Tours in Wales, Volume 1Humphreys, 1883 |
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Page 51 - Thammuz came next behind, Whose annual wound in Lebanon allured The Syrian damsels to lament his fate In amorous ditties all a summer's day; While smooth Adonis from his native rock Ran purple to the sea, supposed with blood Of Thammuz yearly wounded...
Page 136 - Tour, appear to me to have been the same with ancient vestibules, and to have been a form of building preserved from the time that the city was possessed: by the Romans. They were built before the doors, midway between the streets and the houses, and were the places where dependents waited for the coming out! of their patrons, and under which they might waste away the tedious minutes of expectation.
Page 299 - London dead. Much good, some ill he did, so hope all's even, And that his soul through mercy's gone to heaven...
Page 121 - Irish army in your company; they very well know me, and that my firelocks use not to parley. Be not unadvised, but think of your liberty, for I vow all hopes of relief are taken from you, and our intents are not to starve you, but to batter and storm you, and then hang you all, and follow the rest of that rebellious crew. I am no bread and cheese rogue, but was ever a loyalist, and will ever be while I can write or name THOMAS SANDFORD, Captain of Firelocks.
Page 51 - In the summer, etill a few are to be seen in the water, in deep devotion up to their chins for hours, sending up their prayers, or performing a number of evolutions round the polygonal well ; or threading the arches between and the well a prescribed number of times.
Page 121 - Otherwise, if you put me to the least trouble, or loss of blood to force you, expect no quarter for man, woman, or child. I hear you have some of our late Irish army in your company ; they very well know me, and that my firelocks used not to parley.
Page 260 - JSuttington church. Here it is lost for five miles; the channel of the Severn probably serving for that space as a continuation of this famous boundary; which...
Page 64 - Kynge and fawne uppon him, and leape with his fore fete uppon the Kynge's shoulders. And as the Kynge and the erle of Derby ' talked togyder in the courte, the grayhounde who was wont to leape upon the Kynge, left the Kynge and came to the...
Page 195 - The castle is composed of two parts, an upper and a lower ; each with a strong gate, defended by a round bastion on each side, with a ditch, and formerly with draw-bridges. Within the precincts of the upper ballium are to be seen some towers of Norman architecture, square, with square projections at each corner, very slightly salient.
Page 300 - Mercy's gone to Heaven. You that survive and read, take care, For this most certain exit to prepare ; For only the actions of the Just Smell sweet, and blossom in the dust.