Colbran's New Guide for Tunbridge Wells: Being a Full and Accurate Description of the Wells and Its Neighbourhood Within a Circuit of Nearly Twenty Miles, and Notices of the London and Dover Railway ...J. Colbran, 1844 - 353 páginas |
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adjoining afterwards ancient antiquity appears Archbishop Bayhall belonging Bidborough bridge Brighton Buckhurst building built buried Buxted called Calverley Canterbury carved castle chalybeate chancel chapel Charles church Countess Court Crowborough dedicated to St died Dorset Duchess of Kent Duke Earl Edward entrance erected Eridge feet formerly Frant gallery gardens Goudhurst Grosvenor Road grounds Grove hall handsome Hawkhurst Henry Henry VIII Hill Hotel inscription John King Knight Knole Lady Lamberhurst Lord Maidstone manor mansion miles from Dover miles from London moat monuments Mount Ephraim Mount Sion nearly neighbourhood Nevill noble o'clock original Parade parish park Penshurst pleasant pleasantly situated present principal Queen reign remains Richard river Medway Rocks Royal Rusthall Sevenoaks short distance side Sir Thomas Somerhill Southborough Speldhurst spot spring station stone Sussex tower town Tunbridge Uckfield village visitors Wadhurst walk Waller walls William Withyham wood
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Página 183 - Thou hast thy walks for health as well as sport; Thy mount, to which the Dryads do resort, Where Pan and Bacchus their high feasts have made Beneath the broad beech, and the chestnut shade, That taller tree, which of a nut was set At his great birth, where all the Muses met.
Página 329 - ... in the Latin tongue, he was unwilling to lose it; and having an inclination also to reading, and no delight in the conversation of those he was obliged to work with, he generally spent all the time he had to spare in reading by himself. Sir Thomas said, ' You are now old, and almost past your labour; I will give you the running of my kitchen as long as you live.
Página 219 - Here I had a sight, which indeed I never saw in any other part of England: Namely, that going to church at a country village, not far from Lewes, I saw an ancient lady, and a lady of very good quality, I assure you, drawn to church in her coach with six oxen; nor was it done in frolic or humour, but meer necessity, the way being so stiff and deep, that no horses could go in it.
Página 19 - ... the Wells, where the company meet in the morning : this place consists of a long walk, shaded by spreading trees, under which they walk while they are drinking the waters : on one side of this walk is a long row of shops, plentifully stocked with all manner of toys, lace, gloves, stockings, and where there is raffling, as at Paris in the...
Página 10 - The use of Tunbridge and Epsom waters, for health and cure, I first made known to London and the king's people : the Spa ( in Germany ) is a chargeable and inconvenient journey to sick bodies, besides the money it carries out of the kingdom, and inconvenience to religion. Much more I could say, but I rather hint than handle — rather open a door to a large prospect than give it.
Página 44 - Pantiles, being by much the smartest part of my dress. 0 that you were here, Susan, to exhibit upon a donky, — I cannot tell whether my orthography is right, but a donky is the monture in high fashion here ; and I assure you, when covered with blue housings, and sleek, it makes no bad figure : — I mean a lady, if an elegant woman, makes no bad figure upon it, with a little boy or girl behind, who carries a switch, meant to admonish the animal from time to time that he is hired to walk on, and...
Página 36 - Nash for a beau garqon; his person was clumsy, too large, and awkward, and his features harsh, strong, and peculiarly irregular; yet even with those disadvantages, he made love, became an universal admirer of the sex, and was universally admired. He was possessed, at least, of some requisites of a lover. He had assiduity, flattery, fine clothes, and as much wit as the ladies he addressed.
Página 287 - Canterbury, who rebuilt the house, and enclosed the park ; and left it, at his death in 1486, to the see of Canterbury, as a palace for his successors for ever. Archbishop...
Página 7 - ... swam on its surface, as well as on account of the ochreous substance which subsided at the bottom, and marked its course to a neighbouring brook.
Página 295 - These awnd-irons are used at this day, and are called cob-irons : they stand on the hearth, where they burn wood, to lay it upon ; their fronts are usually carved, with a round knob at the top ; some of them are kept polished and bright: anciently many of them were embellished with a variety of ornaments.