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Page 73
... eminence on the eastern bank of the river Exe , which flows in a semi - circular direction round the south- west side of the city . " What adds to its wholesomeness and cleanliness , " says Stukeley , " is , that the ground is higher in ...
... eminence on the eastern bank of the river Exe , which flows in a semi - circular direction round the south- west side of the city . " What adds to its wholesomeness and cleanliness , " says Stukeley , " is , that the ground is higher in ...
Page 87
... eminence are a number of Cairns , particularly on the Kenn side , formed for the most part with flinty stones . In one of these tumuli , of an oblong shape , some laborers , who had taken a considerable quantity of flints from the ...
... eminence are a number of Cairns , particularly on the Kenn side , formed for the most part with flinty stones . In one of these tumuli , of an oblong shape , some laborers , who had taken a considerable quantity of flints from the ...
Page 95
... eminence , are complete views of the town of Topsham , with its busy shipping ; the river Exe , with its windings from the sea up to Exeter ; Sir Alexander Hamilton's elegant place , called the Retreat ; Lord Heathfield's ( late Sir ...
... eminence , are complete views of the town of Topsham , with its busy shipping ; the river Exe , with its windings from the sea up to Exeter ; Sir Alexander Hamilton's elegant place , called the Retreat ; Lord Heathfield's ( late Sir ...
Page 104
... eminence , built in a quadrangular form , with two fronts , and four towers , and is furnished with battlements , and rough - casted . The entrance is through a Hall , plainly stuccoed , measuring thirty feet by twenty- four : this ...
... eminence , built in a quadrangular form , with two fronts , and four towers , and is furnished with battlements , and rough - casted . The entrance is through a Hall , plainly stuccoed , measuring thirty feet by twenty- four : this ...
Page 106
... eminence is noble and extensive ; the local beauties of Ugbrooke combining with the romantic scenery of the surrounding country . The Park contains about 600 head of deer . Many of the oak and other trees are of uncommon magnitude , and ...
... eminence is noble and extensive ; the local beauties of Ugbrooke combining with the romantic scenery of the surrounding country . The Park contains about 600 head of deer . Many of the oak and other trees are of uncommon magnitude , and ...
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Page 124 - Here Reynolds is laid, and to tell you my mind, He has not left a wiser or better behind : His pencil was striking, resistless, and grand : His manners were gentle, complying, and bland ; Still born to improve us in every part, His pencil our faces, his manners our heart : To coxcombs averse, yet most civilly steering, When they judged without skill he was still hard of hearing.
Page 405 - In the hole of the desk were store of tobacco pipes that had been used. " On one side of this end of the room was the door of a closet wherein stood the strong beer and the wine, which never came thence but in single glasses, that being the rule of the house exactly observed ; for he never exceeded in drink or permitted it. On the other side was the door of an old chapel, not used for devotion.
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Page 477 - Pensive hast follow'd to the silent tomb, Steer'd the same course to the same quiet shore, Not parted long, and now to part no more ! Go, then, where only bliss sincere is known! Go, where to love and to enjoy are one! Yet take these tears, mortality's relief, And till we share your joys, forgive our grief: These little rites, a stone, a verse receive, 'Tis all a father, all a friend can give!
Page 404 - ... he had a walk in the New Forest and the manor of Christ Church. This last supplied him with red deer, sea and river fish; and indeed all his neighbours...
Page 404 - His house was perfectly of the old fashion, in the midst of a large park well stocked with deer, and near the house rabbits to serve his kitchen, many...
Page 83 - After a grateful commemoration of the fifty-five years of union and happiness which he enjoyed with Mabel his wife, the good earl thus speaks from the tomb : What we gave, we have ; What we spent, we had ; What we left, we lost...
Page 406 - He was well natured, but soon angry ; calling his servants bastards and cuckoldy knaves ; in one of which he often spoke truth to his own knowledge, and sometimes in both, though of the same man. He lived to...
Page 236 - Here die I, Richard Grenvile, with a joyful and quiet mind; for that I have ended my life as a true soldier ought, fighting for his country, queen, religion, and honour: my soul willingly departing from this body, leaving behind the lasting fame of having behaved as every valiant soldier is in his duty bound to do.