Rambles by Rivers: The Avon, Volume 3C. Knight & Company, 1845 - 253 pagina's |
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Pagina 23
... Earl of Carnewarth , who rides next him , " lays his hand on the bridle of the king's horse , and with two or three full - mouthed Scottish oaths cries , Will you go upon your death in an instant ? ' and before the king understands what ...
... Earl of Carnewarth , who rides next him , " lays his hand on the bridle of the king's horse , and with two or three full - mouthed Scottish oaths cries , Will you go upon your death in an instant ? ' and before the king understands what ...
Pagina 62
... Earl of Warwick is from his redoubted predecessor - yet the stranger will do well to diverge on the other side of the Avon , to Combe Abbey , the seat of Lord Craven - an ancient and most noble monastic edifice , with grounds of fitting ...
... Earl of Warwick is from his redoubted predecessor - yet the stranger will do well to diverge on the other side of the Avon , to Combe Abbey , the seat of Lord Craven - an ancient and most noble monastic edifice , with grounds of fitting ...
Pagina 63
... Earl Craven , who had become the owner of Combe Abbey ; and to him she left at her death her collection of pictures , which still adorns the gallery . It contains a large number of portraits of the Stuart family , and is a very ...
... Earl Craven , who had become the owner of Combe Abbey ; and to him she left at her death her collection of pictures , which still adorns the gallery . It contains a large number of portraits of the Stuart family , and is a very ...
Pagina 72
... Earl of Lei- cester , and not , as has sometimes been stated , the lady who attempted unsuccessfully to prove herself the Earl's wife . Her name was Lady Douglas Howard , and she was the wife of Lord Sheffield prior to her connection ...
... Earl of Lei- cester , and not , as has sometimes been stated , the lady who attempted unsuccessfully to prove herself the Earl's wife . Her name was Lady Douglas Howard , and she was the wife of Lord Sheffield prior to her connection ...
Pagina 75
... Earl of Warwick , stedfastly refused to join the barons , and Giffard , watching his time , succeeded by a stratagem in surprising Warwick Castle , which he then rendered untenable ; at the same time carrying the earl and his countess ...
... Earl of Warwick , stedfastly refused to join the barons , and Giffard , watching his time , succeeded by a stratagem in surprising Warwick Castle , which he then rendered untenable ; at the same time carrying the earl and his countess ...
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abbey abbot afterwards Alveston ancient Angler appearance Arun Avon banks beautiful Bramber Castle Bredon Hill bridge building called castle century chapel character Charlcote church cottages course cross death delight Dove-dale Dudley Duke Earl of Warwick edifice Egwin Elizabeth erected Evesham favourite feeling Fladbury Fulbrooke graceful grounds Guy's Cliff Hampton Lucy Henry Henry VIII hill honour Kenilworth Kenilworth Castle king Lady lofty London look Lord manor mansion meadows miles Mole monastery monks monument Naseby neighbourhood noble parish park passed perhaps Pershore picturesque pleasant poet possession present pretty quiet rambler reign remains remarkable render river road rock says scene scenery Seathwaite seen Shak Shakspere's Shoreham side Sir Thomas spot stands stone Stoneleigh Stratford stream Sussex Tewkesbury things Thomas Lucy thought tion Tortington tower town trees Ulpha village visitor walls Warwick Castle William Shakspere wood worth
Populaire passages
Pagina 65 - That not to know at large of things remote From use, obscure and subtle, but to know That which before us lies in daily life, Is the prime wisdom...
Pagina 157 - Sometime we see a cloud that's dragonish; A vapour sometime like a bear or lion, A tower'd citadel, a pendent rock, A forked mountain, or blue promontory With trees upon't, that nod unto the world, And mock our eyes with air.
Pagina 194 - Ful wel she sange the service devine, Entuned in hire nose ful swetely ; And Frenche she spake ful fayre and fetisly, After the scole of Stratford atte bowe, For Frenche of Paris was to hire unknowe.
Pagina 98 - London, six oxen were daily eaten at a breakfast ; and every tavern was full of his meat; and who had any acquaintance in his family, should have as much boiled and roast as he could carry on a long dagger.
Pagina 99 - This story shall the good man teach his son, And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by, From this day to the ending of the world, But we in it shall be remembered : We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...
Pagina 6 - The current, that with gentle murmur glides, Thou know'st, being stopp'd, impatiently doth rage; But, when his fair course is not hindered, He makes sweet music with the enamell'd stones, Giving a gentle kiss to every sedge He overtaketh in his pilgrimage, And so by many winding nooks he strays, With willing sport, to- the wild ocean.
Pagina 169 - No life, my honest Scholar, no life so happy and so pleasant as the life of a well-governed Angler ; for when the lawyer is swallowe'd up with business, and the statesman is preventing or contriving plots, then we sit on cowslip banks, hear the birds sing, and possess ourselves in as much quietness as these silent silver streams, which we now see glide so quietly by us.
Pagina 134 - For except thou canst answer me questions three, Thy head shall be smitten from thy bodie. And first, quo...
Pagina 224 - The picture of the mind revives again : While here I stand, not only with the sense Of present pleasure, but with pleasing thoughts That in this moment there is life and food For future years.
Pagina 26 - Sir, this is none other but the hand of God; and to Him alone belongs the glory, wherein none are to share with Him.