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... hills , and through beautiful rural Eng- land . Rivers and lakes that mirror scenes of rare charm offer courses that recall historic incident and close literary association . The imagination is stimulated by all surroundings of travel ...
... hills , and through beautiful rural Eng- land . Rivers and lakes that mirror scenes of rare charm offer courses that recall historic incident and close literary association . The imagination is stimulated by all surroundings of travel ...
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... hills , and along the River Mersey , Liverpool is a fine and progressive city of over half a million popu- lation . While it seems a representative modern city , it dates back to the reign of the Saxon kings , and a deed that is dated ...
... hills , and along the River Mersey , Liverpool is a fine and progressive city of over half a million popu- lation . While it seems a representative modern city , it dates back to the reign of the Saxon kings , and a deed that is dated ...
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... Hill . The Quarry is the recreation ground and has a splendid avenue of lime trees . Shakespeare , in his " Henry IV , " describes the battle of Shrewsbury , the battle - field being only four miles distant from the town . In the ...
... Hill . The Quarry is the recreation ground and has a splendid avenue of lime trees . Shakespeare , in his " Henry IV , " describes the battle of Shrewsbury , the battle - field being only four miles distant from the town . In the ...
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... hills that are above Quebec ; and there is also another hill over a thousand feet in height , that is called Masson ; near by is the High Tor , that rises from the bank of the River Derwent , four hundred feet . Matlock is favor- ably ...
... hills that are above Quebec ; and there is also another hill over a thousand feet in height , that is called Masson ; near by is the High Tor , that rises from the bank of the River Derwent , four hundred feet . Matlock is favor- ably ...
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... hill overlooking the three sections of town , the harbor , and , if the weather is clear , the Eddy- stone Lighthouse in the open channel . At Dav- enport is the Naval Dockyard , occupying seventy - five acres ; and at Stonehouse the ...
... hill overlooking the three sections of town , the harbor , and , if the weather is clear , the Eddy- stone Lighthouse in the open channel . At Dav- enport is the Naval Dockyard , occupying seventy - five acres ; and at Stonehouse the ...
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Página 106 - If I were an American as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms — never, never, never!
Página 186 - A stranger yet to pain ? I feel the gales that from ye blow A momentary bliss bestow, As waving fresh their gladsome wing My weary soul they seem to soothe, And, redolent of joy and youth, To breathe a second spring.
Página 106 - ... to delegate to the merciless Indian the defence of disputed rights, and to wage the horrors of his barbarous war against our brethren ? My lords, these enormities cry aloud for redress and punishment. But, my lords, this barbarous measure has been defended, not only on the principles of policy and necessity, but also on those of morality ; " for it is perfectly allowable...
Página 216 - For there was no man knew from whence he came; But after tempest, when the long wave broke All down the thundering shores of Bude and Bos, There came a day as still as heaven, and then They found a naked child upon the sands Of dark Tintagil by the Cornish sea; And that was Arthur...
Página 200 - You drank of the Well I warrant betimes ? " He to the Cornishman said. But the Cornishman smiled as the stranger spake And sheepishly shook his head. " I hastened as soon as the Wedding was done And left my wife in the porch. But i' faith she had been wiser than me, For she took a bottle to Church ! " ' An interesting variation from the usual run of Wishing Wells is to be found in Denbighshire.
Página 181 - No, Sir ; there is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn.
Página 99 - Our life is two-fold : Sleep hath its own world, A boundary between the things misnamed Death and existence : Sleep hath its own world, And a wide realm of wild reality. And dreams in their development have breath, And tears, and tortures, and the touch of joy...
Página 208 - Life is a jest, and all things show it, I thought so once, but now I know it, with what more you may think proper.
Página 200 - A WELL there is in the west country, And a clearer one never was seen ; There is not a wife in the west country But has heard of the Well of St. Keyne.
Página 104 - As many days as in one year there be, So many windows in this church we see; As many marble pillars here appear As there are hours throughout the fleeting year; As many gates as moons one year does view — Strange tale to tell! yet not more strange than true.