The gem of the Peak; or, Matlock Bath and its vicinityLongman & Company, 1838 - 256 Seiten |
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... , together with the excellent road that now winds through it , and here , on entering , an overhanging cliff presents itself , ranging obliquely , and extending upwards about midway to the summit of Masson , 8 GEOLOGICAL CHARACTER .
... , together with the excellent road that now winds through it , and here , on entering , an overhanging cliff presents itself , ranging obliquely , and extending upwards about midway to the summit of Masson , 8 GEOLOGICAL CHARACTER .
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... cliff bounds this wood , running in a slanting direction up- wards , and forming at the top those peculiar and singu- lar Rocks called " romantic , " just behind which they are lost , but are again traceable on passing the rude hamlet ...
... cliff bounds this wood , running in a slanting direction up- wards , and forming at the top those peculiar and singu- lar Rocks called " romantic , " just behind which they are lost , but are again traceable on passing the rude hamlet ...
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... cliff to cliff the liquid treasure falls ; In beds of stalactite , bright ores among , O'er corals , shells , and crystals , winds along Crusts the green mosses and the tangled wood , And sparkling plunges to its parent flood ...
... cliff to cliff the liquid treasure falls ; In beds of stalactite , bright ores among , O'er corals , shells , and crystals , winds along Crusts the green mosses and the tangled wood , And sparkling plunges to its parent flood ...
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... is derived , was situated nearer to the Bath than to the village , and in the ravine under the cliff called the Upper Wood , now a small hamlet , but * See Page 4 . once decidedly more prosperous and flourishing than at present , 18.
... is derived , was situated nearer to the Bath than to the village , and in the ravine under the cliff called the Upper Wood , now a small hamlet , but * See Page 4 . once decidedly more prosperous and flourishing than at present , 18.
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... cliff , with its lovely lawns , and groups of cattle and sheep grazing the river rip- pling and swelling over its stony bed , laving their bases . Here the road has been made at great expense on the steep side of the narrow ridge which ...
... cliff , with its lovely lawns , and groups of cattle and sheep grazing the river rip- pling and swelling over its stony bed , laving their bases . Here the road has been made at great expense on the steep side of the narrow ridge which ...
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adorned amongst ancient appearance Ashford Bakewell beautiful beds bold Bonsall Buxton called Castle Castleton Cavern Chatsworth Church cliff colour considerable cottages cotton crags Crescent Crich Cromford crystals Cumberland Cavern dark Derby Derbyshire Dovedale Duke of Devonshire Earl effect elegant elevated eminence Eyam feet finest fluor garden Grace grit gritstone ground Haddon Hall height Heights of Abraham hence hill immense interest June to July lead lime limestone lofty lovely magnificent Mam Tor Manor marble masses Masson Matlock Bath Middleton Dale miles Mill miners Monsal Dale Moor mountain noble object occurs ornamental parties passing Peak Peak Cavern present remarkable river road rocks romantic Rowsley rude scenery shale side situated spar splendid steep stone stranger stream summit Taddington tion Toadstone tower trees Vale veins village visitors walk Wirksworth wood Wormhill yards
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Seite 28 - How charming is divine Philosophy! Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose, But musical as is Apollo's lute, And a perpetual feast of nectared sweets, Where no crude surfeit reigns.
Seite 17 - So now, where Derwent guides his dusky floods, Through vaulted mountains, and a night of woods, The nymph Gossypia...
Seite 199 - Place in the Peke, and there decide their pretensions by the use of arms; declaring at the same time, that whoever vanquished his competitors, should receive his daughter, with his castle at Whittington, as a reward for his skill and valour.
Seite 81 - ... .Then said he unto me, prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, Son of man, and say to the wind, thus saith the Lord God; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.
Seite 95 - Kennet) with workmen to pull down " the south side of that good old seat, and to rebuild it on a plan he gave to them, for a front to his gardens, so fair and august, that it looked like a model only of what might be done in after ages. When he had finished this part he meant to go no further ; till seeing public affairs in a happier settlement, for a testimony of ease and joy, he undertook the east side of the quadrangle...
Seite 18 - First, with nice eye, emerging Naiads cull From leathery pods the vegetable wool ; With wiry teeth revolving cards release The tangled knots, and smooth the ravell'd fleece : Next moves the iron hand with fingers fine, Combs the wide card, and forms th
Seite 9 - Have the gates of death been opened unto thee ? Or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?
Seite 203 - ... and pleasure, astonishment and delight, which is one of the most interesting feelings of the mind.