The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive, of Each County, Volume 3 |
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... Lakes . these + " We met with many of these little fortresses in different parts of the bor- ders . They are commonly built in the form of square towers . The walls are thick , the apertures for light small . They are divided generally ...
... Lakes . these + " We met with many of these little fortresses in different parts of the bor- ders . They are commonly built in the form of square towers . The walls are thick , the apertures for light small . They are divided generally ...
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... lakes and waters . Cumberland is divided into five wards , synonimous with hundreds in other counties , but so called here from the inhabitants of each division being obliged to keep watch or ward against the northern irruptions . It ...
... lakes and waters . Cumberland is divided into five wards , synonimous with hundreds in other counties , but so called here from the inhabitants of each division being obliged to keep watch or ward against the northern irruptions . It ...
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... lakes and mountains of Cumberland being the principal objects of attraction in the county , and generally visited in suc- cession by the traveller , we shall in this place insert a compre- hensive description of the whole , as we ...
... lakes and mountains of Cumberland being the principal objects of attraction in the county , and generally visited in suc- cession by the traveller , we shall in this place insert a compre- hensive description of the whole , as we ...
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... lake , " observes the same ele- gant writer , " along the heights of Eamont , is exquisitely in- teresting ; for the road , being shrouded by woods , allows only partial glimpses of the gigantic shapes that are assembled in the distance ...
... lake , " observes the same ele- gant writer , " along the heights of Eamont , is exquisitely in- teresting ; for the road , being shrouded by woods , allows only partial glimpses of the gigantic shapes that are assembled in the distance ...
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... lake , and through a close pass hurries over a rocky channel to the vale . Its woody steeps , the tufted island that ... lake , transparent as crystal , breaks upon the pebbly bank , and laves the road that winds there . " Among the ...
... lake , and through a close pass hurries over a rocky channel to the vale . Its woody steeps , the tufted island that ... lake , transparent as crystal , breaks upon the pebbly bank , and laves the road that winds there . " Among the ...
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