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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עמוד 9
... Middle , betwixt the Briftol Channel on the N. and the English Channel on the S. that ' tis no wonder they have proved the Destruction of fo many Ships and Lives . Here Sir Cloudley Shovel met his much lamented Fate , Oct. 22 , 1707 ...
... Middle , betwixt the Briftol Channel on the N. and the English Channel on the S. that ' tis no wonder they have proved the Destruction of fo many Ships and Lives . Here Sir Cloudley Shovel met his much lamented Fate , Oct. 22 , 1707 ...
עמוד 10
... Middle . It has 4 principal Streets ( the chief of which is called High Street ) all centering in the Middle of the City , which is well fupplied with Water . There is an old Castle here called Rougemont , fuppofed to have been built by ...
... Middle . It has 4 principal Streets ( the chief of which is called High Street ) all centering in the Middle of the City , which is well fupplied with Water . There is an old Castle here called Rougemont , fuppofed to have been built by ...
עמוד 19
... Middle of that called the Ifle of Purbeck , and has its Name from a Caftle fuppofed to have been built by King Edgar , who kept his Court here . Soon af ter the Death of that Monarch , his fecond Wife . Alfrith rendered it remarkable by ...
... Middle of that called the Ifle of Purbeck , and has its Name from a Caftle fuppofed to have been built by King Edgar , who kept his Court here . Soon af ter the Death of that Monarch , his fecond Wife . Alfrith rendered it remarkable by ...
עמוד 20
... Middle , and another at the West End , each about 90 Feet high . Sherburn , 14 M. from Shaftsbury , and 118 from Lond . is an ancient , large , and much - frequented Town , it being both the Coach and Poft Road from Lond . to Exeter It ...
... Middle , and another at the West End , each about 90 Feet high . Sherburn , 14 M. from Shaftsbury , and 118 from Lond . is an ancient , large , and much - frequented Town , it being both the Coach and Poft Road from Lond . to Exeter It ...
עמוד 24
... Middle Walks of Trees , which lead to the Centre , where is a curious Equeftrian Statue of King Will . III . carved by that ex- cellent Statuary Mr. Rybrack . : The Walls of this City were raised in the Reign of Will . Rufus , yet Part ...
... Middle Walks of Trees , which lead to the Centre , where is a curious Equeftrian Statue of King Will . III . carved by that ex- cellent Statuary Mr. Rybrack . : The Walls of this City were raised in the Reign of Will . Rufus , yet Part ...
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Abbey adorned Affizes alfo almoft alſo ancient Antiquity Bart beautiful befides belonging Biſhop Borough Breadth Buildings Caftle Caſtle Cathedral Cattle Chapel City College confiderable confifts Corn County Crofs Diſtance Duke Earl England erected eſpecially faid fame famous Feet feven feveral fince firft Fiſh fituated fmall fo called fome formerly founded fpacious Free School ftands ftately ftill ftrong fuppofed fupported Ground handfome Harbour Henry Henry VIII Herefordshire Hill Hofpital Houfe Houſe Inhabitants Irish Sea itſelf King largeſt late Lond London Lord Manufacture Market Towns Miles moft moſt neat Nobility and Gentry noble Number Pafture Palace Parish Church Pariſhes Place pleaſant prefent pretty Priory Profpect Reign remarkable rifing River River Avon River Welland River Witham River Wye Rock Roman Ruins Saxon Seat Severn Shire Side ſmall ſtands Stone Bridge Streets Thames thefe theſe thofe thoſe Tower Trade Villages Wales Walls Water Weft William William the Conqueror
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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.