Rambles by Rivers: The Avon, Bind 3C. Knight & Company, 1845 - 253 sider |
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Side 48
... lived - of course keeping in mind the peculiar use of the letter ( printed ) 3 , which , to borrow Dr. Todd's illus- tration from his preface to Wiclif's ' Apology , ' printed for the Camden Society , is sometimes to be represented by ...
... lived - of course keeping in mind the peculiar use of the letter ( printed ) 3 , which , to borrow Dr. Todd's illus- tration from his preface to Wiclif's ' Apology , ' printed for the Camden Society , is sometimes to be represented by ...
Side 92
... lived , and some even doubt whether he ever lived at all . Let them settle that : it is none of our business . His legend is too long , or it would be pleasant to tell it in its olden form , but there is here room only for the ...
... lived , and some even doubt whether he ever lived at all . Let them settle that : it is none of our business . His legend is too long , or it would be pleasant to tell it in its olden form , but there is here room only for the ...
Side 94
... lived here sequestered from the world . " Some will say it is too gaudy a place for that purpose , as having more of a para- dise than wilderness therein , so that men's thoughts would rather be scattered than collected with such ...
... lived here sequestered from the world . " Some will say it is too gaudy a place for that purpose , as having more of a para- dise than wilderness therein , so that men's thoughts would rather be scattered than collected with such ...
Side 144
... lived , and their descendants retained possession of it till a recent period . The Hatha- ways are extinct now . The last of them died in this house several years ago ; her granddaughter is the occupant of that half the building in ...
... lived , and their descendants retained possession of it till a recent period . The Hatha- ways are extinct now . The last of them died in this house several years ago ; her granddaughter is the occupant of that half the building in ...
Side 165
... his knowledge , as distinct from either . That is , he knew more of the wide world , of man , and all that concerned him , than any one See Mr. Knight's Biography . who ever lived and wrote . And in point of THE AVON . 165.
... his knowledge , as distinct from either . That is , he knew more of the wide world , of man , and all that concerned him , than any one See Mr. Knight's Biography . who ever lived and wrote . And in point of THE AVON . 165.
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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.