The Country Sketch Book of Pastoral Scenes and Memorable PlacesPartridge & Oakey, 1851 - 216 páginas |
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... close , which is sur- rounded by the abbey wall , in a good state of preservation . The gateway of the priory is opposite the west - front of the church ; and belongs to the per- pendicular era . It seems also , to have been con ...
... close , which is sur- rounded by the abbey wall , in a good state of preservation . The gateway of the priory is opposite the west - front of the church ; and belongs to the per- pendicular era . It seems also , to have been con ...
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... close under the tree without seeing him . And these hair- breadth escapes give a zest to this stolen enjoy- ment , and make Charles as happy as a freebooter . It must not be supposed , however , that the good Jesuits were altogether ...
... close under the tree without seeing him . And these hair- breadth escapes give a zest to this stolen enjoy- ment , and make Charles as happy as a freebooter . It must not be supposed , however , that the good Jesuits were altogether ...
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... close of the day , to be ready for the dead carts as they passed along . The dogs howled fearfully during the night . All was gloom and horror , in every street ; and you might see the vultures on the strand tugging at the bodies which ...
... close of the day , to be ready for the dead carts as they passed along . The dogs howled fearfully during the night . All was gloom and horror , in every street ; and you might see the vultures on the strand tugging at the bodies which ...
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... close to us . I fired at it , and wounded it so severely , that it could not escape . Being wishful to dissect it , I reached over into the bush , with the intention to seize it by the throat , and convey it aboard . The Spaniard at the ...
... close to us . I fired at it , and wounded it so severely , that it could not escape . Being wishful to dissect it , I reached over into the bush , with the intention to seize it by the throat , and convey it aboard . The Spaniard at the ...
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... close to me , not having been able to recover my balance as the vessel veered from the land . I kept firm hold of the branch to which I was clinging , and was three times overhead in the water below , presenting an easy prey to any ...
... close to me , not having been able to recover my balance as the vessel veered from the land . I kept firm hold of the branch to which I was clinging , and was three times overhead in the water below , presenting an easy prey to any ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
abbey Algesiras amongst ancient bards beautiful birds Bishop of Lincoln Bolton Bolton Abbey Britain Britons called castle Charles Charles Waterton church Cloth dark death Demerara divine Druidism Druids EBENEZER ELLIOTT England eyes face flowers forest friends furnace Gainsboro governor hall hand harvest heard heart heaven hill honour horn iron King Kirklees Lady land laws Lincoln Lincolnshire living look lord Low Moor mighty miles morning mountains Mytholmroyd never night Norwegian rat o'er park passed priory privilege reign religion religious rich river river Trent Roman round ruins sanctuary says scene side Skipton sleep stands stone Stowe Park stranger stream sunny sweet thee things thou thro tion Todmorden Tom Miller Torksey town Treaty of Tilsit trees Trent Triads Turvin Vale village walk walls Wanderings Waterton Whilst wild wilderness wind window woods
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Página 88 - I will tarry there but one flood and ebb, if I can have passage ; and unless I can have it in such a place, I will go every day into the sea up to my knees, assaying to pass over : and unless I can do this within forty days, I will put myself again into the church as a robber and a felon of our Lord the King, so God me help and his holy judgment.
Página 167 - I heard the horned bird, the night owl, shrieking horribly with crooked bill from her cavern ; I heard the wild geese, with screaming cries, fly over the city through the silent night. I was soon lulled to sleep, till the cock, clapping his wings, crowed thrice, and the day peeped.
Página 167 - The fern withered on the miry fallows, the brown moors assumed a barren mossy hue ; banks, sides of hills, and bottoms, grew white and bare ; the cattle looked hoary from the dank weather, the wind made the red reed waver on the dyke.
Página 167 - In every hold and forest, the woods were stripped of their array. Boreas blew his bugle horn so loud, that the solitary deer withdrew to the dales ; the small birds flocked to the thick...
Página 151 - Showed many a prophet and many a saint, Whose image on the glass was dyed; Full in the midst, his cross of red Triumphant Michael brandished, And trampled the Apostate's pride. The moonbeam kissed the holy pane, And threw on the pavement a bloody stain.
Página 51 - He seem'd in years, yet in his years were seen A vernal vigour and autumnal green." In fact, I feel as though I were not more than thirty years old. I am quite free from all rheumatic pains ; and am so supple in the joints, that I can climb a tree with the utmost facility.
Página 121 - GOD bless the master of this house, The mistress also ; And all the little children That round the table go ; And all your kin and kinsmen, That dwell both far and near, I wish you a merry Christmas, And a happy new year.
Página 167 - The cranes, prognosticating tempests, in a firm phalanx, pierced the air with voices sounding like a trumpet. The kite, perched on an old tree, fast by my chamber, cried lamentably, a sign of the dawning day.
Página 201 - TRIADS OP BARDISM. 1 . There are three primeval Unities, and more than one of each cannot exist: one God; one truth; and one point of liberty, and this is where all opposites equiponderate. 2. Three things proceed from the three primeval Unities : all life ; all goodness ; all power.
Página 125 - Have circled many a gentle maiden's waist, Are rooted here and there along the path, Commanding all the distant hills and moors. Soft as a spirit's breath, the summer wind Low murmuring 'mongst the trees, makes music sweet, And various as the leaves thro