Leigh's guide to Wales & MonmouthshireLeigh and Son, 1835 - 364 pages |
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... tourist , whatever direction he may wish to pursue . Some persons , however , who are about to visit Wales for the first time , will be anxious to know which routes are the most interesting ; and , for their assistance , Plans of ...
... tourist , whatever direction he may wish to pursue . Some persons , however , who are about to visit Wales for the first time , will be anxious to know which routes are the most interesting ; and , for their assistance , Plans of ...
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... Tourist will find English spoken ; but if he propose to deviate from the high roads , and to explore the recesses of the mountains , it is probable that he will occasionally experience some difficulty in making himself understood . In ...
... Tourist will find English spoken ; but if he propose to deviate from the high roads , and to explore the recesses of the mountains , it is probable that he will occasionally experience some difficulty in making himself understood . In ...
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... tourist , after expe- riencing the great exertion sometimes required to walk over a dry , smooth , grassy hill , to find the more dreaded ascent of Snowdon or Cader Idris , though much longer , and leading to more important results ...
... tourist , after expe- riencing the great exertion sometimes required to walk over a dry , smooth , grassy hill , to find the more dreaded ascent of Snowdon or Cader Idris , though much longer , and leading to more important results ...
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... tourist , we shall now notice one in that magnificent piece of scenery , the great fall at the Devil's Bridge . Since the admeasurement from which the account in our text was taken , the effect of seasons , and the unremitting dash of ...
... tourist , we shall now notice one in that magnificent piece of scenery , the great fall at the Devil's Bridge . Since the admeasurement from which the account in our text was taken , the effect of seasons , and the unremitting dash of ...
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... tourist may freely indulge his own inclination as to the mode in which he will pursue his journey , whether in a carriage , on horseback , or on foot . The great roads from Shrewsbury and Chester to Holyhead are certainly equal , if not ...
... tourist may freely indulge his own inclination as to the mode in which he will pursue his journey , whether in a carriage , on horseback , or on foot . The great roads from Shrewsbury and Chester to Holyhead are certainly equal , if not ...
Common terms and phrases
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...