Home Scenes, Or, Tavistock and Its VicinitySimpkins and Marshall, 1846 - 258 Seiten |
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... Duke of Bedford . A copy of this magnificent grant , which I have been permitted to see , commences as follows : " The King to all to whom , & c . , greeting ; know ye that we for certain causes and considerations us especially moving ...
... Duke of Bedford . A copy of this magnificent grant , which I have been permitted to see , commences as follows : " The King to all to whom , & c . , greeting ; know ye that we for certain causes and considerations us especially moving ...
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... Duke of Bedford . Travelling which even within our own memory was performed with difficulty and inconvenience , is now ren- dered easy and delightful by means of new lines of road , winding through some of the most picturesque and ...
... Duke of Bedford . Travelling which even within our own memory was performed with difficulty and inconvenience , is now ren- dered easy and delightful by means of new lines of road , winding through some of the most picturesque and ...
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... Duke of Bedford , well deserves atten- tion . Its substantial granite walls : its picturesque gable ends , possessing interest at every point of view ; the depths of light and shade presented by its irregular projections ; then its ...
... Duke of Bedford , well deserves atten- tion . Its substantial granite walls : its picturesque gable ends , possessing interest at every point of view ; the depths of light and shade presented by its irregular projections ; then its ...
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... Duke of Bedford for vari- ous purposes , in fulfillment of which an almshouse has been erected for fifteen poor persons , who receive each £ 3 . per annum in quarterly payments ; and from the same fund the sum of £ 5 . is paid quarterly ...
... Duke of Bedford for vari- ous purposes , in fulfillment of which an almshouse has been erected for fifteen poor persons , who receive each £ 3 . per annum in quarterly payments ; and from the same fund the sum of £ 5 . is paid quarterly ...
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... Duke of Bedford . A Mathematical and Commercial school is also estab- lished under the surveillance of a committee of Gentle- men ; * the increasing population of the neighbourhood can well support two such institutions , which are com ...
... Duke of Bedford . A Mathematical and Commercial school is also estab- lished under the surveillance of a committee of Gentle- men ; * the increasing population of the neighbourhood can well support two such institutions , which are com ...
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Abbey Abbot Abbot of Tavistock admiring amidst amongst ancient antiquity appears beautiful Bedford beneath Bickleigh bridge Buckland Buckland Abbey Callington Carthamartha castle church Cornwall Cothele cottage Countess of Devon cross curious Dartmoor deep delight Devon distance Duke of Bedford Dunterton Edgcumbe entrance erected excursion feet flowers formed garden Glanville granite ground hall heath hill inhabitants John Kilworthy kistvaens Lady Launceston Launceston castle Lord Lydford manor Marystow Marytavy miles from Tavistock monks moor Morwell neighborhood neighbouring Nicky noble officinalis Oh set Okehampton once parish passed picturesque pleasant Plymouth present prisons reign remains rising river road rock rustic scene scenery seat seen set me free Sheepstor side spot stones stream supposed sweet Sydenham Tamar Tavy tors tower town trees Tremayne vale valley village walk Walkhampton wall wander Weir Werrington Whitchurch wild winding wood Yellow rattle
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Seite 40 - Beneath those rugged elms, that yew-tree's shade, Where heaves the turf in many a mouldering heap, Each in his narrow cell for ever laid, The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep.
Seite 178 - Here lies, in horizontal position, the outside case of GEORGE ROUTLEIGH, watchmaker ; Whose abilities in that line were an honour to his profession. Integrity was the Mainspring, and prudence the Regulator, of all the actions of his life.
Seite 7 - O'er which the wing of centuries has flown Darkly and silently, deep-shadowing all Its pristine honours — from the ruthless grasp Of future violation.
Seite 178 - Hand never stopped till he had relieved distress. So nicely regulated were all his motions, that he never went wrong, except when set a-going by people who did not know his Key : even then he was easily set right again. He had the art of disposing his time so well. that his hours glided away in one continual round of pleasure and delight, till an unlucky minute put a period to his existence. He departed this life Nov.
Seite 169 - This great tower was the palace of the prince, prelate, or baron, to whom the castle belonged, ana the residence of the constable or governor. Under ground were dismal dark vaults, for the confinement of prisoners, which made it sometimes be called the dungeon.
Seite 16 - This county, as it is spacious, so it is populous, and very laborious, rough, and unpleasant to strangers travelling those ways, which are cumbersome and uneven, amongst rocks and stones, painful for man and horse; as they can best witness who have made trial thereof. For be they never so well mounted upon horses out of other countries, when they have travelled one journey in these parts, they can, in respect of ease of travel, forbear a second.
Seite 29 - Those works of art or of nature, which are usually the motives of our travels, are often overlooked and neglected, if they happen to lie within our reach ; whether it be that we are naturally less inquisitive concerning those things which are near us, while our curiosity is excited by remote objects ; or because the easiness of gratifying a desire is always sure to damp it ; or, perhaps, that we defer, from time to time, viewing what we know we have an opportunity of seeing whenever we...
Seite 214 - ... side, and rooms over the passage, which was closed with thick folding doors of oak, often plated with iron, and with an iron portcullis or grate let down from above. Within this outward wall was a large open space or court, called in the largest and most perfect castles, the outer bayle or ballium, in which stood commonly a church or chapel.