A Topographical Survey of the Great Road from London to Bath and Bristol: With Historical and Descriptive Accounts of the Country, Towns, Villages, and Gentlemen's Seats on and Adjacent to It; Illustrated by Perspective Views ... To which is Added a Correct Map of the Country ... By Archibald Robertson

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author; and William Faden, 1792
 

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Página 154 - Cornwall ; and his temper and affections so public, that no accident which happened could make any impressions in him ; and his example kept others from taking any thing ill, or at least seeming to do so. In a word, a brighter courage, and a gentler disposition, were never married together to make the most cheerful and innocent conversation.
Página 120 - In memory of honours bestowed, and in gratitude for benefits conferred in this city, by his Royal Highness Frederick, Prince of Wales, and his royal consort, in the year 1738, this obelisk is erected by Richard Nash, Esq.
Página 95 - Within these are nineteen smaller single stones, of which only six are standing. At the upper end of the adytum is the altar, a large slab of blue coarse marble...
Página 22 - Providence over these kingdoms, in the year 1789, by restoring to perfect health, from a long and afflicting disorder, our excellent and beloved Sovereign George III., this tablet was inscribed by Thomas Bruce, Earl of Ailesbury.
Página 132 - Oh ! pause a while, whoe'er thou art That drink'st this healing stream : If e'er compassion o'er thy heart Diffus'd its heavenly beam, Think on the wretch, whose distant lot This friendly aid denies ; Think how, in some poor lonely cot, He unregarded lies ! Hither the helpless stranger bring ; Relieve his heart-felt woe ; And let thy bounty, like this spring, In genial currents flow : So may thy years from grief, and pain, And pining want be free ; And thou from Heav'n that mercy gain The poor receive...
Página 154 - He was indeed an excellent person, whose activity, interest, and reputation, was the foundation of what had been done in Cornwall ; and his temper and affection so public, that no accident which happened could make any impressions on him ; and his example kept others from taking anything ill, or at least seeming to do so.
Página 97 - There are three entrances from the plain to this structure, the most considerable of which is from the north-east, and at each of them were raised, on the outside of the trench, two huge stones, with two smaller within, parallel to them. It has...
Página 96 - Stukeley, in 1723, dug, on the inside of the altar, to a bed of solid chalk, mixed with flints. In the reign of Henry VIII. was found here a plate of tin, inscribed with many letters, but in so strange a character, that neither Sir Thomas Elliott, a learned antiquary, nor Mr. Lilly, master of St. Paul's school, could make them out. This plate, to the great loss of the learned world, was soon after lost.
Página 95 - ... asunder, and eight imposts. Eleven uprights have their five imposts on them by the grand entrance. These stones are from thirteen to twenty feet high.
Página 132 - THE HOSPITAL IN THIS CITY, Open to the Sick Poor of every part of the World, To whose Cases these waters are applicable, (The Poor of Bath only excepted,) Was first established, and is still supported, by the Charitable Contributions of the Liberal and Humane. " Oil ! pause awhile, whoe'er thou art, That drink'st this healing stream ; If e'er compassion o'er thy heart Diffus'd its heavenly beam ;