Rambles by Rivers: The Avon, Volume 3C. Knight & Company, 1845 - 253 pages |
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... remarkable views . Its church is ancient , but not important as an architectural object . The spire has a somewhat singular appearance , termi- nating abruptly , as if the apex had been at some time knocked off ; but it is believed that ...
... remarkable views . Its church is ancient , but not important as an architectural object . The spire has a somewhat singular appearance , termi- nating abruptly , as if the apex had been at some time knocked off ; but it is believed that ...
Page 51
... remarkable either for their pro- portions or for their age , but their situation makes some amends , and the modern improvements of the church are here fortunately not discernible , while the brook itself give a graceful finish to the ...
... remarkable either for their pro- portions or for their age , but their situation makes some amends , and the modern improvements of the church are here fortunately not discernible , while the brook itself give a graceful finish to the ...
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... remarkable events happened to them . In 1245 , indeed , the abbey was burnt down , but that was not at all a remark- able event in an ecclesiastical establishment in those times ; and when it happened , the old building was generally ...
... remarkable events happened to them . In 1245 , indeed , the abbey was burnt down , but that was not at all a remark- able event in an ecclesiastical establishment in those times ; and when it happened , the old building was generally ...
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... remarkable than might have been expected from the character and fortunes of its famous possessors . It has not undergone any prolonged or fierce sieges , partly perhaps because of its strength . In the early part of the Barons ' war ...
... remarkable than might have been expected from the character and fortunes of its famous possessors . It has not undergone any prolonged or fierce sieges , partly perhaps because of its strength . In the early part of the Barons ' war ...
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... remarkable : one who knew nothing about it might ride care- lessly through it without a wish to stop his horse . Were he told that he was in Stratford - the birth- place , the chosen retreat , and the grave of Shak- spere , he would ...
... remarkable : one who knew nothing about it might ride care- lessly through it without a wish to stop his horse . Were he told that he was in Stratford - the birth- place , the chosen retreat , and the grave of Shak- spere , he would ...
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abbey abbot afterwards Alveston ancient Angler appearance Arun Avon banks beautiful Bramber Castle Bredon Hill bridge building called castle century chapel character Charlcote church cottages course cross death delight Dove-dale Dudley Duke Earl of Warwick edifice Egwin Elizabeth erected Evesham favourite feeling Fladbury Fulbrooke graceful grounds Guy's Cliff Hampton Lucy Henry Henry VIII hill honour Kenilworth Kenilworth Castle king Lady lofty London look Lord manor mansion meadows miles Mole monastery monks monument Naseby neighbourhood noble parish park passed perhaps Pershore picturesque pleasant poet possession present pretty quiet rambler reign remains remarkable render river road rock says scene scenery Seathwaite seen Shak Shakspere's Shoreham side Sir Thomas spot stands stone Stoneleigh Stratford stream Sussex Tewkesbury things Thomas Lucy thought tion Tortington tower town trees Ulpha village visitor walls Warwick Castle William Shakspere wood worth
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Page 65 - That not to know at large of things remote From use, obscure and subtle, but to know That which before us lies in daily life, Is the prime wisdom...
Page 157 - Sometime we see a cloud that's dragonish; A vapour sometime like a bear or lion, A tower'd citadel, a pendent rock, A forked mountain, or blue promontory With trees upon't, that nod unto the world, And mock our eyes with air.
Page 194 - Ful wel she sange the service devine, Entuned in hire nose ful swetely ; And Frenche she spake ful fayre and fetisly, After the scole of Stratford atte bowe, For Frenche of Paris was to hire unknowe.
Page 98 - London, six oxen were daily eaten at a breakfast ; and every tavern was full of his meat; and who had any acquaintance in his family, should have as much boiled and roast as he could carry on a long dagger.
Page 99 - This story shall the good man teach his son, And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by, From this day to the ending of the world, But we in it shall be remembered : We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...
Page 6 - The current, that with gentle murmur glides, Thou know'st, being stopp'd, impatiently doth rage; But, when his fair course is not hindered, He makes sweet music with the enamell'd stones, Giving a gentle kiss to every sedge He overtaketh in his pilgrimage, And so by many winding nooks he strays, With willing sport, to- the wild ocean.
Page 169 - No life, my honest Scholar, no life so happy and so pleasant as the life of a well-governed Angler ; for when the lawyer is swallowe'd up with business, and the statesman is preventing or contriving plots, then we sit on cowslip banks, hear the birds sing, and possess ourselves in as much quietness as these silent silver streams, which we now see glide so quietly by us.
Page 134 - For except thou canst answer me questions three, Thy head shall be smitten from thy bodie. And first, quo...
Page 224 - The picture of the mind revives again : While here I stand, not only with the sense Of present pleasure, but with pleasing thoughts That in this moment there is life and food For future years.
Page 26 - Sir, this is none other but the hand of God; and to Him alone belongs the glory, wherein none are to share with Him.