 | Henry Skrine - Great Britain - 1801 - 482 pages
...Cullumpton in the northeast, soon afterwards add their waters t<» the Ex, when the vale expanding, opens into a wonderfully rich plain, encircled by lofty and well-wooded hills. Thf: proud city of Exeter occupies a high, •eminence in the centre of this district, rcrowned with... | |
 | Samuel Lewis (the younger.) - Rivers - 1855 - 498 pages
...down, by the river Creedy, which imparts to its hitherto pure waters a reddish tinge. The vale now opens into a wonderfully rich plain, encircled by lofty and well-wooded hills. The cathedral town of Exeter, l the Queen of the West, occupies a high eminence in the centre of this district,... | |
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Exe, when the enlarged vale opens into a wonderfully rich plain, encircled by lofty and well-wooded hills. The city of Exeter occupies a high eminence in the centre of this district, crowned with its great Cathedral. 