Westmorland, Cumberland, Durham, and Northumberland, Volym 3H. Fisher, R. Fisher, & P. Jackson, 1832 - 220 sidor |
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... mountain scenery , unsurpassed , perhaps , in the world , for picturesque grandeur and sublime effect . Many a Swiss and Alpine prospect accounted " beautiful exceedingly , " would sink into insipidity beside it . A wonder- ful variety ...
... mountain scenery , unsurpassed , perhaps , in the world , for picturesque grandeur and sublime effect . Many a Swiss and Alpine prospect accounted " beautiful exceedingly , " would sink into insipidity beside it . A wonder- ful variety ...
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... mountain side , and fall upon the English flank . The battle now raged . Douglas and " Harry Percy " ( familiarly named Hotspur ) had met , and the Scots were giving way , when Sir Patrick Hepburne and his son came , and renewed the ...
... mountain side , and fall upon the English flank . The battle now raged . Douglas and " Harry Percy " ( familiarly named Hotspur ) had met , and the Scots were giving way , when Sir Patrick Hepburne and his son came , and renewed the ...
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... mountain , comprehensive views are obtained of several of the lakes ; and the hills in every direction are thence seen under a more than usually picturesque arrangement . The illustrative view , taken from the north - west , discovers ...
... mountain , comprehensive views are obtained of several of the lakes ; and the hills in every direction are thence seen under a more than usually picturesque arrangement . The illustrative view , taken from the north - west , discovers ...
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... mountains close upon each other , and present a wild and solitary defile , strown with fragments of rock , and wearing an aspect of utter desolation . This view of Borrowdale , taken near the village of Grange , shows the commencement ...
... mountains close upon each other , and present a wild and solitary defile , strown with fragments of rock , and wearing an aspect of utter desolation . This view of Borrowdale , taken near the village of Grange , shows the commencement ...
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... mountain and sylvan scenery of the surrounding country . This castle was repeatedly invested by the Scots , and suffered greatly at their hands . It was seized by the Pretender in the very outset of his rash attempt upon the throne of ...
... mountain and sylvan scenery of the surrounding country . This castle was repeatedly invested by the Scots , and suffered greatly at their hands . It was seized by the Pretender in the very outset of his rash attempt upon the throne of ...
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Westmorland, Cumberland, Durham, and Northumberland, Illustrated Rose Thomas *,Allom Thomas 1804-1872 Ingen förhandsgranskning - 2016 |
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Abbey acclivity adorned Allom Ambleside ancient appearance arches ASTOR bank Bassenthwaite BASSENTHWAITE LAKES beautiful BLACKHALL ROCKS Borrowdale Bowfell building Buttermere called castle chapel church cloud Coniston Crag CUMBERLAND Cuthbert Darlington Derwent Derwentwater descendant distance Durham Earl earth east edifice elegant eminence erected Esthwaite Esthwaite Water extensive Fell formerly fortress Gibside Grasmere ground Hall Helvellyn Henry Hexham hill iron Jarrow Kendal Keswick king lake land Langdale Pikes lofty Lord Loughrigg Loughrigg Fell mansion monastery mountain narrow neighbourhood Newcastle Nine Altars north side objects ornamented Otterburn Percy picturesque present view reign remains rendered rich rise river road rocks ruins rushes Rydal Rydal Hall Rydal Water scene scenery Scots seat shore situated Skiddaw stands steep stone stream structure summit Tarn tourist tower town Tyne Ullswater vale valley verdant vicinity village walls Wasdale Westmorland whence Whitehaven wind Windermere Withop wood yards
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Sida 204 - The river nobly foams and flows, The charm of this enchanted ground, And all its thousand turns disclose Some fresher beauty varying round; The haughtiest breast its wish might bound Through life to dwell delighted here; Nor could on earth a spot be found To nature and to me so dear, Could thy dear eyes in following mine Still sweeten more these banks of Rhine! LVI. By Coblentz, on a rise of gentle ground, There is a small and simple pyramid, Crowning the summit of the verdant mound ; Beneath its...
Sida 204 - ... the clouds, The mist, the shadows, light of golden suns, Motions of moonlight, all come thither — touch, And have an answer — thither come, and shape A language not unwelcome to sick hearts And idle spirits : — there the sun himself, At the calm close of summer's longest day Rests his substantial orb ; — between those heights And on the top of either pinnacle, More keenly than elsewhere in night's blue vault, Sparkle the stars, as of their station proud. Thoughts are not busier in the...
Sida 204 - Your prized companions. — Many are the notes Which, in his tuneful course, the wind draws forth From rocks, woods, caverns, heaths, and dashing shores ; And well those lofty brethren bear their part In the wild concert, — chiefly when the storm...
Sida 209 - The trout is banished by the sordid stream; Heavy, and dripping, to the breezy brow Slow move the harmless race : where, as they spread Their swelling treasures to the sunny ray, Inly disturbed, and wondering what this wild Outrageous tumult means, their loud complaints The country fill; and, tossed from rock to rock, Incessant bleatings run around the hills.
Sida 204 - Thus never shall the indignities of time Approach their reverend graces unopposed ; Nor shall the elements be free to hurt Their fair proportions ; nor the blinder rage Of bigot zeal, madly to overturn...
Sida 210 - List ! — I heard, From yon huge breast of rock, a solemn bleat, Sent forth as if it were the mountain's voice, As if the visible mountain made the cry. Again...