Nooks and Corners of PembrokeshireE. Stock, 1895 - 203 páginas |
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... tree and hedgerow tells , in horizontal leeward sweep , of the prevalent sou ' - wester . ' Few hills worthy the name break these wide - expanded landscapes , above whose ' meane hills and dales ' one graceful mountain range rises in ...
... tree and hedgerow tells , in horizontal leeward sweep , of the prevalent sou ' - wester . ' Few hills worthy the name break these wide - expanded landscapes , above whose ' meane hills and dales ' one graceful mountain range rises in ...
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... trees , crowd into a shade ' beside the lily - strewn meres whose placid waters mirror their spreading branches . This favoured region boasts , we believe , an average temperature of about 50 ° Fahr . , and it has been shown by careful ...
... trees , crowd into a shade ' beside the lily - strewn meres whose placid waters mirror their spreading branches . This favoured region boasts , we believe , an average temperature of about 50 ° Fahr . , and it has been shown by careful ...
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... tree attain a goodly stature . Sun - warmed spots such as these form , however , mere oases of verdure amidst the rolling , wind - swept uplands of the interior ; where the hardier trees alone rear their stunted forms above the rough ...
... tree attain a goodly stature . Sun - warmed spots such as these form , however , mere oases of verdure amidst the rolling , wind - swept uplands of the interior ; where the hardier trees alone rear their stunted forms above the rough ...
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... trees on the site of the ancient moat , we pass beside the south - west front , to which , as by far the most com- plete , we now devote our attention . Here we notice how the sturdy round tower which guards the converging angle spreads ...
... trees on the site of the ancient moat , we pass beside the south - west front , to which , as by far the most com- plete , we now devote our attention . Here we notice how the sturdy round tower which guards the converging angle spreads ...
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... trees and bowing the grow- ing crops before it . A cottager , smoking a morning pipe on the bench before his door , gives us the sele of the day as we pass , and would fain spin a yarn about the ' craps ' and the drought ; but , turn ...
... trees and bowing the grow- ing crops before it . A cottager , smoking a morning pipe on the bench before his door , gives us the sele of the day as we pass , and would fain spin a yarn about the ' craps ' and the drought ; but , turn ...
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adjacent adorned amidst ancient appears arches bearing beneath beside Bishop broad bygone Byrnach Caldey Caldey Island Carew CAREW CASTLE CASTLE MARTIN century chamber chancel chapel Cleddau cliffs coast corner cottages cromlech cross curious Dale Davids Cathedral edifice effigy Fishguard flanked forms gable George Owen Giraldus Giraldus Cambrensis glimpse Gumfreston handsome Haverfordwest head Henry hill Hodgeston hollow Kilgerran Lamphey land lane Llanwnda Llawhaden lofty Lord Maenclochog MANORBERE CASTLE massive Milford Haven monument narrow nave neighbouring Nevern Newport nook olden parish church pass peep Pembroke Pembroke Castle Pembrokeshire Pencaer Picton Castle picturesque pierced pleasant porch Precelly present pretty quaint ramble rises road Roch Castle rocks rocky roof rough ruins secluded sheltered side Sir Rhys sketch Slebech slopes Stackpole stands stone stream structure tall Teivy Tenby tower town trees vale vaulted village Wales walls Welsh whence winding woodlands
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Página 43 - ... on one part by a vineyard, and on the other by a wood, remarkable for the projection of its rocks, and the height of its hazel trees.
Página 128 - TAFFY was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief; Taffy came to my house and stole a piece of beef: I went to Taffy's house, Taffy was not at home ; Taffy came to my house and stole a marrowbone.
Página 129 - Shrine here ehc'lo'd resteth the Bones of that noble Lord, Edmund Earl of Richmond, Father and Brother to Kings, the which departed out of this World in the year of Lord God, a thousand four hundred and fifty and six, the first day of the Month of November, on whose soul Almighty Jesus have mercy. Amen.
Página 43 - It is excellently well defended by turrets and bulwarks, and is situated on the summit of a hill extending on the western side towards the sea-port, having on the northern and southern sides a fine fish-pond under its walls, as conspicuous for its grand appearance, as for the depth of its waters, and a beautiful orchard on the same side...
Página 150 - ... had first appeared and began her note on a stone called St. Byrnach's Stone, being curiously wrought with sundry sorts of knots standing upright in the churchyard of this parish, and one year staying very long and the priest and the people expecting her accustomed coming (for I account this bird of the feminine gender) came at last, lighting on the said stone, her accustomed perching-place, and being scarce able once to sound the note, presently fell dead.
Página 19 - The year's at the spring And day's at the morn; Morning's at seven; The hill-side's dew-pearled; The lark's on the wing; The snail's on the thorn: God's in his heaven — All's right with the world!
Página 44 - ... remarkable for the projection of its rocks, and the height of its hazel trees. On the right hand of the promontory, between the castle and the church, near the site of a very large lake and mill, a rivulet of neverfailing water flows through a valley, rendered sandy by the violence of the winds. Towards the west, the Severn sea, bending its course to Ireland, enters a hollow bay at some distance from the castle...
Página 61 - It was the lark, the herald of the morn, No nightingale; look, love, what envious streaks Do lace the severing clouds in yonder east: Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain-tops: I must be gone and live, or stay and die.
Página 56 - VII. was borne, in knowledge wherof a chymmeney is now made, with the armes and badges of king Henri the VII. In the botom of the great stronge rownd tower in the inner ward is a marvelus vault caullid the Hogan.