The Beauties of England: Or, a Comprehensive View of the Antiquities of this Kingdom; the Seats of the Nobility and Gentry; ... the Chief Villages, Market Towns, and Cities; ... Intended as a Travelling Pocket Companion: ...L. Davis and C. Reymers, 1764 - 328 עמודים |
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תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 63
עמוד 2
... Manufacture of Leather ; here is a handfome Town Hall built on Stone Pillars , with a Turret on it , and a noble Clock with 4 Dials , that coft near 2007. It has a large Church , and an eminent Free School . Leftwithiel , a well - built ...
... Manufacture of Leather ; here is a handfome Town Hall built on Stone Pillars , with a Turret on it , and a noble Clock with 4 Dials , that coft near 2007. It has a large Church , and an eminent Free School . Leftwithiel , a well - built ...
עמוד 4
... Manufacture is Serge . Boffiney , 5 M. from Camelford , has the Ruins of a Castle reckoned one of the Wonders of the County ; it ftood on 2 vaft high fteep Rocks , one an Ifland , the other on the Continent , joined together by a Draw ...
... Manufacture is Serge . Boffiney , 5 M. from Camelford , has the Ruins of a Castle reckoned one of the Wonders of the County ; it ftood on 2 vaft high fteep Rocks , one an Ifland , the other on the Continent , joined together by a Draw ...
עמוד 5
... Manufacture . The most remarkable Places in this County which do not fend Members to Parliament are ; Falmouth , where the River Fall runs into the Engl . Channel , 282 M. from Lond . ' Tis by much the richest and beft trading Town in ...
... Manufacture . The most remarkable Places in this County which do not fend Members to Parliament are ; Falmouth , where the River Fall runs into the Engl . Channel , 282 M. from Lond . ' Tis by much the richest and beft trading Town in ...
עמוד 11
... Manufacture ; but it has more Gentlemen than Tradesmen of Note . There is a fine Stone Bridge over the River , which abounds with delicate Trout and other good Fish . ' Tis diverting to see them catch Sal- mon Peele here , with a ...
... Manufacture ; but it has more Gentlemen than Tradesmen of Note . There is a fine Stone Bridge over the River , which abounds with delicate Trout and other good Fish . ' Tis diverting to see them catch Sal- mon Peele here , with a ...
עמוד 12
... Manufacture is Serges . Barnstaple , 7 M. from Biddiford , 190 from Lond ftands on the River Tave ; the Streets are clean , and the Situation very pleasant , ameng Hills , in Form of a Semi - circle . The Houfes are generally built_with ...
... Manufacture is Serges . Barnstaple , 7 M. from Biddiford , 190 from Lond ftands on the River Tave ; the Streets are clean , and the Situation very pleasant , ameng Hills , in Form of a Semi - circle . The Houfes are generally built_with ...
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עמוד 80 - 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...
עמוד 285 - Dance : a person rode upon the image of a horse, with a bow and arrow in his hands, with which he made a snapping noise, keeping time with the music, whilst six others danced the hay and other country dances, with as many rein-deer's heads on their shoulders.
עמוד 278 - D 2 cathedral cathedral fupported by rows of pillars, having a chryftal roof, all of the fame rock, tranfparent and glittering from the numerous candles burnt there to light the workmen, who, with their fteel pick-axes, dig it away ; this rock work extends feveral acres. There is a good church in this town, with a fine roof, and fe?
עמוד 214 - Water-wheel goes round, which is three times in one Minute, and 318,504,960 Yards in one Day and Night. One Waterwheel gives Motion to all the rest of the Wheels and Movements, of which any one may be stopt separately.
עמוד 282 - Close is enclosed in a wall, and a deep dry ditch on all sides, except towards the city, where it is defended by a great lake, or marsh, formed by its brook.
עמוד 80 - That on th' unnumbered idle pebbles chafes, Cannot be heard so high. I'll look no more; Lest my brain turn and the deficient sight Topple down headlong.
עמוד 275 - ... trade, I thought it worth my while to be more diligent in my fpeculation about it ; by which I found that about Nantwich, Northwich, and Middlewich, about thirty miles from the fea, are feveral falt-fprings near the river Weaver, and feldom exceed four yards in depth, which is called the falt-pit ; and the water is fo very cold at the bottom of the pit, that when the briners fometimes go about to cleanfe it, they cannot flay in it above half an hour, and in that time they are forced to drink...
עמוד 276 - ... then with their loots they take it up, the brine dropping from it, and throw it into their barrows, which are cases made with flat cleft wickers, in the shape almost of a sugar loaf, the bottom uppermost.
עמוד 46 - When we advance further, the dark part of the ponderous imposts over our heads, the chasm of sky between the jambs of the Cell, the odd construction of the whole, and the greatness of every part, surprises.
עמוד 308 - In the days of King Arthur, St David won a great victory over the Saxons, having ordered every one of his soldiers to place a Leek in his cap, for the sake of distinction ; in memory whereof the Welsh to this day wear a Leek on the first of March.