hospitality of his table, by the magnificence, and still more by the generosity of his expense, and by the spirited and bold manner which attended him in all his actions. The undesigning frankness and openness of his character rendered his conquest over men's affections the more certain and infallible : his presents were regarded as sure testimonies of esteem and friendship, and his professions as the overflowings of his...
Pàgina 154 - How would it have cheered the spirit of the youthful bard when, wandering forth in disgrace upon a doubtful world, he cast back a heavy look upon his paternal home, could he...
Pàgina 158 - Shakspeare, that, take him for all in all, we shall not look upon his like again.
Pàgina 152 - There are other monuments around, but the mind refuses to dwell on anything that is not connected with Shakespeare. His idea pervades the place — the whole pile seems but as his mausoleum. The feelings, no longer checked and thwarted by doubt, here indulge in perfect confidence; other traces of him may be false or dubious, but here is palpable evidence and absolute certainty.
Pàgina 80 - ... monument of its owner's ambition. The external wall of this royal Castle was, on the south and west sides, adorned and defended by a lake partly artificial, across which Leicester had constructed a stately bridge, that Elizabeth might enter the Castle by a path hitherto untrodden...
Pàgina 50 - ... continued to solicit him, insomuch that he told her if she would ride on horseback naked from one end of the town to the other, in the sight of all the people, he would grant her request. Whereunto she returned, ' But will you give me leave so to do ? ' And he replying
Pàgina 80 - The outer wall of this splendid and gigantic structure enclosed seven acres, a part of which was occupied by extensive stables-, and by a pleasure garden , with its trim arbours and parterres , and the rest formed the large basecourt , or outer yard , of the noble Castle.