The Beauties of England: Or, a Comprehensive View of the Antiquities of this Kingdom; the Seats of the Nobility and Gentry; ... the Chief Villages, Market Towns, and Cities; ... Intended as a Travelling Pocket Companion: ...L. Davis and C. Reymers, 1764 - 328 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة vii
... thofe Articles which will admit of Im- provement ; particularly with regard to their respective Distances from the nearest Market Town ; and the Names of their prefent Owners : the latter being a Circumstance which , in one Part of the ...
... thofe Articles which will admit of Im- provement ; particularly with regard to their respective Distances from the nearest Market Town ; and the Names of their prefent Owners : the latter being a Circumstance which , in one Part of the ...
الصفحة 15
... thofe who pass over it . The Bridge is level with the Road , but the Surface of the Water near 70 F. perpendicular below it . About a M. Distance from this Place , is another na- tural Phænomenon ftill more remarkable , namely , a Ca ...
... thofe who pass over it . The Bridge is level with the Road , but the Surface of the Water near 70 F. perpendicular below it . About a M. Distance from this Place , is another na- tural Phænomenon ftill more remarkable , namely , a Ca ...
الصفحة 19
... thofe all fupplied by one Mi nifter . The chief Ornament of the Town is the Tower of St. Mary's Church . . I Corfe - Caftle , 6 M. from Wareham , and 14 from Lond . ftands in the Middle of that called the Ifle of Purbeck , and has its ...
... thofe all fupplied by one Mi nifter . The chief Ornament of the Town is the Tower of St. Mary's Church . . I Corfe - Caftle , 6 M. from Wareham , and 14 from Lond . ftands in the Middle of that called the Ifle of Purbeck , and has its ...
الصفحة 24
... thofe lately on London Bridge ; but as it is not fo wide , Passengers are often incommcded , and fometimes endangered by the Colliers , Carriers , and Coachmen ; there being no Room for Pofts , and the Pavement rendered flippery by the ...
... thofe lately on London Bridge ; but as it is not fo wide , Passengers are often incommcded , and fometimes endangered by the Colliers , Carriers , and Coachmen ; there being no Room for Pofts , and the Pavement rendered flippery by the ...
الصفحة 25
... thofe are at Queen Elizabeth's ; for maintaining thefe Boys the Maf- ter is allowed 1000l . a Year , for which Lands were purchased to perpetuate it . 3. Another which he founded on St. Michael's Hill in 1691 , the Front and Sides ...
... thofe are at Queen Elizabeth's ; for maintaining thefe Boys the Maf- ter is allowed 1000l . a Year , for which Lands were purchased to perpetuate it . 3. Another which he founded on St. Michael's Hill in 1691 , the Front and Sides ...
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Abbey adorned Affizes alfo almoft alſo ancient Antiquity Bart beautiful befides belonging Biſhop Borough Breadth Buildings Caftle Caſtle Cathedral Cattle Chapel City College confiderable confifts Corn County Crofs Diſtance Duke Earl England erected eſpecially faid fame famous Feet feven feveral fince firft Fiſh fituated fmall fo called fome formerly founded fpacious Free School ftands ftately ftill ftrong fuppofed fupported Ground handfome Harbour Henry Henry VIII Herefordshire Hill Hofpital Houfe Houſe Inhabitants Irish Sea itſelf King largeſt late Lond London Lord Manufacture Market Towns Miles moft moſt neat Nobility and Gentry noble Number Pafture Palace Parish Church Pariſhes Place pleaſant prefent pretty Priory Profpect Reign remarkable rifing River River Avon River Welland River Witham River Wye Rock Roman Ruins Saxon Seat Severn Shire Side ſmall ſtands Stone Bridge Streets Thames thefe theſe thofe thoſe Tower Trade Villages Wales Walls Water Weft William William the Conqueror
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الصفحة 80 - tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon...
الصفحة 285 - Dance : a person rode upon the image of a horse, with a bow and arrow in his hands, with which he made a snapping noise, keeping time with the music, whilst six others danced the hay and other country dances, with as many rein-deer's heads on their shoulders.
الصفحة 278 - D 2 cathedral cathedral fupported by rows of pillars, having a chryftal roof, all of the fame rock, tranfparent and glittering from the numerous candles burnt there to light the workmen, who, with their fteel pick-axes, dig it away ; this rock work extends feveral acres. There is a good church in this town, with a fine roof, and fe?
الصفحة 214 - Water-wheel goes round, which is three times in one Minute, and 318,504,960 Yards in one Day and Night. One Waterwheel gives Motion to all the rest of the Wheels and Movements, of which any one may be stopt separately.
الصفحة 282 - Close is enclosed in a wall, and a deep dry ditch on all sides, except towards the city, where it is defended by a great lake, or marsh, formed by its brook.
الصفحة 80 - That on th' unnumbered idle pebbles chafes, Cannot be heard so high. I'll look no more; Lest my brain turn and the deficient sight Topple down headlong.
الصفحة 275 - ... trade, I thought it worth my while to be more diligent in my fpeculation about it ; by which I found that about Nantwich, Northwich, and Middlewich, about thirty miles from the fea, are feveral falt-fprings near the river Weaver, and feldom exceed four yards in depth, which is called the falt-pit ; and the water is fo very cold at the bottom of the pit, that when the briners fometimes go about to cleanfe it, they cannot flay in it above half an hour, and in that time they are forced to drink...
الصفحة 276 - ... then with their loots they take it up, the brine dropping from it, and throw it into their barrows, which are cases made with flat cleft wickers, in the shape almost of a sugar loaf, the bottom uppermost.
الصفحة 46 - When we advance further, the dark part of the ponderous imposts over our heads, the chasm of sky between the jambs of the Cell, the odd construction of the whole, and the greatness of every part, surprises.
الصفحة 308 - In the days of King Arthur, St David won a great victory over the Saxons, having ordered every one of his soldiers to place a Leek in his cap, for the sake of distinction ; in memory whereof the Welsh to this day wear a Leek on the first of March.