Tours in Wales, Volume 2Humphreys, 1883 - Wales |
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abby Anglesey antient appears Asaph ascended bards beautiful Bedd Kelert beneath bestowed Beuno bishop borough burgesses Bwlch Caer Caernarvon Caerwys called castle chapel Chester church Clwydian hills Conwy Crib Goch CRWTH Dafydd daughter dedicated to St Denbigh descended Dinas Dyscybl earl Edward feet Flintshire fortress Goch Gryffydd ap Gwedir Gwynedd Henry hill honor Hugh hundred inhabitants Itin king knight lake land Llan Llanrwst Lloyd Llwyd Llyn lofty lord miles Moel Mold Mostyn mountains Nannerch Nefyn North Wales numbers parish pass pence Pencerdd pounds Powel precipice prince reign Rhuddlan Rhys river road Robert rock Roman round Ruthin Salusbury seat Sebright MSS Segontium shews side Sir John Sir John Wynn Sir Richard Snowdon Snowdonia steep stone summit Thomas tower town tract tumulus Tydecho vale of Clwyd vast wall Walliæ Welsh William woods yards
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Page 371 - Where throngs of knights and barons bold In weeds of peace high triumphs hold, With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit or arms, while both contend To win her grace whom all commend.
Page 322 - I saw from it the county of Chester, the high hills of Yorkshire, part of the north of England, Scotland, and Ireland ; a plain view of the Isle of Man ; and that of Anglesey lay extended like a map beneath us, with every rill visible. I took much pains to see this prospect to advantage ; sat up at a farm on the west till about twelve, and walked up the whole way. The night was remarkably fine and starry ; towards morn the stars faded away, and left a short...
Page 322 - ... saw more and more, till the heat became so powerful, as to attract the mists from the various lakes, which in a slight degree obscured the prospect. The shadow of the mountain was b A ujust 25</j, Old S'ile.
Page 76 - You too, ye bards! whom sacred raptures fire. To chant your heroes to your country's lyre; Who consecrate, in your immortal strain, Brave patriot souls, in righteous battle slain, Securely now the tuneful task renew, And noblest themes in deathless songs pursue.
Page 316 - This extraordinary female was the greatest hunter, shooter, and fisher of her time ; she kept a dozen at least of dogs, terriers, greyhounds, and spaniels, all excellent in their kinds. She killed more foxes in one year than all the confederate hunts do in ten ; rowed stoutly, and was queen of the lake...
Page 388 - In that year, (1300,) we are told " the Prince of Wales came down to Chester, and received homage of all the freeholders in Wales. On this occasion, he was invested, as a mark of imperial dignity, with a chaplet of gold round his head, a golden ring on his finger, and a silver sceptre in his hand.
Page 128 - Bach y Graig. It consists of a mansion of three sides, enclosing a square court. The first consists of a vast hall and parlour : the rest of it rises into six wonderful stories, including the cupola ; and forms from the second floor the figure of a pyramid ; the rooms are small and inconvenient. The bricks are admirable, and appear to have been made in Holland, and the model of the house was probably brought from Flanders, where this kind of building is not unfrequent. . . . The initials of Richard...
Page 219 - Owen for the pardon of one: he refused; when the mother in a rage, told him (baring her neck) These yellow breasts have given suck to those who shall wash their hands in your blood.
Page 18 - Wide o'er the pile the sable wine they throw, And deep subsides the ashy heap below. Next the white bones his sad companions place, With tears collected, in the golden vase. The sacred relics to the tent they bore; The urn a veil of linen cover'd o'er.
Page 322 - Very often a gust of wind formed an opening in the clouds, which gave a fine and distinct vista of lake and valley. Sometimes they opened only in one place; at others, in many at once, exhibiting a most strange and perplexing sight of water, fields, rocks, or chasms, in fifty different places.