Walks Through Bath: Describing Every Thing Worthy of Interest, Including Walcot and Widcombe, and the Surrounding Vicinity , Also an Excursion to Clifton and Bristol Hot-wellsMeyler and son, 1819 - 329 pagina's |
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... elegant City , in which no gentleman's seat , no anecdote illustrative of the various towns , or other prominent features tend- ing to occupy the mind of the traveller , have been omitted . The various objects upon the road from Bath to ...
... elegant City , in which no gentleman's seat , no anecdote illustrative of the various towns , or other prominent features tend- ing to occupy the mind of the traveller , have been omitted . The various objects upon the road from Bath to ...
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... , must fall short towards communicating with effect , the unparal- leled and delightful scenery with which this most elegant City abounds . APRIL 2 , 1819 . PREFACE ... CONTENTS . List of Plates ... Coaches from vi PREFACE .
... , must fall short towards communicating with effect , the unparal- leled and delightful scenery with which this most elegant City abounds . APRIL 2 , 1819 . PREFACE ... CONTENTS . List of Plates ... Coaches from vi PREFACE .
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... elegant and almost transparent fair ones off its dashing Steynes , and left principally to the care of its natives and rough uncultivated fishermen , notwithstanding roy- alty's palace , * " out - heroding " all the talismanic touches ...
... elegant and almost transparent fair ones off its dashing Steynes , and left principally to the care of its natives and rough uncultivated fishermen , notwithstanding roy- alty's palace , * " out - heroding " all the talismanic touches ...
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... elegant and polite literature , under the patronage and taste of the Duchess ; whom NATURE and ART had united in rendering one of the most beautiful , accomplished , and superior females of her day . It is thus a cele- brated bard ...
... elegant and polite literature , under the patronage and taste of the Duchess ; whom NATURE and ART had united in rendering one of the most beautiful , accomplished , and superior females of her day . It is thus a cele- brated bard ...
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... elegant mansion of the Duke of Northumberland , fitted up and finished after the best models of Greece and Rome , which , for taste and beauty , is scarcely to be paralleled in Europe ; the approach to which through the grounds is ...
... elegant mansion of the Duke of Northumberland , fitted up and finished after the best models of Greece and Rome , which , for taste and beauty , is scarcely to be paralleled in Europe ; the approach to which through the grounds is ...
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Walks Through Bath: Describing Every Thing Worthy of Interest, Including ... Pierce Egan Volledige weergave - 1819 |
Walks through Bath, describing everything worthy of interest ... including ... Pierce Egan Volledige weergave - 1819 |
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Abbey admiration Allen amusements appears arrives attractive Avon balls Bathwick BEAU NASH beautiful belonging Bladud boast Bristol building built Calne Camerton capacious Ceremonies Chapel Chippenham Church City of Bath Coach contiguous Corporation CRESCENT delightful Devizes Drawn & Eng Duke Earl Earl Manvers elegant erected excellent fashionable feet freestone gentlemen ground handsome hills honour Hospital houses inhabitants interesting Ionic order JAMES QUIN King ladies late length London Lord Lord de Clifford Majesty mansion Marlborough master Melksham mile Milsom-Street monument morning Nash neat numerous ornament painted Parade pass person Prior-Park private bath promenade prospect Published by Sherwood pump Pump-Room RALPH ALLEN residence returns road ROYAL CRESCENT scarcely seat side situation society South Parade spectator Stall-Street stands stone Street subscribers subscription Sunday talents taste thou tion town traveller visitor Walcot walk Warminster York Lodge
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Pagina 146 - Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And still where many a garden -flower grows wild; There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose. A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year...
Pagina 76 - Looking tranquillity ! it strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight ; the tombs And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a chillness to my trembling heart.
Pagina 146 - Unskilful he to fawn, or seek for power By doctrines fashioned to the varying hour; Far other aims his heart had learned to prize, More bent to raise the wretched than to rise. His house was known to all the vagrant train, He chid their wanderings, but relieved their pain...
Pagina 111 - THE tree of deepest root is found Least willing still to quit the ground ; 'Twas therefore said by ancient sages, That love of life increased with years So much, that in our latter stages, When pains grow sharp, and sickness rages, The greatest love of life appears.
Pagina 204 - Can storied urn or animated bust Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath ? Can Honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or Flatt'ry soothe the dull cold ear of death?
Pagina 198 - VOL 10 — 17 257 clouded his perspicacity. To every work he brought a memory full fraught, together with a fancy fertile of original combinations, and, at once, exerted the powers of the scholar, the reasoner, and the wit.
Pagina 153 - And pinch'd with cold, and shrinking from the shower, With heavy heart deplores that luckless hour, When idly first, ambitious of the town, She left her wheel and robes of country brown.
Pagina 108 - That all whisperers of lies and scandal, be taken for their authors. 11. That all repeaters of such lies, and scandal, be shunned by all company ; — except such as have been guilty of the same crime. NB Several men of no character, old women and young ones of questioned reputation, are great authors of lies in these places, being of the sect of levellers.
Pagina 153 - Sweet as the primrose peeps beneath the thorn ; Now lost to all; her friends, her virtue fled, Near her betrayer's door she lays her head...
Pagina 28 - His name was Bolus. Benjamin Bolus, though in trade, (Which oftentimes will genius fetter) Read works of fancy, it is said, And cultivated the belles lettres.