A Pedestrian Tour of Thirteen Hundred and Forty-seven Miles Through Wales and England : by Pedestres, and Sir Clavileno Woodenpeg, Knight of Snowdon, Band 2Saunders and Otley, 1836 |
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... his infernal majesty , the road emerges from foliage and verdure , and belts the mountains of a wild and savage dis- trict . Fields are no longer seen - hedges vanish from the sight - and every feature puts on 8 PEDESTRES ' TOUR .
... his infernal majesty , the road emerges from foliage and verdure , and belts the mountains of a wild and savage dis- trict . Fields are no longer seen - hedges vanish from the sight - and every feature puts on 8 PEDESTRES ' TOUR .
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... road dipped down and forsook the sides of the mountain , allowing the unruly current to pass over it . On arriving at one of these dips into the valley , Pedestres found a sudden and unlooked - for check : -the water was flowing hastily ...
... road dipped down and forsook the sides of the mountain , allowing the unruly current to pass over it . On arriving at one of these dips into the valley , Pedestres found a sudden and unlooked - for check : -the water was flowing hastily ...
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... road was bounded on one side by the Severn , a considerable river here , and quite deep enough for a footpad to drown any tra- veller in that he could get the advantage of , should he " catch his hide and him alone . " On the other side ...
... road was bounded on one side by the Severn , a considerable river here , and quite deep enough for a footpad to drown any tra- veller in that he could get the advantage of , should he " catch his hide and him alone . " On the other side ...
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... road , and so he stopped to botanize too . He was determined not to pass those he had his eye on ; but lingered within reach , until a fair opportunity should offer itself ; —and then it appeared he purposed to dart on his prey ...
... road , and so he stopped to botanize too . He was determined not to pass those he had his eye on ; but lingered within reach , until a fair opportunity should offer itself ; —and then it appeared he purposed to dart on his prey ...
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... road in the country . Master called on his squire , and reminded him of his duty ; and squire swore unto master , that he was resolute and devoted : -he would serve him , he said , with all the zest and valour of a squire of old who ...
... road in the country . Master called on his squire , and reminded him of his duty ; and squire swore unto master , that he was resolute and devoted : -he would serve him , he said , with all the zest and valour of a squire of old who ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
adventure ancient answered Bangor bards Beaumaris beautiful Beddgelert bridge Britons Caernarvon Cæsar called Capel Curig castle CHAPTER child close clouds cried Deheubarth destres devil Dolgellau Dolgelley druids Dulcinea Edward England English entered Evan exclaimed eyes famous feel feet Fidelio Gaster Gelert Gruffudd hand head heaven hill honour hundred instant James Soundpost jingo knapsack knight lady Llanberis look Lyrosus Maelgwn Gwynedd Maentwrog Mawr Menai Menai Bridge miles morning mountain never North Wales observed Oedd Otterton Owain Owain Cyfeiliog passed Pedestres princes of Powys rain reader Rebeck reign road round royal tribe Saxons scarcely scene side Sidmouth Sir Clavileno Snowdon soon Soundpost speak squire stand step stone stood strange summit suppose tell thee thing Thonkee thou hast thought told took town turned villain walked Welsh woman word
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Seite 7 - To sit on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell, To slowly trace the forest's shady scene, . Where things that own not man's dominion dwell, And mortal foot hath ne'er or rarely been ; To climb the trackless mountain all unseen, With the wild flock that never needs a fold ; Alone o'er steeps and foaming falls to lean ; This is not solitude ; 'tis but to hold Converse with nature's charms, and view her stores unroll'd.
Seite 189 - The pleasant'st angling is to see the fish Cut with her golden oars the silver stream, And greedily devour the treacherous bait...
Seite 108 - tis sweet to view on high The rainbow, based on ocean, span the sky; 'Tis sweet to hear the watch-dog's honest bark Bay deep-mouthed welcome as we draw near home; 'Tis sweet to know there is an eye will mark Our coming, and look brighter when we come...
Seite 330 - Of mighty Shakespeare's birth, the room, we see; That, where he died, in vain to find we try; Useless the search — for all immortal he — And those, who are immortal, never die.
Seite 260 - Chi va lontan da la sua patria, vede cose da quel che già credea lontane; che narrandole poi, non se gli crede, e stimato bugiardo ne rimane: che '1 sciocco vulgo non gli vuoi dar fede, se non le vede e tocca chiare e piane.
Seite 187 - THE lapse of time and rivers is the same, Both speed their journey with a restless stream ; The silent pace, with which they steal away, No wealth can bribe, no prayers persuade to stay ; Alike irrevocable both when past, And a wide ocean swallows both at last...
Seite 155 - Mavra a thousand banners ; there was an outrageous carnage, and the rage of spears and hasty signs of violent indignation. Blood raised the tide of the Menai, and the crimson of human gore stained the brine. There...
Seite 207 - Eifleddfod, which was held once in three years. They were prohibited from invading one another's province : nor were they permitted to degrade themfelves by following any other occupation.
Seite 175 - Edwyn, and that notwithstanding he had continued to live with her till she died. The Bishop, in obedience to the charge, made a passage from the vault through the south wall of the church, under ground, and so secretly shoved the body into the church-yard.
Seite 53 - ... is it surprising that a tender-hearted damsel should be disinclined to turn her lover out over bogs and mountains until the dawn of day. The fact is, that under such circumstances she admits a consors lecti 'but not in nudatum corpus. In a...