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Pleasant and quiet chambers these were; for the noise of the hall could not reach them and their windows were set to the westward, looking out toward the Welsh hills beyond the Wye, which showed above the rampart and stockading.
"The old trick you taught me in E Troop did for 'im, sir. As 'e fell, 'e said, 'Bull, you are a damned rascal, and laughed as if the joke was on 'im. 'I'm done for, Bull, 'e went on, 'but I'd rather die this wye in a fair fight with a friend, than blindfold against the wall for a traitor. Take care o' Cap Carter, 'e said. Then 'e croaked."
"Yer'll mebbe myke it," the waterman told him with a weatherwise survey of the skies. "Wind's freshenin' from the east'rds, an' that'll 'old 'er back a bit, sir." "Arsk th' wye to th' Dorkyard Styshun," young William volunteered. "'Tis th' shortest walk, sir. I 'opes yer catches 'er.... Thanky, sir."
The Peak of Derbyshire Castleton Bess of Hardwicke Hardwicke Hall Bolsover Castle The Wye and the Derwent Buxton Bakewell Haddon Hall The King of the Peak Dorothy Vernon Rowsley The Peacock Inn Chatsworth The Victoria Regia Matlock Dovedale Beauchief Abbey Stafford Castle Trentham Hall Tamworth Tutbury Castle Chartley Castle Alton Towers Shrewsbury Castle Bridgenorth Wenlock Abbey Ludlow Castle The Feathers Inn Lichfield Cathedral Dr.
Arthur Wye, wearing the brand-new uniform, red stripes and facings, of flying artillery, rose also; John Casson buttoned his cavalry jacket, grumbling, and stood heavily erect, a colossus in blue and yellow. "You have the devil's luck, Berkley," he said without bitterness. "I need it." "So you do, poor old boy. But God! you play like a professional."
This closed my visit to the interesting scenes associated with Byron's strange eventful history scenes that ever acquire a growing charm as the lapse of years softens the errors of the man, and confirms the genius of the poet. May 10. It was on a lovely morning that I found myself on board the little steamer Wye, passing out of Bristol harbour.
It was a little four-roomed house, and an outhouse opening on the Wye, which was standing in poor Nelly's days, remains. Hereford Cathedral is a fine Norman structure, begun in the eleventh century and recently restored. The most imposing portion of the interior is the north transept, which was built to receive the shrine of Cantelupe.
At Barmouth a beautiful cliff known as Dinas-o-lea, Llanlleiana Head, Anglesey, the fifteen acres of cliff land at Tintagel, called Barras Head, looking on to the magnificent pile of rocks on which stand the ruins of King Arthur's Castle, and the summit of Kymin, near Monmouth, whence you can see a charming view of the Wye Valley, are all owned and protected by the Trust.
Miss Gloria can let herself in, anyway, same as comin' from the theatre. But can I git ye anythink? No? Well, you know your wye up, sir, down't ye?" "Yes, yes; good-night, Liza!" "Good-night, Farver!" He had set his foot on the stair to go up to the drawing-room when it suddenly occurred to him that though he was the minister of God he was using the weapons of the devil. No matter!
If he isn't, he'll feel on the safe side anyhow. At any rate, it's my only chance." And away he flew between glimmering slopes of frost to where a white curtain of mist hung across the wooded hills of the Wye. Emilia was in skilful hands, and against anything less powerful than a lover mounted upon Hippogriff, might have been shielded.
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