A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in All Parts of the World: Many of which are Now First Translated Into English ; Digested on a New PlanLongman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809 |
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Pagina 11
... wall in the town * . In the religious rebellion , ftyled the pilgrimage of grace , in the time of Henry VIII . the leader , Robert Ask , in 1536 , layed clofe fiege to the caftle ; but was obliged to defift , after its governor Sir ...
... wall in the town * . In the religious rebellion , ftyled the pilgrimage of grace , in the time of Henry VIII . the leader , Robert Ask , in 1536 , layed clofe fiege to the caftle ; but was obliged to defift , after its governor Sir ...
Pagina 20
... wall . It had been of great ftrength ; the hill it is founded on is exceffively steep on all fides , and acceffible only by flights of steps on the fouth - eaft . The ruins are ftill confiderable , but many of them now filled with fand ...
... wall . It had been of great ftrength ; the hill it is founded on is exceffively steep on all fides , and acceffible only by flights of steps on the fouth - eaft . The ruins are ftill confiderable , but many of them now filled with fand ...
Pagina 26
... walls , for the openings are only natural fiffures ; but the founders of the caftle taking advantage of this cavity ... wall , where there feems to have been a portal for the admiffion of men or provifions from fea : through which it is ...
... walls , for the openings are only natural fiffures ; but the founders of the caftle taking advantage of this cavity ... wall , where there feems to have been a portal for the admiffion of men or provifions from fea : through which it is ...
Pagina 95
... wall , on the other , a steep precipice . In many parts , we were im- mersed in woods , in others , they opened and gave a view of the fides and tops of the vast mountains foaring above ; fome of these were naked , but in general ...
... wall , on the other , a steep precipice . In many parts , we were im- mersed in woods , in others , they opened and gave a view of the fides and tops of the vast mountains foaring above ; fome of these were naked , but in general ...
Pagina 114
... walls was the palace of several of the Scotch kings , a fquare building , ornamented on three fides with pillars refting on grotefque figures projecting from the wall , and on the top of each pillar is a ftatue , feemingly the work of ...
... walls was the palace of several of the Scotch kings , a fquare building , ornamented on three fides with pillars refting on grotefque figures projecting from the wall , and on the top of each pillar is a ftatue , feemingly the work of ...
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Pagina 68 - Howe'er you come to know it, answer me: Though you untie the winds and let them fight Against the churches; though the yesty waves Confound and swallow navigation up; Though bladed corn be lodged and trees blown down; Though castles topple on their warders...
Pagina 2 - I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me : and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. I put on righteousness, and it clothed me : my judgment was as a robe and a diadem. I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. I was a father to the poor : and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
Pagina 408 - Are brought ; and feel by turns the bitter change Of fierce extremes, extremes by change more fierce, From beds of raging fire to starve in ice Their soft ethereal warmth, and there to pine Immovable, infix'd, and frozen round, Periods of time ; thence hurried back to, fire.
Pagina 49 - Perthshire in the year 1769, tells us that " on the first of May, the herdsmen of every village hold their Bel-tien, a rural sacrifice. They cut a square trench on the ground, leaving the turf in the middle ; on that they make a fire of wood, on which they dress a large caudle of eggs, butter, oatmeal and milk ; and bring besides the ingredients of the caudle, plenty of beer and whisky ; for each of the company must contribute something.
Pagina 411 - I feel not in myself those common antipathies that I can discover in others: those national repugnances do not touch me, nor do I behold with prejudice the French, Italian, Spaniard, or Dutch...
Pagina 337 - ... time they brought together two thousand red deer, besides roes and fallow deer. The Queen, the great men, and a number of others were in a glen when all these deer were brought before them ; believe me the whole body moved forward in something like battle order.
Pagina 49 - This I give to thee, O fox ! spare thou my lambs; this to thee, O hooded crow ! this to thee, O eagle !' When the ceremony is over, they dine on the caudle; and after the feast is finished, what is left is hid by two persons deputed for that purpose; but on the next Sunday they re-assemble, and finish the reliques of the first entertainment.
Pagina 280 - ... upon which we walked •were often flat, having neither concavity nor convexity : the larger number however were concave, though...
Pagina 433 - Sockburne, as a reward for his bravery, gave him the manor, with its appurtenances, to hold for ever, on condition that he meets the Lord Bishop of Durham, with this falchion, on his first entrance into his diocese, after his election to that see.
Pagina 279 - Compared to this what are the cathedrals or the palaces built by men! mere models or playthings, imitations as diminutive as his works will always be when compared to those of nature. Where is now the boast of the architect! regularity the only part in which he fancied himself to exceed his mistress, Nature, is here found in her possession, and here it has been for ages undescribed.