A Tour Through Cornwall, in the Autumn of 1808Richard Cruttwell ... and sold by Wilkie and Robinson ... London., 1809 - 363 pages |
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... rock , wood , water , meads , and fields waving with abun- dant harvests . It is a tract , indeed , to which may be applied with the utmost justice the terse descrip- tion of the Lacedæmonian reign of Amycles , by Polybius , τοπος ...
... rock , wood , water , meads , and fields waving with abun- dant harvests . It is a tract , indeed , to which may be applied with the utmost justice the terse descrip- tion of the Lacedæmonian reign of Amycles , by Polybius , τοπος ...
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... rock , wood , and precipices ; the hills now rece- ding in gentle acclivities from its tranquil surface ; and now hemming in , and frowning over , its exas- perated waters . Perhaps there are few residences in the kingdom ( with the ...
... rock , wood , and precipices ; the hills now rece- ding in gentle acclivities from its tranquil surface ; and now hemming in , and frowning over , its exas- perated waters . Perhaps there are few residences in the kingdom ( with the ...
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... rocks are broken , to procure the good slate that they afford : the noise however , which is occasional , and re ... rock , called Brent Beacon , terminating the extensive district of Dartmoor to the south ; a tract too interesting ...
... rocks are broken , to procure the good slate that they afford : the noise however , which is occasional , and re ... rock , called Brent Beacon , terminating the extensive district of Dartmoor to the south ; a tract too interesting ...
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... rocks occasionally shew them- selves in a variety of fantastic forms . In many parts , however , the soil is more valuable , from its rich deep beds of peat , which makes good fuel , and burns into excellent manure . Like the Irish ...
... rocks occasionally shew them- selves in a variety of fantastic forms . In many parts , however , the soil is more valuable , from its rich deep beds of peat , which makes good fuel , and burns into excellent manure . Like the Irish ...
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... rock and wood . Immediately in front a sheet of water tum- bles over the face of a steep bank , apparently a natural water - fall , though formed by a stream stolen from the river at some distance above , to serve the purposes of a ...
... rock and wood . Immediately in front a sheet of water tum- bles over the face of a steep bank , apparently a natural water - fall , though formed by a stream stolen from the river at some distance above , to serve the purposes of a ...
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Page 122 - Their dread commander ; he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower ; his form had yet not lost All her original brightness, nor appeared Less than archangel ruined, and the excess Of glory obscured...
Page 178 - Whether beyond the stormy Hebrides, Where thou perhaps under the whelming tide Visit'st the bottom of the monstrous world ; Or whether thou, to our moist vows denied, Sleep'st by the fable of Bellerus old. Where the great Vision of the guarded Mount, Looks tow'rd Namancos and Bayona's hold ; Look homeward, Angel, now, and melt with ruth ; And, O ye dolphins, waft the hapless youth.
Page 198 - Above the smoke and stir of this dim spot Which men call Earth, and, with low-thoughted care, Confined and pestered in this pinfold here, Strive to keep up a frail and feverish being, Unmindful of the crown that Virtue gives, After this mortal change, to her true servants Amongst the enthroned gods on sainted seats.
Page 21 - And, never satisfied with seeing, bless : Swift unbespoken pomps thy steps proclaim, And stammering babes are taught to lisp thy name...
Page 198 - In regions mild of calm and serene air, Above the smoke and stir of this dim spot Which men call Earth, and, with low-thoughted care.
Page 323 - Again she plunges! hark! a second shock Tears her strong bottom on the marble rock. Down on the vale of death, with dismal cries, The fated victims shuddering roll their eyes In wild despair; while yet another stroke With deep convulsion rends the solid oak; Till like the mine, in whose infernal cell The lurking demons of destruction dwell, At length asunder torn, her frame divides, And crashing spreads in ruin o'er the tides.
Page 247 - Tarshish was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of all kind of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded in thy fairs.
Page 333 - O'er Cornwall's cliffs the tempest roar'd ; High the screaming sea-mew soar'd ; On Tintaggel's topmost tower Darksome fell the sleety shower ; Round the rough castle shrilly sung The whirling blast, and wildly flung On each tall rampart's thundering side The surges of the tumbling tide ; When Arthur ranged his red-cross ranks On conscious Camlan's crimson'd banks...
Page 75 - Led on the eternal spring. Not that fair field Of Enna, where Proserpine gathering flowers, Herself a fairer flower, by gloomy Dis Was gather'd, which cost Ceres all that pain To seek her through the world...
Page 121 - ... solemn scene : behold yon oak, How stern he frowns, and with his broad brown arms Chills the pale plain beneath him : mark yon altar, The dark stream brawling round its rugged base, These cliffs, these yawning caverns, this wide circus, Skirted with unhewn stone : they awe my soul, As if the very Genius of the place Himself appear'd, and with terrific tread Stalk'd through his drear domain.