The British Gazetteer, Political, Commercial, Ecclesiastical, and Historical: Showing the Distances of Each Place from London and Derby--gentlemen's Seats--populations ... &c. Illustrated by a Full Set of County Maps, with All the Railways Accurately Laid Down ...Published (for the proprietors) by H.G. Collins, 1852 - England |
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Page 20 - tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon...
Page 74 - Laud be to God ! — even there my life must end. It hath been prophesied to me many years, I should not die but in Jerusalem ; Which vainly I supposed the Holy Land. — But bear me to that chamber ; there I'll lie ; In that Jerusalem shall Harry die.
Page 51 - And, oh ! till earth, and seas, and heaven, decay, Ne'er may that fair creation fade away ! May winds and storms those beauteous colours spare ; Still may they bloom, as permanent as fair ; All the vain rage of wasting time repel, And his tribunal see, whose cross they paint so well ! KATHERINE-HILL, NEAR WINCHESTERi.
Page 189 - On crossing the river near this spot, it may be observed, that the natural beauties of the place have received some improvements from art. Three paths are seen, pointing through the wood in different directions : one of them, called the Lover's Walk, has been carried along the margin of the river, and is arched by the intermingled branches of the trees which enclose it. The others pursue a winding course to the summit of the rock, which is attained with little difficulty, through the judicious mode...
Page 91 - Swithen, a noble lady, converted into a college of priests, who in place of the ferry built a bridge of timber, and from time to time kept the same in good reparations ; but lastly the same bridge was...
Page 397 - Here Reynolds is laid, and, to tell you my mind, He has not left a wiser or better behind ; His pencil was striking, resistless, and grand ; His manners were gentle, complying, and bland ; Still born to improve us in every part, His pencil our faces, his manners our heart : To coxcombs averse, yet most civilly steering, When they judged without skill, he was still hard of hearing : When they talk'd of their Raphaels, Correggios, and stuff, He shifted his trumpet *, and only took snuff.
Page 208 - St. Michael's Mount is one of those rare and commanding objects which arrest and fix the attention the moment they are seen. Its peculiar situation, and the sublime character it assumes, from appearing to rise immediately from the waves, singularly interest the imagination of the observer ; though, when viewed from the land, its real magnitude is apparently diminished, from the vast extent of the horizon, and the expanded tract of water which surrounds its base.
Page 208 - ... at low water it can be approached over a kind of causeway of sand and rocks, which are submerged by every rising tide ; the circumference of this mount is rather more than a mile, and its height, from the sand to the top of the chapel-tower, is 250 feet ; the ascent to the summit is by a steep and craggy passage, defended about midway by a small battery ; and near the summit, by the north flank of the principal battery...
Page 208 - ... Is one of those rare and commanding o.bjects which arrest and fix the attention the moment they are seen. Its peculiar situation, and the sublime character it assumes, from appearing to rise immediately from the waves, singularly interest the imagination of the observer; though, when viewed from the land, its real magnitude is apparently diminished, from the vast extent of the horizon, and the expanded tract of water which surrounds its base. At high...