A Description of Hawkstone, the Seat of Sir R. Hill, Bart M.P.: With Brief Notices of the Antiquities of Bury Walls and of Red Castle, an Account of the Column, in Shrewsbury and of Lord Hill's Military ActionsPrinted at the Chronicle Office, and sold by J. Watton, 1840 - 71 páginas |
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... village church , harmonize with the scene . At a still more remote distance you descry , by the ascending smoke , Shrewsbury , with other considerable Towns ; and lastly , an Amphitheatre of far- distant Mountains , --- all varying in ...
... village church , harmonize with the scene . At a still more remote distance you descry , by the ascending smoke , Shrewsbury , with other considerable Towns ; and lastly , an Amphitheatre of far- distant Mountains , --- all varying in ...
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... village of Weston , in which is a neat Church , situate on a pleasant eminence , and which was rebuilt chiefly at the expense of the late Sir Richard Hill , Bart . Several other excursions may afterwards be made in the vicinity ...
... village of Weston , in which is a neat Church , situate on a pleasant eminence , and which was rebuilt chiefly at the expense of the late Sir Richard Hill , Bart . Several other excursions may afterwards be made in the vicinity ...
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... village of LEE . From the latter a sword was taken a few years since . Among the celebrated visitors at Hawk- stone , Dr. SAMUEL JOHNSON has left the following record in 1774 . " We saw Hawkstone , the seat of Sir Rowland Hill , and ...
... village of LEE . From the latter a sword was taken a few years since . Among the celebrated visitors at Hawk- stone , Dr. SAMUEL JOHNSON has left the following record in 1774 . " We saw Hawkstone , the seat of Sir Rowland Hill , and ...
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... village of Roliça , with its vines , its olives , and quiet gardens , stands upon an eminence at the head of that valley , in the midst of which , distant about eight miles , rises the insulated hill of Obidos . In front of Roliça ...
... village of Roliça , with its vines , its olives , and quiet gardens , stands upon an eminence at the head of that valley , in the midst of which , distant about eight miles , rises the insulated hill of Obidos . In front of Roliça ...
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... village of St. Amias , menaced the left flank of the enemy . This body was led by Colonel Trant . Nine thousand men ... villages had found a friend . Laborde drew back a little upon his left as the English advanced , but held his right ...
... village of St. Amias , menaced the left flank of the enemy . This body was led by Colonel Trant . Nine thousand men ... villages had found a friend . Laborde drew back a little upon his left as the English advanced , but held his right ...
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Adour army artillery ascended assailants assault attack bank Bart battalions battle bayonet brave bridge British Byng cavalry centre charge Colonel columns combat commanded covered crossed d'Erlon defended drove Duke enemy erected field fire flank force formed fourth division French front gallant Garonne Grotto ground guards guns Hawkstone Hawkstone Park HILL'S honour horse Hougoumont infantry instantly killed and wounded La Haye Sainte light division lofty LORD HILL Lord Wellington Lordship loss marched Marshal Beresford Marshal Soult miles mountain movements Murillo musketry night Nivelle numbers occupied Orthez Pampeluna pass Portuguese Portuguese brigade prisoners ravine rear Red Castle redoubts regiment repulsed reserve retired retreat ridge river road rock scene Shrewsbury SHREWSBURY CHRONICLE side Sir Richard Hill Sir ROWLAND HILL Sir Thomas Graham Sir Thomas Picton sixth division soldiers soon Spaniards stone strong summit supported third division Tower town troops valley victory village Vittoria walls
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Página 45 - He that mounts the precipices at Hawkestone, wonders how he came thither, and doubts how he shall return. His walk is an adventure, and his departure an escape. He has not the tranquillity, but the horrors, of solitude; a kind of turbulent pleasure, between fright and admiration.
Página 16 - I hope the people of England will be satisfied!" "I hope my country will do me justice!
Página 44 - Round the rocks is a narrow path, cut upon the stone, which is very frequently hewn into steps ; but art has proceeded no further than to make the succession of wonders safely accessible. The whole circuit is somewhat laborious : it is terminated by a grotto cut in...
Página 16 - It is as well as it is. I had rather it should go out of the field with me ;" and in that manner, so becoming to a soldier, Moore was borne from the fight.
Página 64 - Hill continued indefatigable in his exertions ; and he was established with a corps of reserve, guarding the embarkation of the army at Corunna. His humanity and attention to the suffering troops on their landing at Plymouth, earned him the admiration of the humane and benevolent inhabitants of that place ; and he was presented by the mayor and corporation with an address, expressive of their cordial approbation of his conduct...
Página 64 - Plymouth, earned, him the admiration of the humane and benevolent inhabitants of that place; and be was presented by the mayor and corporation with an address, expressive of their cordial approbation of his conduct: and as a proof that his proceedings were not obliterated! from their recollection, the body corporate convened a meeting in 1811, and unanimously voted him the freedom of the borough, in terms of glowing praise.
Página 60 - At Waterloo for some time the corps of Lord Hill took no prominent part in the engagement. The post of his Lordship during the severe combats at Hougoumont, La Haye Sainte, and on the centre of the position, was on the slope of the heights of Merke Braine, to the right of the Nivelle road, covering the right wing of the general line. From this position he anxiously observed every movement of the enemy ; and, as Napoleon gradually concentrated his left in the impetuous attacks upon Hougoumont, his...
Página 33 - ... the Ebro. It is on the Spanish soil that your tents must next be pitched, and your resources drawn. Let the account of our successes be dated from Vittoria, and the birthday of his Imperial Majesty be celebrated in that city.
Página 45 - ... the ideas which it forces upon the mind are, the sublime, the dreadful, and the vast. Above is inaccessible altitude, below is horrible profundity. But it excels the garden of Ham only in extent. ' Ham has grandeur tempered with softness; the walker congratulates his own arrival at the place, and is grieved to think he must ever leave it.
Página 33 - ... across the Ebro. It is on the Spanish soil that your tents must next be pitched, and from thence your resources drawn. No difficulties can be insurmountable to your valour and devotion.