A Second Walk Through Wales: By the Revd. Richard Warner, of Bath. In August and September 1798R. Cruttwell; and sold by G. G. and J. Robinson, London, 1800 - 365 sidor |
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... Welsh , borrowed their incidents entirely from earlier Welsh poems ; which most indubitably would never have transplanted the scene of Arthur's revels from the legitimate field of action , the city of Caerleon , to a distant country ...
... Welsh , borrowed their incidents entirely from earlier Welsh poems ; which most indubitably would never have transplanted the scene of Arthur's revels from the legitimate field of action , the city of Caerleon , to a distant country ...
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... Welsh . The castle , a remain of which is seen on the north side of the bridge , seems to have been erected about the middle of the twelfth century , if , indeed , it be the same called by Powel the " New Castle upon Usk . " At that ...
... Welsh . The castle , a remain of which is seen on the north side of the bridge , seems to have been erected about the middle of the twelfth century , if , indeed , it be the same called by Powel the " New Castle upon Usk . " At that ...
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... Welsh peasantry ; a great object of their ambition ( would to heaven all ambition . were equally innocent ! ) is to render their little dwellings conspicuous , by coating them with whitewash . This gives a great appearance of neatness ...
... Welsh peasantry ; a great object of their ambition ( would to heaven all ambition . were equally innocent ! ) is to render their little dwellings conspicuous , by coating them with whitewash . This gives a great appearance of neatness ...
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... that the Normans were the first people who erected a castle at this . place . That Caerphilly , stupendous as it is , should have been built by the Welsh princes , seems most unlikely ; the petty chieftains , who ruled [ 37 ]
... that the Normans were the first people who erected a castle at this . place . That Caerphilly , stupendous as it is , should have been built by the Welsh princes , seems most unlikely ; the petty chieftains , who ruled [ 37 ]
Sida 42
... declining state of affairs , by lessening daily the lists of his friends and in- creasing the number of his foes . The king finding this to be the case , and perceiving there • were no hopes of the exertions of the Welsh [ 42 ]
... declining state of affairs , by lessening daily the lists of his friends and in- creasing the number of his foes . The king finding this to be the case , and perceiving there • were no hopes of the exertions of the Welsh [ 42 ]
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Aberystwith agreeable Amlwch amongst ancient Anglesey antiquity appearance banks bards Barmouth Bath beautiful Brecon Caerleon Caermarthen Caernarvon Caerphilly Caerwys called Cardigan castle Chester church companions copper cottage Cowbridge curiosity declivity distance Dolgelly Eglwyswrw Eineon elegant English erected exhibits expence feet Felddta Fitz-hamon formed former four Glamorgan Glamorganshire hand height hill Holywell Iestyn immediately inches inhabitants Kilgarran king King Arthur labours length LETTER Liverpool lofty Machynlleth magnificent Mallwyd mantle manufactories Merionethshire miles mineral morning mountain nature nearly Neath neighbourhood neighbouring noble Normans North-Wales object observed ourselves Parys mountain passed Pembrokeshire picturesque pounds pursued reached remains render river River Clwyd road rock rocky Roman round ruins Ruthin scene scenery side singular situation South-Wales specimen spot stone Swansea Tenby thousand tion torrent town trees vale of Clwyd valley village Wales Welsh whilst wind wood Your's