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99 Llyn abbey amongst ancient Anglesey Aran Arenig ascend Bala Bangor Barmouth Beaumaris beautiful Beddgelert Bettws y Coed bridge Bwlch Cader Idris Capel Curig Carnarvon Carnedd Dafydd Carnedd Llewelyn castle Chester church cliffs close coast Conway Conway river crossed Denbigh descending direction distance Dolgelley Elidyr entered estuary farther Fawr feet Ffestiniog Ffynnon Foel Fras Foel Llus front gate glen Glyders Goch hamlet Harlech heights hills hollow Holyhead houses lake leads Little Orme's Head Llan Llanberis Llandudno Llyn Dulyn mansion Mawddach Menai Strait Moel Fammau Moel Hebog Moel Siabod Moelwyn mountain Mynydd Nant Ffrancon pass path Penmaen Penmaen Bach Penmaen Mawr Penrhyn pleasant Port Madoc Puffin island railway Rhinog Rhyl river rocks rocky Ruthin seen shore side situated slate quarries slope Snowdon station stone stream summit tarn tourist tower town traveller village walk walls Welsh wild wooded yards
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Page 37 - aetatis Ixv.;" and on the other side, on a marble tablet: "This spot was often dignified by the presence of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., whose moral writings, exactly conformable to the precepts of Christianity, gave ardour to virtue, and confidence to truth.
Page 218 - so calm and lovely that many people will be ready to say, in Shelley's words, " it might make one in love with death to think one would be buried in so sweet a place." From the church, the tourist might proceed farther up the vale, or go to Valle Crucis abbey and
Page 5 - of weak minds who quail at meeting cattle, and young ladies of extravagant ones, who dote on shopping, in spite of the weather: for it raises the first above suspicion even of danger, and shelters the second from being favoured with the visits of the clouds, which cannot drop in upon them.
Page 170 - Owen Glyndwr is said to have assembled his parliament at Dolgelley in 1404, when he formed an alliance with Charles, King of France; and a rickety old building, occupied as a cottage, still bears the dignified title of the "Parliament House," though many antiquaries maintain that the edifice is of later date.
Page 206 - every side; only a slight opening to the west seemed to present itself." Llan y Mawddwy, 14m. from Bala, is a small hamlet, with a very poor inn, but the scenery around is beautiful. The church is ancient, and dedicated to St. Tydecho.
Page 6 - DERWENTWATER, TS the Largest and Oldest Established Commercial and Family Hotel, and most centrally situated. This Establishment has had the honour of receiving the patronage of the late Queen Dowager, HEH the Prince of Wales, the King of Saxony, the Grand Duke
Page 10 - Post Horses, Mountain Ponies, and Guides to all parts of the Lake District. NB—A Coach leaves the Hotel at 10 AM every morning during the season for BUTTERMEBE, via the romantic Vale of Borrowdale and over the majestic Honister Pass, returning through the Vale of Newlands—the best drive in the whole district. JOHN
Page 8 - Mayson's Ordnance Model of the Lake District is perhaps one of the most finished specimens of Geographical Modelling ever constructed in England. A few minutes' inspection of it will give the tourist a better knowledge of the topography of the country than can be obtained from any other source
Page 30 - man," which were at once adopted as the motto of the infant prince. The more correct explanation, however, is that the words were adopted as a mark of humility. In the civil wars Rhuddlan was garrisoned for the king, but was surrendered to General Mytton in 1646; and soon afterwards, by order of the parliament, it was dismantled.
Page 35 - In the reign of Charles I. the castle was held for the king till the year 1646, but after sustaining a siege from the middle of February to the middle of April, it was surrendered to General