The land we live in, a pictorial and literary sketch-book of the British empire1847 |
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... Oxford and Cambridge 114 Precedency over Cambridge given to Oxford by Act of Parliament Traditionary Foundation of the Town and University of Cambridge Probable Connection between the University of Cam- bridge and that of Orleans 114 ...
... Oxford and Cambridge 114 Precedency over Cambridge given to Oxford by Act of Parliament Traditionary Foundation of the Town and University of Cambridge Probable Connection between the University of Cam- bridge and that of Orleans 114 ...
الصفحة 3
... Oxford , bably , there are more incidental descriptions of the by Uxbridge ; and the road from London to Cambridge , mode of travel on this road , to be found in books , than by Saffron Walden . all which refer to other roads . From its ...
... Oxford , bably , there are more incidental descriptions of the by Uxbridge ; and the road from London to Cambridge , mode of travel on this road , to be found in books , than by Saffron Walden . all which refer to other roads . From its ...
الصفحة 4
... Oxford in less time than a month . " Charles I. seems , in 1635 , to have resolved to remedy this evil , by the establishment of the home post - office . In his proclamation of that year he says , that there had been no certain ...
... Oxford in less time than a month . " Charles I. seems , in 1635 , to have resolved to remedy this evil , by the establishment of the home post - office . In his proclamation of that year he says , that there had been no certain ...
الصفحة 5
... Oxford scholars , as we have seen , out of the North with their pack - horses . The most famous of all the old carriers was he of Cambridge , of whom Milton wrote , " Here lies old Hobson ; Death hath broke his girt , And here , alas ...
... Oxford scholars , as we have seen , out of the North with their pack - horses . The most famous of all the old carriers was he of Cambridge , of whom Milton wrote , " Here lies old Hobson ; Death hath broke his girt , And here , alas ...
الصفحة 7
... Oxford to London in the coach , and was two days in accomplishing the passage . A few years after , the feat was performed in thirteen hours ; noon . The Express train of the Great Western Railway goes to Exeter , a hundred and ninety ...
... Oxford to London in the coach , and was two days in accomplishing the passage . A few years after , the feat was performed in thirteen hours ; noon . The Express train of the Great Western Railway goes to Exeter , a hundred and ninety ...
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Ambleside ancient antiquities appearance arrangements beautiful Birkenhead boat bridge building built called Cambridge carried Castle Castle of Sheffield cathedral centre century chapel church coach cotton curious district docks dwellings England erected establishment factories feet Ferry gallery gardens gate Glasgow Gosport Gravesend ground Hall Hampton Court harbour Henry Henry VIII hills hundred inhabitants Isle Isle of Thanet King labour ladies lake Lancashire land live Liverpool London look Lord Manchester manufacture Margate ment Mersey miles monks Museum noble Norwich palace Park pass passengers picturesque pleasant port Portsea Portsmouth present Queen railway Ramsgate Reculver Richborough Richmond Richmond Park river road scene scenery sculptures seen Shakspere Sheffield ships side spot steam steam-boat steamers stone Stratford streets tion tower town village visitor walk Wallasey Pool walls warehouses whole Windermere
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الصفحة 15 - The glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not substantial things ; There is no armour against fate ; Death lays his icy hand on kings : Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade.
الصفحة 3 - Fair laughs the morn, and soft the zephyr blows, While proudly riding o'er the azure realm In gallant trim the gilded vessel goes; Youth on the prow, and Pleasure at the helm; Regardless of the sweeping whirlwind's sway, That, hush'd in grim repose, expects his evening prey.
الصفحة 12 - And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire.
الصفحة 221 - 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.
الصفحة 218 - And though this, probably the first essay of his poetry be lost, yet it is said to have been so very bitter that it redoubled the prosecution against him to that degree, that he was...
الصفحة 115 - HERE lies old Hobson ; death hath broke his girt And here, alas, hath laid him in the dirt; Or else the ways being foul, twenty to one, He's here stuck in a slough, and overthrown.
الصفحة 325 - ... the black faces, the long beards, the yellow streaks of sect, the turbans and the flowing robes, the spears and the silver maces, the elephants with their canopies of state, the gorgeous palanquin of the prince, and the close litter of the noble lady...
الصفحة 58 - Now to the sister hills that skirt her plain, To lofty Harrow now, and now to where Majestic Windsor lifts his princely brow. In lovely contrast to this glorious view, Calmly magnificent, then will we turn To where the silver Thames first rural grows.
الصفحة 218 - In this kind of settlement he continued for : some time, till an extravagance that he was guilty of, forced him both out of his country, and that way of living which he had taken up...
الصفحة 13 - We should as soon expect the people of Woolwich to suffer themselves to be fired off upon one of Congreve's ricochet rockets, as trust themselves to the mercy of such a machine going at such a rate.