Through Ten English CountiesRichard Bentley & Son, 1894 - 406 oldal |
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1 - 5 találat összesen 60 találatból.
6. oldal
... gives entrance to the inn , we discovered the waiter at the side door very successfully occupied in doing nothing . In answer to our inquiry he replied , " Certainly we can put you up , if you don't mind an old - fashioned inn with old ...
... gives entrance to the inn , we discovered the waiter at the side door very successfully occupied in doing nothing . In answer to our inquiry he replied , " Certainly we can put you up , if you don't mind an old - fashioned inn with old ...
7. oldal
... gives to the town its name ( i.e. King's stone abbreviated to Kingston ) . This stone is carefully enclosed by railings , and to prove its genuineness has it not the names of several Saxon kings en- graved thereon in quaint antique ...
... gives to the town its name ( i.e. King's stone abbreviated to Kingston ) . This stone is carefully enclosed by railings , and to prove its genuineness has it not the names of several Saxon kings en- graved thereon in quaint antique ...
10. oldal
... give us a taste of its scenic capabilities , and a finer or more varied drive of seventy odd miles than the old road from London to Portsmouth affords it would be difficult to discover in all fair England . From the time Kingston , and ...
... give us a taste of its scenic capabilities , and a finer or more varied drive of seventy odd miles than the old road from London to Portsmouth affords it would be difficult to discover in all fair England . From the time Kingston , and ...
13. oldal
... gives the special charm to an artist's production ; he has worked something of himself into his picture , he has given us more than a mere transcript of a scene . A mere matter - of - fact rendering of nature is not true art ; a camera ...
... gives the special charm to an artist's production ; he has worked something of himself into his picture , he has given us more than a mere transcript of a scene . A mere matter - of - fact rendering of nature is not true art ; a camera ...
19. oldal
... give him a light for his pipe . I gave him one and was quite prepared for the begging to follow as a matter of course , looking upon the match incident as a sort of preliminary for that purpose , but the unexpected | does sometimes ...
... give him a light for his pipe . I gave him one and was quite prepared for the begging to follow as a matter of course , looking upon the match incident as a sort of preliminary for that purpose , but the unexpected | does sometimes ...
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abbey ancient antiquary appeared artist Banbury beautiful Bradford-on-Avon bridge Bridgenorth Bromyard building carved cathedral charming coach colour Cotswolds cottage Craven Arms cross curious delightful discovered distance driving tour Droitwich drove England English eyes found ourselves gray gray gables green half-timbered hills Hindhead horses hostelry imagine inscription interesting journey Kidderminster Kineton land landlord landscape learnt Liphook looked lovely Ludlow LUDLOW CASTLE medieval miles modern morning noticed old house old-fashioned once ostler painted passed past Petersfield photograph picture picturesque pleasant possibly pretty quaint old quiet railway rain rest river road romantic roof round rural Salisbury Salisbury Plain Salwarp scenery seemed seen side sketch South Wraxall spot Stokesay Castle stone Stonehenge story Stratford-on-Avon stretch sunshine thereon thing told tomb took tower town traveller trees Upton-on-Severn village walls Warminster weather whilst wind window wonder woods
Népszerű szakaszok
267. oldal - Hues which have words, and speak to ye of heaven, Floats o'er this vast and wondrous monument, And shadows forth its glory. There is given Unto the things of earth, which Time hath bent, A spirit's feeling, and where he hath leant His hand, but broke his scythe, there is a power And magic in the ruined battlement, For which the palace of the present hour Must yield its pomp, and wait till ages are its dower.
148. oldal - A little rule, a little sway, A sun-beam in a winter's day, Is all the proud and mighty have Between the cradle and the grave.
209. oldal - There rolls the deep where grew the tree. O earth, what changes hast thou seen! There where the long street roars, hath been The stillness of the central sea. The hills are shadows, and they flow From form to form, and nothing stands ; They melt like mist, the solid lands, Like clouds they shape themselves and go.
70. oldal - Alas ! he's gone before, Gone to return no more. Our panting breasts aspire After their aged sire ; Whose well-spent life did last Full ninety years and past. But now he hath begun That, which will ne'er be done. Crown'd with eternal bliss, We wish our souls with his.
216. oldal - The monarch oak, the patriarch of the trees, Shoots rising up, and spreads by slow degrees ; Three centuries he grows, and three he stays, Supreme in state, and in three more decays...
119. oldal - As many days as in one year there be, So many windows in one church we see ; As many marble pillars there appear, As there are hours throughout the fleeting year ; As many gates as moons one year do view : Strange tale to tell, yet not more strange than true.
68. oldal - God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands ; neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life and breath and all things...
107. oldal - Come thither, and find them as prodigious as any tales I ever heard of them, and worth going this journey to see. God knows what their use was: they are hard to tell, but yet may be told.
350. oldal - Ride a cock-horse to Banbury Cross, To see a fine lady upon a white horse; Rings on her fingers and bells on her toes, And she shall have music wherever she goes.
386. oldal - Tis sweet, as year by year we lose Friends out of sight, in faith to muse How grows in Paradise our store.