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The Visitors' Guide to Malvern: With Observations on the Air and Waters and ... Vista completa - 1878 |
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adjoining amongst Ann's appear Barnard's Green BATH beautiful Bishop Bronsil building built Camp Hill Castle Chapel Charles Morris Colwall contains Cowleigh Park Cradley delightful distance Earl Somers east eastern side EASTNOR CASTLE eminence erected Establishment excellent extensive favour feet formerly foxglove gardens Graham Road ground H. W. LAMB Hereford Herefordshire Herefordshire Beacon Hotel House Hydropathic John Knotesford Lady Emily Foley late Charles Morris Ledbury Leigh Sinton limited number Little Malvern London Madresfield MADRESFIELD COURT Malvern Church Malvern Hills MALVERN WATERS miles monks morning neighbourhood of Malvern North Hill North Malvern parish patients Physician Pianoforte picturesque plants Powick praise the Lord present Priory Church pure water residence rising River Teme rock scene scenery School season Severn situated spot spring stone subscriptions Sugar-Loaf summit syenite tower town trees variety vern village visitors walks West Malvern western winds Worcester Worcestershire Beacon Wych
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Página 14 - Of fruits, and flowers, and bunches of knot-grass, And diamonded with panes of quaint device, Innumerable of stains and splendid dyes, As are the tiger-moth's deep-damask'd wings; And in the midst, 'mong thousand heraldries, And twilight saints, and dim emblazonings, A shielded scutcheon blush'd with blood of queens and kings.
Página 97 - Thou hast a famous church And rarely builded : No country town hath such — Most men have yielded, For pillars stout and strong, And windows large and long : Remember in thy song To praise the Lori.
Página 10 - Nash, says,—' Before the Conquest it was a wilderness thick set with trees, in the midst of which some monks who aspired to greater perfection retired from the Priory of Worcester and became hermits ; the enthusiasm spread so fast that the number soon increased to three hundred, when, forming themselves into a society, they agreed to live according to the rule of St. Benedict, and elected Aldwin to be superior.
Página 37 - Gloucester. It appears to be composed of an immense continuation of oblong, conical, and irregular hills, principally covered with fine timber ; the deep shadows of whose luxuriant foliage project over the most beautiful vales, abounding with orchards, corn-fields, and hop-grounds. The distance in the west is finely marked by the range of the Black Mountains, and the hills of Radnorshire. The prospects to the east and southeast are yet more extensive, including a very large proportion of Gloucestershire...
Página 97 - Late in the evening, I heard the voice of one Most sweetly singing ; Which did delight me much, Because the song was such, And ended with a touch, O praise the Lord. The God of sea and land That rules above us, Stays his avenging hand, 'Cause he doth love us, And doth his blessings send, Altho' we do offend : Then let us all amend, And praise the Lord.
Página 82 - When western winds do rock Both town and country, Thy hill doth break the shock, They cannot hurt thee ; When waters great abound, And many a country's drown'd, Thou standest safe and sound ; O praise the Lord.
Página 11 - Reference will be made in another chapter to the dissolution of the religious houses in the reign of Henry VIII, but here we may note that London was the chief scene of the burning of " heretics " at Smithfield in the reign of Mary.
Página 97 - Cause he doth love us» And doth his blessings send, Although we do offend ; Then let us all amend, And praise the Lord. Great Malvem on a rock, Thou standest surely, Do not thyself forget, Living securely! Thou hast of blessings store, No country town hath more, Do not forget, therefore, To praise the Lord.
Página 4 - And soundest : in new herbage coughs are heard. Nor love too frequent shelter, such as decks The vale of Severn, Nature's garden wide, By the blue steeps of distant Malvern wall'd, Solemnly vast.
Página 11 - ... seemed to take effect, for Urso died soon after, and his only son. Roger, who succeeded him, did not long survive him. forming themselves into a society, they agreed to live according to the Order of St. Benedict, and elected Aldwyn, one of their company, to be Superior ; thus was this monastery founded about the year 1083, with the consent and approbation of St. Wulstan, Bishop of Worcester, and was dedicated to the Virgin Mary.