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Page 42
... that the reader too often acquires false ideas of places and things , from the
pompous description of the traveller , who thinks himself obliged to
relatefomething of the marvellous , in order that the world may not ridicule him ,
for crossing seas ...
... that the reader too often acquires false ideas of places and things , from the
pompous description of the traveller , who thinks himself obliged to
relatefomething of the marvellous , in order that the world may not ridicule him ,
for crossing seas ...
Page 92
... when in pursuit of a favourite plant , and this was the object of our present
enterprize ; but we had scarcely set foot on that inhospitable fhore , before it
began to rain with great violence , and very soon growing dark , we were obliged
to make ...
... when in pursuit of a favourite plant , and this was the object of our present
enterprize ; but we had scarcely set foot on that inhospitable fhore , before it
began to rain with great violence , and very soon growing dark , we were obliged
to make ...
Page 108
We were obliged therefore to rely upon chance for our guide , which did not
however upon this occasion befriend us ; for , instead of keeping to the right upon
the hills , we pursued the left path , that brought us into an extensive vale , or
marsh ...
We were obliged therefore to rely upon chance for our guide , which did not
however upon this occasion befriend us ; for , instead of keeping to the right upon
the hills , we pursued the left path , that brought us into an extensive vale , or
marsh ...
Page 123
From Llanindovrey I journeyed on alone , for the rest of the party not being
pressed for time , could make their observations at pleasure , having no necessity
for hurrying over the country as I was obliged to do . Brecknock is situated on a
small ...
From Llanindovrey I journeyed on alone , for the rest of the party not being
pressed for time , could make their observations at pleasure , having no necessity
for hurrying over the country as I was obliged to do . Brecknock is situated on a
small ...
Page 129
Tis true we have sometimes been obliged to cook our own vi & tuals , sometimes
to be content with very scanty fare , and sometimes with none at all ; nor were we
ever indulged with down beds , chince curtains , or Turkey carpets ; but good ...
Tis true we have sometimes been obliged to cook our own vi & tuals , sometimes
to be content with very scanty fare , and sometimes with none at all ; nor were we
ever indulged with down beds , chince curtains , or Turkey carpets ; but good ...
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Page 7 - Oh. how can'st thou renounce the boundless store Of charms which Nature to her vot'ry yields? The warbling woodland, the resounding shore, The pomp of groves, and garniture of fields ; All that the genial ray of morning gilds, And all that echoes to the song of even ; All that the mountain's sheltering bosom shields, And all the dread magnificence of heaven — Oh, how can'st thou renounce, and hope to be forgiven...
Page 134 - BUT poverty, though it does not prevent the generation, is extremely unfavourable to the rearing of children. The tender plant is produced, but in fo cold a foil, and fo fevere a climate, foon withers and dies. It is not uncommon, I have been frequently told, in the Highlands of Scotland for a mother who has borne twenty children not to have two alive.
Page 134 - In some places, one half the children born die before they are four years of age, in many places before they are seven, and in almost all places before they are nine or ten. This great mortality, however, will...
Page 38 - ... a very high hill, when the vale of Clwyd, in all its beauty, unfolded upon the sight: it appeared like a moving picture, upon which nature had been prodigal of its colours. Hamlets, villages, towns, and castles, rose like enchantment upon this rich carpet, that seemed covered with wood and enclosures; in the midst of it, at the...
Page 127 - ... threatening foe. Strange ferocious manners were blended with the hofpitality of thofe days ; but, happily for mankind, fuch barbarous features of uncivilized ages are at length every where humanized into more refined and focial enjoyments. Whether fociety has not arrived at an excefs of refinement; whether a great degree of refinement is not the parent of vice and corruption ; and if fo, whether an age of barbarity, with honefty and virtue, or an age of refinement, with effeminacy, vice, and...
Page 12 - ... we can discern no quality which marks any distinction or superiority. The capacity of improvement seems to be the same ; and the talents he may afterwards acquire...
Page 127 - Jpoils of a vanquifhed enemy ; the conch does not found to war, nor is the bolfy (hield itruck as the fignal to meet the threatening foe. Strange ferocious manners were blended with the hofpitality of thofe days ; but, happily for mankind, fuch barbarous features of uncivilized ages are at length every where humanized into more refined and focial enjoyments. Whether fociety has not arrived at an excefs of refinement ; whether a great degree of refinement is not the parent of vice and corruption ;...
Page 1 - With gold and gems if Chilian mountains glow ; If bleak and barren Scotia's hills arise ; There plague and poison, lust and rapine grow ; Here peaceful are the vales, and pure the skies, And freedom fires the soul, and sparkles in the eyes. Then grieve not, thou, to whom th...
Page 16 - neath this roof thy wine cheer'd moments pafs, Fill to the good man's name one grateful glafs, To higher zeft mall mem'ry wake thy foul, And virtue mingle in the ennobled bowl. But if like me thro...
Page 16 - Viiions fair, His eyes dance rapture, and his bofom glows ! Friend to the friendlefs, to the fick man Health ; With generous Joy he views th...
Bibliographic information
| Title | A pedestrian tour through North Wales, letters |
| Author | Joseph Hucks |
| Published | 1795 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 26 Apr 2007 |
| Length | 120 pages |
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