Black's Picturesque Guide to Warwickshire ...A. & C. Black, 1857 - 137 pàgines |
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Pàgina 20
... feet below flows the Avon , washing the castle's base . A bar , over which the stream has a tiny fall , as some of its water is diverted for the purpose of turning an old mill , and the remains of an ancient bridge in the middle of the ...
... feet below flows the Avon , washing the castle's base . A bar , over which the stream has a tiny fall , as some of its water is diverted for the purpose of turning an old mill , and the remains of an ancient bridge in the middle of the ...
Pàgina 21
... feet long , by 25 broad , is exquisitely furnished . On every side the eye is charmed with objects of art , rare for their antiquity or splendid workmanship . The chimney - piece is unique , it being affirmed that the marble of which it ...
... feet long , by 25 broad , is exquisitely furnished . On every side the eye is charmed with objects of art , rare for their antiquity or splendid workmanship . The chimney - piece is unique , it being affirmed that the marble of which it ...
Pàgina 23
... feet high . Guy's Tower , to the top of which the tourist may ascend , if he please , was built in 1394 , by the second Thomas de Beauchamp , at a cost of £ 325 : 5 : 2 . From the base to the battlements it measures about 130 feet , but ...
... feet high . Guy's Tower , to the top of which the tourist may ascend , if he please , was built in 1394 , by the second Thomas de Beauchamp , at a cost of £ 325 : 5 : 2 . From the base to the battlements it measures about 130 feet , but ...
Pàgina 24
... feet in height ; in circumference it is 21 feet ; and it is capable of holding 163 gallons . We copy the inscription : - * - Hoc pristina Artis Romanæ Q. Magnificentiæ Monumentum Ruderibus Villæ Tiburtinæ Hadriano Aug. In Deliciis ...
... feet in height ; in circumference it is 21 feet ; and it is capable of holding 163 gallons . We copy the inscription : - * - Hoc pristina Artis Romanæ Q. Magnificentiæ Monumentum Ruderibus Villæ Tiburtinæ Hadriano Aug. In Deliciis ...
Pàgina 28
... feet high , much de- GC W.G faced . Guy's Cave will be viewed with interest . According to the old legend the cave was constructed by himself- " There with my hands I hewed a house Out of a craggy rock of stone ; And lived like a palmer ...
... feet high , much de- GC W.G faced . Guy's Cave will be viewed with interest . According to the old legend the cave was constructed by himself- " There with my hands I hewed a house Out of a craggy rock of stone ; And lived like a palmer ...
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Black's Picturesque Guide to Warwickshire ... Adam and Charles Black (Firm) Visualització completa - 1857 |
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Abbey admiration adorned ancient antiquity apartment ARBURY HALL arch architecture Avon beautiful Birmingham building built carved castle chancel Chapel Charles church cloth contains Coventry daughter decorated Dugdale Earl of Warwick EDINBURGH Edward III elegant England erected establishment Ethelfleda feet Geoffrey de Clinton Godiva Gothic Guy's Cliff Hall HANDBOOK Henry VI Henry VIII Hotel Illustrations inscription interest interior James John Kenilworth King Lady Lady Godiva Lake Leamington London Lord magnificent manor manufactures Maps Maxstoke ment miles monuments neighbourhood noble notice original ornamented paintings parish picturesque portraits possesses present Price Queen Elizabeth Railway reign of Henry road Robert Roman royal scenery SCOTLAND Shakspere Shakspere's sheets side Sir Thomas spire splendid stained glass Stirling stone Stratford Stratford-on-Avon Street style Tamworth Tartan Temple Balsall tion tomb tourist Tower town Vandyke various village visited visitors walls Warwick Castle Warwickshire William window دو
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Pàgina 59 - (she said), ' whose colours clear Richly paint the vernal year : Thine, too, these golden keys, immortal boy ! This can unlock the gates of joy; Of horror that, and thrilling fears, Or ope the sacred source of sympathetic tears.
Pàgina 59 - Sweet Swan of Avon ! what a sight it were To see thee in our waters yet appear, And make those flights upon the banks of Thames, That so did take Eliza, and our James...
Pàgina 58 - 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 53 - Witty above her sexe, but that's not all, Wise to Salvation was good Mistress Hall, Something of Shakespere was in that, but this Wholy of him with whom she's now in blisse.
Pàgina 41 - I can now excuse all his foibles; impute them to age, and to distress of circumstances: the last of these considerations wrings my very soul to think on. For a man of high spirit conscious of having (at least in one production) generally pleased the world, to be plagued and threatened by wretches that are low in every sense; to be forced to drink himself into pains of the body, in order to get rid of the pains of the mind is a misery.
Pàgina 102 - 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 102 - And from a heart as rough as Esau's hand, He answer'd, "Ride you naked thro' the town, And I repeal it; " and nodding, as in scorn, He parted, with great strides among his dogs. So left alone, the passions of her mind, As winds from all the compass shift and blow, Made war upon each other for an hour, Till pity won.
Pàgina 53 - ROWLANDS' ODONTO; or, Pearl Dentifrice. A White Powder, compounded of the rarest and most fragrant exotics. It bestows on the teeth a Pearl-like Whiteness, frees them from Tartar, and imparts to the gums a healthy firmness, and to the breath a grateful sweetness and purity.
Pàgina 102 - Were shrivelled into darkness in his head, And dropt before him. So the Powers, who wait On noble deeds...
Pàgina 26 - 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...