Rambles by Rivers: The Avon, Bind 3C. Knight & Company, 1845 - 253 sider |
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... lands than many a brilliant city rich in palaces and temples . The neighbourhood of this town has nothing very striking in its scenery ; but many a wayfaring en- thusiast , with knapsack on his back , may be found tracing the course of ...
... lands than many a brilliant city rich in palaces and temples . The neighbourhood of this town has nothing very striking in its scenery ; but many a wayfaring en- thusiast , with knapsack on his back , may be found tracing the course of ...
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... land , covered with gorse and fern and scattered bramble - bushes . About five - and - twenty years back it was enclosed , and is now cultivated ; but from the lowness of the hedges and the nature of the place , the view over it , from ...
... land , covered with gorse and fern and scattered bramble - bushes . About five - and - twenty years back it was enclosed , and is now cultivated ; but from the lowness of the hedges and the nature of the place , the view over it , from ...
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... lands , strictly enclosed , well stored with fat cattle , and plentifully sprinkled with flourishing farm - yards ; raising fair visions of comfort and abundance , and thoroughly English in character ; but rather weari- some to a ...
... lands , strictly enclosed , well stored with fat cattle , and plentifully sprinkled with flourishing farm - yards ; raising fair visions of comfort and abundance , and thoroughly English in character ; but rather weari- some to a ...
Side 31
... lands , & c . , " with divers pensions and stipends , and charitable dis- tributions to the poor on Maunday - Thursday , and the anniversaries of benefactors , " 2581. 8s . 5d .; from which the benevolent Henry allowed Ralph Armonte ...
... lands , & c . , " with divers pensions and stipends , and charitable dis- tributions to the poor on Maunday - Thursday , and the anniversaries of benefactors , " 2581. 8s . 5d .; from which the benevolent Henry allowed Ralph Armonte ...
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... lands . " The park is picturesque , and the neighbourhood still more so ; the parish , a little neat quiet place , is in Northamptonshire , the mansion being in Leicester- shire , between which counties our stream is for a few miles the ...
... lands . " The park is picturesque , and the neighbourhood still more so ; the parish , a little neat quiet place , is in Northamptonshire , the mansion being in Leicester- shire , between which counties our stream is for a few miles the ...
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abbey abbot afterwards Alveston ancient Angler appearance Arun Avon banks beautiful Bramber Castle Bredon Hill bridge building called castle century chapel character Charlcote church cottages course cross death delight Dove-dale Dudley Duke Earl of Warwick edifice Egwin Elizabeth erected Evesham favourite feeling Fladbury Fulbrooke graceful grounds Guy's Cliff Hampton Lucy Henry Henry VIII hill honour Kenilworth Kenilworth Castle king Lady lofty London look Lord manor mansion meadows miles Mole monastery monks monument Naseby neighbourhood noble parish park passed perhaps Pershore picturesque pleasant poet possession present pretty quiet rambler reign remains remarkable render river road rock says scene scenery Seathwaite seen Shak Shakspere's Shoreham side Sir Thomas spot stands stone Stoneleigh Stratford stream Sussex Tewkesbury things Thomas Lucy thought tion Tortington tower town trees Ulpha village visitor walls Warwick Castle William Shakspere wood worth
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Side 65 - That not to know at large of things remote From use, obscure and subtle, but to know That which before us lies in daily life, Is the prime wisdom...
Side 157 - Sometime we see a cloud that's dragonish; A vapour sometime like a bear or lion, A tower'd citadel, a pendent rock, A forked mountain, or blue promontory With trees upon't, that nod unto the world, And mock our eyes with air.
Side 194 - Ful wel she sange the service devine, Entuned in hire nose ful swetely ; And Frenche she spake ful fayre and fetisly, After the scole of Stratford atte bowe, For Frenche of Paris was to hire unknowe.
Side 98 - London, six oxen were daily eaten at a breakfast ; and every tavern was full of his meat; and who had any acquaintance in his family, should have as much boiled and roast as he could carry on a long dagger.
Side 99 - This story shall the good man teach his son, And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by, From this day to the ending of the world, But we in it shall be remembered : We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...
Side 6 - 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.
Side 169 - No life, my honest Scholar, no life so happy and so pleasant as the life of a well-governed Angler ; for when the lawyer is swallowe'd up with business, and the statesman is preventing or contriving plots, then we sit on cowslip banks, hear the birds sing, and possess ourselves in as much quietness as these silent silver streams, which we now see glide so quietly by us.
Side 134 - For except thou canst answer me questions three, Thy head shall be smitten from thy bodie. And first, quo...
Side 224 - The picture of the mind revives again : While here I stand, not only with the sense Of present pleasure, but with pleasing thoughts That in this moment there is life and food For future years.
Side 26 - Sir, this is none other but the hand of God; and to Him alone belongs the glory, wherein none are to share with Him.