The London and Birmingham railway guide. By J.W.W.James wyld, 1838 |
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Page 66 - The sloping land recedes into the clouds ; Displaying on its varied side the grace Of hedgerow beauties numberless, square tower, Tall spire, from which the sound of cheerful bells Just undulates upon the listening ear, Groves, heaths, and smoking villages remote.
Page 65 - How oft upon yon eminence our pace Has slackened to a pause, and we have borne The ruffling wind, scarce conscious that it blew, While Admiration, feeding at the eye, And still unsated, dwelt upon the scene.
Page 65 - Stand, never overlook'd, our favourite elms, That screen the herdsman's solitary hut ; While far beyond, and overthwart the stream, That, as with molten glass, inlays the vale, The sloping land recedes into the clouds...
Page 156 - The chief arguments in favour of this conjectured opinion, are comprized in the following observations : " Upon the borders of the parish stands Aston Furnace, appropriated for melting iron-stone, and reducing it into pigs ; this has the appearance of great antiquity. From the ore melted in this subterraneous region of the infernal aspect, is produced a calx, or cinder, of which there is an enormous mountain. From an attentive survey, the observer would suppose so prodigious a heap could not accumulate...
Page 99 - Yes,' the noble lady, upon an appointed day, got on horseback naked, with her hair loose, so that it covered all her body but...
Page 76 - Empson, a celebrated lawyer, who was promoted to the chancellorship of the duchy of Lancaster, in the reign of Henry VII., and...
Page 132 - Fulke Greville, servant to Queen Elizabeth, counsellor to King James, and friend to Sir Philip Sidney.
Page 157 - On his coming up, the villains joined him, entered into chat, and all moved soberly together till they reached the first man ; when, on a sudden, the strangers with Edward, drew their pistols and robbed their brother villain, who, no doubt, lost a considerable sum after a decent resistance. Edward was easily known, apprehended, and committed as one of the robbers ; the others were not to be found: "Edward...
Page xii - ... far preferable to the closed ones, especially in fine weather. In bad weather, and particularly at first, invalids may travel with more advantage under cover. I have no doubt that, to thousands and tens of thousands of valetudinarians in this overgrown Babylon, the run to Boxmoor or Tring and back, twice or thrice a week, will prove a means of preserving health and prolonging life more powerful than all the drugs in Apothecaries'hall.
Page 157 - Warwickshire, is one street goinge up alongé, almost from the left ripe of the brook, up a mean hill, by the length of a quarter of a mile.