A Tour Through the Northern Counties of England, and the Borders of Scotland, Volume 1R. Cruttwell, 1802 - Borders Region (Scotland) |
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... height of the choir , eighty - four feet ; and that two hundred and twenty - two feet . mous Saxon pillars on each side , upwards of twenty - one feet in circumference , separate the nave from the side - ailes . The most remarkable ...
... height of the choir , eighty - four feet ; and that two hundred and twenty - two feet . mous Saxon pillars on each side , upwards of twenty - one feet in circumference , separate the nave from the side - ailes . The most remarkable ...
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... height of one hun- dred and thirty - two feet , of pure Anglo - Norman architecture , ( commonly called the Saxon style ) ornamented with three tiers of small blind arches ; the arches of each range intersecting one another , as is ...
... height of one hun- dred and thirty - two feet , of pure Anglo - Norman architecture , ( commonly called the Saxon style ) ornamented with three tiers of small blind arches ; the arches of each range intersecting one another , as is ...
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... height above the horizon for some miles , and then , dropping as ra- pidly as they rose , unite again with the level country . These summits form a line of incomparable beauty and variety ; whilst their broad declivity to the east is ...
... height above the horizon for some miles , and then , dropping as ra- pidly as they rose , unite again with the level country . These summits form a line of incomparable beauty and variety ; whilst their broad declivity to the east is ...
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... heights of Shropshire . The imposition of a double toll at the turnpike - gate on entering Worcester from Tewksbury is recompensed in the improvement lately made in the city at this quarter , by which the traveller escapes the dangers ...
... heights of Shropshire . The imposition of a double toll at the turnpike - gate on entering Worcester from Tewksbury is recompensed in the improvement lately made in the city at this quarter , by which the traveller escapes the dangers ...
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... height . The tower rises one hundred and sixty - two feet from the pavement . Adjoining this edifice are the cloisters , and the chapter - house ; the former in perfect preservation , measuring one hundred and twenty - five feet by one ...
... height . The tower rises one hundred and sixty - two feet from the pavement . Adjoining this edifice are the cloisters , and the chapter - house ; the former in perfect preservation , measuring one hundred and twenty - five feet by one ...
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Page 108 - ... who has lengthened, and one who has gladdened life ; with Dr. James, whose skill in physic will be long remembered ; and with David Garrick, whom I hoped to have gratified with this character of our common friend. But what are the hopes of man ? I am disappointed by that stroke of death which has eclipsed the gaiety of nations, and impoverished the public stock of harmless pleasure.
Page 109 - Though secure of our hearts, yet confoundedly sick If they were not his own by finessing and trick : He cast off his friends, as a huntsman his pack, For he knew when he pleased he could whistle them back. Of praise a mere glutton, he swallowed what came, And the puff of a dunce he mistook it for fame ; Till his relish grown callous almost to disease, Who peppered the highest was surest to please.
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Page 262 - ... sincere, And soft humanity were there. In agony, in death, resign'd, She felt the wound she left behind, Her infant image here below, Sits smiling on a father's woe: Whom what awaits, while yet he strays Along the lonely vale of days? A pang, to secret sorrow dear; A sigh; an unavailing tear; Till time shall every grief remove, With life, with memory, and with love. EPITAPH ON A CHILD HERE, freed from pain, secure from misery, lies A child, the darling of his parents...