The journey-book of England. Berkshire (Derbyshire, Hampshire, Kent).1840 |
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abbey abbot Abingdon acres Amber Gate ancient arches Bakewell Bath beautiful Belper Berkshire borough bridge building built Buxton called Canal Castle Castleton cavern century chapel Chapel-en-le-Frith Charles Chesterfield contains court Crich cross Cumnor Dale Derby Derbyshire Derwent distance Duke Earl east Edward Elizabeth erected fair Faringdon feet Forest formerly ground Hall hamlet held Henry Henry VIII hills Hungerford inhabitants island Isle of Wight John John Norreys Kennet King king's Lambourn land limestone London Lord Maidenhead manor mansion Matlock ments monument nearly neighbourhood Newbury North Midland Railway Oxford parish church Park passes Peak population Portsmouth Queen Railway Reading reign river road rocks Roman Saxon scenery seat shire side situated Southampton Southampton Water station stone Thames three miles Tideswell tion tower town Trent Tupton valley village Wallingford Wantage William Winchester Windsor Wirksworth
Popular passages
Page 130 - Silver'd the walls of Cumnor Hall, And many an oak that grew thereby. Now nought was heard beneath the skies, The sounds of busy life were still, Save an unhappy lady's sighs, That issued from that lonely pile. " Leicester," she cried, " is this thy love That thou so oft hast sworn to me, To leave me in this lonely grove, Immured in shameful privity? " No more thou com'st with lover's speed, Thy once beloved bride to see j But be she alive, or be she dead, I fear, stern Earl, 's the same to thee.
Page 194 - Thou hast most traitorously corrupted the youth of the realm in erecting a grammar-school ; and whereas, before, our forefathers had no other books but the score and the tally, thou hast caused printing to be used ; and, contrary to the king, his crown, and dignity, thou hast built a paper-mill.
Page 199 - I have been bullied by an usurper ; I have been neglected by a court ; but I will not be dictated to by a subject : your man shan't stand. " ANNE Dorset, Pembroke and Montgomery.
Page 170 - 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...
Page 179 - Forgive, blest shade, the tributary tear, That mourns thy exit from a world like this ; Forgive the wish that would have kept thee here, And stayed thy progress to the seats of bliss • No more confined to grov'ling scenes of night, No more a tenant pent in mortal clay, Now should we rather hail thy glorious flight, And trace thy journey to the realms of day.
Page 41 - A stranger yet to pain ! I feel the gales that from ye blow A momentary bliss bestow, As waving fresh their gladsome wing My weary soul they seem to...
Page 129 - ... head), yet the inhabitants will tell you there that she was conveyed from her usual chamber where she lay to another where the bed's head of the chamber stood close to a privy postern door, where they in the night came and stifled her in her bed, bruised her head very much, broke her neck, and at length flung her down stairs, thereby believing the world would have thought it a mischance, and so have blinded their villainy.
Page 131 - Nor, cruel earl! can I enjoy The humble charms of solitude; Your minions proud my peace destroy, By sullen frowns, or pratings rude. "Last night, as sad I chanced to stray, The village death-bell smote my ear; They winked aside, and seemed to say, ' Countess, prepare — thy end is near!
Page 130 - And when you first to me made suit, How fair I was, you oft would say! And proud of conquest, plucked the fruit, Then left the blossom to decay.
Page 124 - ... in the act of bounding into the air, from the shallow margin of the water, or from the wet sand. If any motion of a mute animal could express delight, it was this ; if they had meant to make signs of their happiness, they could not have done it more intelligibly.