A General History of Malvern: Embellished with Plates, Intended to Comprise All the Advantages of a Guide, with the More Important Details of Chemical, Mineralogical and Statistical Information

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W. Walcott, 1817 - Malvern (England) - 291 pages
 

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Page 178 - They that turn many to righteousness (shall shine) as the stars for ever and ever
Page 261 - Escaped the crowd, thoughts full of heaviness May visit, as life's bitter losses press Hard on my bosom ; but I shall beguile The thing I am...
Page 146 - One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on an hill.
Page 25 - Saxon, yet can they only be -attributed to the ancient Britons. One of the most important and considerable of these fortified places is situated on a spot that could not fail to be an object of the utmost attention to the original inhabitants of these territories. This is the Herefordshire Beacon, commanding that which was the only pass through the Malvern ridge of hills, and which is indeed very nearly so to the present hour. The Worcestershire and Herefordshire Beacons appear much higher than in...
Page 16 - 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 Lord.
Page 149 - ... down, is upwards of half a mile in circumference. These trenches vary from six to twelve feet in depth, and " in some places are more than thirty broad, and supposed to be capable of containing an army of 20,000 men."* The avenues or passes are still nearly perfect. There is a singular cave here. " Still lower, on the acclivity, are successive ranges of ramparts and ditches, very steep, deep, and high, encircling the sides of the mountain.
Page 25 - ... in all parts of this island, of a very peculiar kind, situated chiefly on the tops of natural hills, and which can be attributed to none of the various people who have ever dwelt in the adjacent country, except to the ancient Britons; although indeed the subsequent conquerors...
Page 152 - It was certainly prior to the partition trench before mentioned, which divides the counties of Worcester and Hereford ; for the outward trench of the camp serves for part of this ditch. " Within the distance of a musket-shot of the trenches of the camp, in the parish of Colwall, in Herefordshire, was found, in the year 1650, by Thomas Tayler, near Burstners Cross, as he was digging a ditch round his cottage, a coronet or bracelet of gold, set with precious stones, of a size to be drawn over the arm...
Page 154 - ... of Worcester and 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...
Page 50 - Christian and a humble Monk. His death is universally regretted both by the Clergy and Laity. He died the first of Oct. in the year of our Lord 1135. Let every Christian earnestly pray that his Soul may live in Heaven.

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