Leigh's guide to Wales & MonmouthshireLeigh and Son, 1835 - 364 pages |
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... appear anxious to provide for strangers the means of viewing to advantage the beauties of this interesting country . To this we have observed but one exception , in the case of Rhaiadyr Dû , near Maentwrog , which appears to be ...
... appear anxious to provide for strangers the means of viewing to advantage the beauties of this interesting country . To this we have observed but one exception , in the case of Rhaiadyr Dû , near Maentwrog , which appears to be ...
Page 10
... appears to have been divided into three principalities : the Silures , the Ordovices , and the Dimitæ . The Silures ... appear to have materially affected the Welsh ; nor did the Saxons , though at constant war with them for several ...
... appears to have been divided into three principalities : the Silures , the Ordovices , and the Dimitæ . The Silures ... appear to have materially affected the Welsh ; nor did the Saxons , though at constant war with them for several ...
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... appears to have been origin- ally built in the form of a cross , but has undergone so many alterations that little of its original features remains . It con- tains several monuments of the Herbert and other families . The priory - house ...
... appears to have been origin- ally built in the form of a cross , but has undergone so many alterations that little of its original features remains . It con- tains several monuments of the Herbert and other families . The priory - house ...
Page 45
... appear the Severn , and the hills of Somer- setshire and Gloucestershire . Tourists who wish to visit the Sugar - Loaf should commence by ascending the Derry , about a mile along the Hereford road , and should descend the side of the ...
... appear the Severn , and the hills of Somer- setshire and Gloucestershire . Tourists who wish to visit the Sugar - Loaf should commence by ascending the Derry , about a mile along the Hereford road , and should descend the side of the ...
Page 47
... appears that of Anglesea . The mountains of Caernarvonshire close the view towards the south . From the neighbouring mountains large quantities of lime are sent to Liverpool and other parts of England . About a mile from Abergeley , on ...
... appears that of Anglesea . The mountains of Caernarvonshire close the view towards the south . From the neighbouring mountains large quantities of lime are sent to Liverpool and other parts of England . About a mile from Abergeley , on ...
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Abbey Aberystwith ancient Anglesea appears arches Bangor banks Beaumaris beautiful Beddgelart Bettws y Coed Brecon Bristol built Builth Cader Idris Caerdiff Caermarthen Caernarvon CAERNARVONSHIRE called Capel Curig Castle centre Chapel Chepstow Chester Church churchyard contains Conway Corwen cross Devil's Bridge Distant from Miles Dolgelley earl east Edward eminence erected Excursion feet in height formerly fortress four miles GLAMORGANSHIRE Gothic half a mile Hall Henry hill Holyhead inhabitants Inns-The lake Llan Llanberis Llangollen Llanrwst Llewelyn Llyn lofty London Machynlleth Market is held Mawr Menai Bridge miles distant Monmouth MONMOUTHSHIRE monument mountains Neath North Wales pass Penrhyn picturesque Pont prince principal reign remains remarkable Rhaiadyr river road rock Roman ruins scenery seat Severn Shrewsbury side situated Snowdon stone summit surrounded Swansea Tenby Thence three miles Tour tourist tower town Vale valley vicinity walls waterfall Welsh wood Wynne
Popular passages
Page 17 - Whilst summer lasts, and I live here, Fidele, I'll sweeten thy sad grave: Thou shalt not lack The flower, that's like thy face, pale primrose; nor The azur'd hare-bell, like thy veins; no, nor The leaf of eglantine, whom not to slander, Out-sweeten'd not thy breath...
Page 180 - The largest of the above said islands is about a mile in length, and half a mile in breadth ; and...
Page 143 - With the woman one loves, with the friend of one's heart, and a good ftudy of books, one might pals an age there, and think it a day.
Page 226 - Beneath the Suspension Bridge across the Menai Strait in Wales, close to one of the main piers, is a remarkably fine echo. The sound of a blow on the pier with a hammer is returned in succession from each of the...
Page 328 - How many hearts have here grown cold, That sleep these mouldering stones among ; How many beads have here been told, . How many matins here been sung. " On this rude stone, by time long broke, I think I see some pilgrim kneel ; I think I see the censor smoke ; I think I hear the solemn peal.
Page 343 - After sailing four Miles from Ross, we came to Goodrich-castle, where a very grand view presented itself; and we rested on our oars to examine it. A reach of the river, forming a noble bay, is spread before the eye. The bank, on the right, is steep, and covered with wood; beyond which a bold promontory shoots out, crowned with a castle, rising among the trees.
Page 313 - Anglesea, with woods, lakes, and glens, scattered in magnificient confusion. A scene like this commands our feelings to echo, as it were, in unison to its grandeur and sublimity; the thrill of astonishment and the transport of admiration seem to contend for the mastery ; and nerves are touched that never thrilled before ! We seem as if our former existence were annihilated ; and as if a new epoch were commenced. Another world opens upon us; and an unlimited orbit appears to display itself, as a theatre...
Page 113 - Often have these walls Echoed his footsteps, as with even tread He paced around his prison : not to him Did Nature's fair varieties exist ; He never saw the sun's delightful beams, Save when through yon high bars he pour'da sad And broken splendour.
Page 115 - M y time was spent in serving you and you, A nd death's my pay, it seems, and welcome too ; R evenge destroying but itself, while I T o birds of prey leave my old cage and fly ; E xamples preach to the eye — care then (mine says), N ot how you end, but how you spend your days.
Page 327 - ... the rest, each reduced now to a narrow rim of stone, but completely preserving its form. The shapes even of the windows are little altered, but some of them are quite obscured, others partially shaded by tufts of ivy...