Wales Illustrated: In a Series of Views, Comprising the Picturesque Scenery, Towns, Castles, Seats of the Nobility & Gentry, Antiquities, &c, Volume 1Jones, 1830 - 18 pages |
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... ground with a tenacity and obstinacy that extorted from their victors the tribute of admiration . Suetonius Paulinus overcame the Ordovices , and extirpated the remainder of the Druids , and other religious sects , who had fled to the ...
... ground with a tenacity and obstinacy that extorted from their victors the tribute of admiration . Suetonius Paulinus overcame the Ordovices , and extirpated the remainder of the Druids , and other religious sects , who had fled to the ...
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... ground near some river , or a lingula , formed by the confluence of two ; the Britons selected the most lofty , insulated , and least accessible mountains , the summits of which they fortified by excavating deep trenches in the solid ...
... ground near some river , or a lingula , formed by the confluence of two ; the Britons selected the most lofty , insulated , and least accessible mountains , the summits of which they fortified by excavating deep trenches in the solid ...
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... ground into flour , one ox , a barrel of mead , nine palms long , and eighteen broad , or in lieu , two of braget , or four of common ale , a hundred and sixty - eight equal threaves of oats for the stable , a three year old sow , a ...
... ground into flour , one ox , a barrel of mead , nine palms long , and eighteen broad , or in lieu , two of braget , or four of common ale , a hundred and sixty - eight equal threaves of oats for the stable , a three year old sow , a ...
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... ground , all the lands in Wales having been required " to be holden as English tenure to all intents ; " since which period the laws of England , with the exception of a few formal peculiarities , have continued to form the ...
... ground , all the lands in Wales having been required " to be holden as English tenure to all intents ; " since which period the laws of England , with the exception of a few formal peculiarities , have continued to form the ...
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... ground rises very rapidly , to the foot of the per- pendicular cliffs , forming the west boundary of the valley , all which space is now occupied by a fine wood , in the highest luxuriance of growth that can be imagined , while the sun ...
... ground rises very rapidly , to the foot of the per- pendicular cliffs , forming the west boundary of the valley , all which space is now occupied by a fine wood , in the highest luxuriance of growth that can be imagined , while the sun ...
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abbey Aberystwith ancient Anglesea appears arches architecture ascending bards beautiful Beddgelert bishop bridge British Britons building built Caermarthen Caernarvon CAERNARVONSHIRE called Capel Curig CARDIGANSHIRE CASTELL DINAS BRAN castle chancel chapel church considerable consists Corwen court DENBIGHSHIRE distance Dolgellau Drawn by H Edward elegant Engraved entrance erected feet Finsbury Square Fishguard FLINTSHIRE formed fortress Gastineau grand ground Gryffydd handsome HARLECH CASTLE height Henry hill hundred inhabitants Kidwelly king lake LLANELLTYD Llangollen Llanrwst Llewelyn Llyn lofty lord magnificent MERIONETHSHIRE miles Milford Haven monarch mountains Muses nave nearly neighbourhood Norman North Wales numerous parish pass Pembroke PEMBROKESHIRE picturesque Pont possessed precipitous present prince principal reign remains Rhys river road rock rocky Roman ruins Ruthin Saxon scene scenery side situated Snowdon South Wales spot stands stone structure summit surrounded Swansea Temple tower town vale valley village walls Welsh wood