The British Tourist's, Or, Traveller's Pocket Companion, Through England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland: Comprehending the Most Celebrated Modern Tours in the British Islands, and Several Originals, 2. kötetR. Phillips, 1809 |
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103. oldal
... feet long , was sometimes fixed ; it was heavy and cum- berous , and accordingly has for some time past been gradually laid aside . The Locaber - ax is only a slight alteration of the old English bill . The Highland weapons gave ...
... feet long , was sometimes fixed ; it was heavy and cum- berous , and accordingly has for some time past been gradually laid aside . The Locaber - ax is only a slight alteration of the old English bill . The Highland weapons gave ...
129. oldal
... feet in length , and thirty in breadth . On one side of the altar is a bas relief of the blessed Virgin , and by it lies a little bell ; which , though cracked , and without a clapper , has remained there for ages , guarded only by the ...
... feet in length , and thirty in breadth . On one side of the altar is a bas relief of the blessed Virgin , and by it lies a little bell ; which , though cracked , and without a clapper , has remained there for ages , guarded only by the ...
131. oldal
... feet : the roof rises in an arch , almost regular , to a height which we could not measure ; but I think it about thirty feet . Having passed inward from the sea to a great depth , we found on the right hand a narrow pas- sage , perhaps ...
... feet : the roof rises in an arch , almost regular , to a height which we could not measure ; but I think it about thirty feet . Having passed inward from the sea to a great depth , we found on the right hand a narrow pas- sage , perhaps ...
139. oldal
... feet thick , with narrow win- dows , and close winding stairs of stone . The top rises in a cone , or pyramid of stone , encom- passed by battlements . The intermediate floors are sometimes frames of timber , as in common houses , and ...
... feet thick , with narrow win- dows , and close winding stairs of stone . The top rises in a cone , or pyramid of stone , encom- passed by battlements . The intermediate floors are sometimes frames of timber , as in common houses , and ...
150. oldal
... feet high , and forms a square of eighty - one feet each way . It is built of hewn stone , of excellent workmanship , and the walls are cemented with lime mixed with small flints ; but much of the external casing is stript off , and the ...
... feet high , and forms a square of eighty - one feet each way . It is built of hewn stone , of excellent workmanship , and the walls are cemented with lime mixed with small flints ; but much of the external casing is stript off , and the ...
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Abbey acres Ambleside ancient antiquity appears beautiful Boethius bridge building built called castle Castle Oliver cattle church clan cross cultivated distance Duke Earl elegant eminence English erected Erse expence extent feet Fort Augustus front Furness Fell gentleman ground hall handsome Hebrides Highland hill honour houses of York hundred improvement Inch Kenneth inhabitants inscription Inverness island Keswick labour lady laird lake land Leaving live lofty Lord Lord Shelburne Maclean Macleod magnificent mansion miles monuments mountains Mull Nantwich never noble passed Pennant Penrith perhaps petrifactions picturesque proceeded Raasay remains remarkable rent residence rise river river Eden road rock Roman ruins says scene Scotland seat shew side Sir Allan situation Skiddaw Skie Slane Castle spot square stands stone supposed tain Tideswell tion tomb tower town travelled trees vale vicinity village visited wall whole wind wood Young
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133. oldal - ... Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses ; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me and from my friends be such frigid philosophy, as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among...
98. oldal - By pretension to Second Sight, no profit was ever sought or gained. It is an involuntary affection, in which neither hope nor fear are known to have any part. Those who profess to feel it do not boast of it as a privilege, nor. are considered by others as advantageously distinguished. They have no temptation to feign ; and their hearers have no motive to encourage the imposture.
132. oldal - We were now treading that illustrious island, which was once the luminary of the Caledonian regions, whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived the benefits of knowledge, and the blessings of religion. To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish if it were possible.
106. oldal - The editor, or author, never could shew the original ; nor can it be shewn by any other. To revenge reasonable incredulity, by refusing evidence, is a degree of insolence, with which the world is not yet acquainted ; and stubborn audacity is the last refuge of guilt.
33. oldal - I presented her with a book, which I happened to have about me, and should not be pleased to think that she forgets me. In the evening the...
36. oldal - The phantoms which haunt a desert are want, and misery, and danger; the evils of dereliction rush upon the thoughts; man is made unwillingly acquainted with his own weakness, and meditation shews him only how little he can sustain, and how little he can perform.
54. oldal - The clans retain little now of their original character ; their ferocity of temper is softened, their military ardour is extinguished, their dignity of independence is depressed, their contempt of government subdued, and their reverence for their chiefs abated. Of what they had before the late conquest of their country, there remain only their language and their poverty.
54. oldal - Their language is attacked on every side. Schools are erected, in which English only is taught, and there were lately some who thought it reasonable to refuse them a version of the holy scriptures, that they might have no monument of their mother tongue.
36. oldal - I sat down on a bank, such as a writer of Romance might have delighted to feign. I had indeed no trees to whisper over my head, but a clear rivulet streamed at my feet. The day was calm, the air soft, and all was rudeness, silence, and solitude.
45. oldal - Out of one of the beds on which we were to repose started up, at our entrance, a man black as a Cyclops from the forge.