The Works of the Late Edward Dayes: Containing An Excursion Through the Principal Parts of Derbyshire and Yorkshire, with Illustrative Notes by E.W. Brayley; Essays on Painting; Instructions for Drawing and Coloring Landscapes; and Professional Sketches of Modern Artists |
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... any longer , I shall immediately proceed with the narrative of my journey , which I commenced from ASHBOURN , ASHBOURN , A RESPECTABLE town in Derbyshire , pleasantly situated contemplating its most magnificent ruins, or has ...
... any longer , I shall immediately proceed with the narrative of my journey , which I commenced from ASHBOURN , ASHBOURN , A RESPECTABLE town in Derbyshire , pleasantly situated contemplating its most magnificent ruins, or has ...
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... situated on the river Dove . It has a handsome Church , with a fine spire ; and contains some cu- rious ancient tombs of the Cokaines , * the Brad- burns , and the Boothbys ; † several of which appear B 2 to * One of this family , of ...
... situated on the river Dove . It has a handsome Church , with a fine spire ; and contains some cu- rious ancient tombs of the Cokaines , * the Brad- burns , and the Boothbys ; † several of which appear B 2 to * One of this family , of ...
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... situated to the eye , it being in a fertile vale , with the hills rising rather bold , yet the objects are too much scattered for a picture . I quitted Ashbourn , full of impatience to visit Dove - Dale , the beauties of which are ...
... situated to the eye , it being in a fertile vale , with the hills rising rather bold , yet the objects are too much scattered for a picture . I quitted Ashbourn , full of impatience to visit Dove - Dale , the beauties of which are ...
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... situated on a bold eminence , above the Wye , about two miles from Bakewell . When viewed from a distance , it assumes a great air of gran- deur , from its embattled turrets : but on a nearer approach , its true character , that of a ...
... situated on a bold eminence , above the Wye , about two miles from Bakewell . When viewed from a distance , it assumes a great air of gran- deur , from its embattled turrets : but on a nearer approach , its true character , that of a ...
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... situated on the western banks of the river Wye . The houses are neat , and for the most part built with stone . Parts of the Church appear to be very old ; the whole building being in different styles of archi- tecture . The plan is in ...
... situated on the western banks of the river Wye . The houses are neat , and for the most part built with stone . Parts of the Church appear to be very old ; the whole building being in different styles of archi- tecture . The plan is in ...
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Page 185 - Where the great sun begins his state, Rob'd in flames, and amber light, The clouds in thousand liveries dight; While the ploughman, near at hand, Whistles o'er the furrow'd land, And the milkmaid singeth blithe, And the mower whets his scythe, And every shepherd tells his tale, Under the hawthorn in the dale.
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