Topography of Great Britain: Or, British Traveller's Directory: Cornwall

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Page 284 - At a fmall diftance from the caftle is a ruined chapel, once an elegant building, and at one end an inclofure, a family cemetery, built in 1 740.
Page 266 - Asia, on the west by the Atlantic Ocean, and on the south by the Mediterranean, the Archipelago, the Sea of Marmora, the Black Sea, and (according to some geographers) the Caucasian Mountains.
Page 151 - Culross appear to have been in their most flourishing condition a little before and some time after James's accession to the throne of England. They were then wrought a considerable way under the sea, or at least where the sea overflowed at full tide, and the coals were carried out to be shipped by a moat within the sea-mark, which had a subterraneous communication with the coal-pit.
Page 145 - In sailing, you discover many arms of the lake. Here, a bold headland, where black rocks dip in unfathomable water ; there, the white sand in the bottom of a bay, bleached for ages by the waves. In walking on the north side, the road is sometimes cut through the face of the solid rock, which rises upwards of...
Page 282 - Castle, a lofty square building without turrets, is built upon a rock which was formerly surrounded by the sea by means of a deep ditch. The entry to the Castle from the land was by a drawbridge, which was defended by a strong wall and two small towers. The castle itself is of an oblong figure, but not perfectly regular as the architects in laying the...
Page 15 - They derived their appellation from the first priory of that congregation, which was founded by Virard, in the diocese of Langres in France, between Dijon and Autun, in Burgundy, in the year 1193. By their constitution they were obliged to live an austere and solitary life.
Page 146 - On one side, the water-eagle sits in majesty undisturbed on his wellknown rock, in sight of his nest on the...
Page 146 - Trosacks, two or three of the natives met a band of Cromwell's soldiers, and forced them to return, after leaving one of their comrades dead on the spot, whose grave marks the scene of action, and gives name to the pass. In one or other of the chasms of this singular place, there lived for many...
Page 221 - AD 1723. — DIED AD 1790. THE celebrated author of the ' Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations,' was born at Kirkaldy, in Scotland, on the 5th of June, 1723. His father was comptroller of the customs at that small port. When a child of about three years of age, this future enlightener of his race was carried off by a gang of gipsies from his...
Page 284 - Etie, in n fine? hay. bay. The builder of this castle, and time of its construction, are unknown. It is certainly of great antiquity, and was once the seat of the Pictish and Scottish princes. Here for a long time was preserved the famous stone, the palladinm of Scotland, which was removed by Kenneth to Scone. The castle is square, the inside is only eighty-seven feet. It is partly m ruins, though in other parts hahitable.

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