Home Scenes, Or, Tavistock and Its VicinitySimpkins and Marshall, 1846 - 258 Seiten |
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... formed . Prizes are awarded to such as excel in the various departments of husbandry , and much good is likely to result from this institution , which already has given birth to a spirit of experiment and enterprize hitherto unknown in ...
... formed . Prizes are awarded to such as excel in the various departments of husbandry , and much good is likely to result from this institution , which already has given birth to a spirit of experiment and enterprize hitherto unknown in ...
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... formed under the superintendence of Dr. Charles Barham , but from the want of funds , and of sufficient encourage- ment the museum has been suffered to fall into neglect . The Library established forty - three years since by four of its ...
... formed under the superintendence of Dr. Charles Barham , but from the want of funds , and of sufficient encourage- ment the museum has been suffered to fall into neglect . The Library established forty - three years since by four of its ...
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... formed an entrance to the refectory ( or dining room ) of the Monks . The archway is now used as a dairy in which is deposit- ed the rich clouted cream and delicious milk , made of service in providing entertainment for his guests by ...
... formed an entrance to the refectory ( or dining room ) of the Monks . The archway is now used as a dairy in which is deposit- ed the rich clouted cream and delicious milk , made of service in providing entertainment for his guests by ...
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... formed by a dam for turning some of the water into an artificial canal . Farther down is another cascade : -a natural one , boiling and foaming by , as if scorning the small clear drops that trickle into its heaving bosom from a font ...
... formed by a dam for turning some of the water into an artificial canal . Farther down is another cascade : -a natural one , boiling and foaming by , as if scorning the small clear drops that trickle into its heaving bosom from a font ...
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... formed by the windings of the Tavy . The rocks near Harts - hole jut out from amidst some short coppice on one side of the vale - on the other we see the light graceful foliage of Birch - wood - a famous resort for foxes as the country ...
... formed by the windings of the Tavy . The rocks near Harts - hole jut out from amidst some short coppice on one side of the vale - on the other we see the light graceful foliage of Birch - wood - a famous resort for foxes as the country ...
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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.