... morass as the site of a vast forest, whose immemorial and Druidhaunted groves were burnt by the Roman invaders ! and seeks to account for its present condition by supposing that the charred trees still frequently found within its depths, — being... Novels - Page 60by William Harrison Ainsworth - 1909Full view - About this book
| 1840 - 756 pages
...still frequently found within its depths, — being left where the conflagration had placed them, had choked up its brooks and springs, and so reduced it...mineral ; And blocks as black as pitch, with boring augurs found There at the General Flood supposed to be drown'd. But the former hypothesis appears the... | |
| Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - English literature - 1840 - 722 pages
...still frequently found within its depths, — being left where the conflagration had placed them, had choked up its brooks and springs, and so reduced it...fall Lies full of turf and marl, her unctuous mineral ; Ami blocks as black as pitch, with boring augurs found There at the General Flood supposed to be... | |
| 1840 - 758 pages
...still frequently found within its depths, — being left where the conflagration had placed them, had choked up its brooks and springs, and so reduced it to a general swamp. Dray ton, however, in the following lines from the Faerie Land, places its origin as far back as the... | |
| William Harrison Ainsworth - Great Britain - 1857 - 432 pages
...still frequently found within its depths — being left where the conflagration had placed them, had choked up its brooks and springs, and so reduced it...the Deluge : — • Great Chat Moss at my fall Lies fall of turf and marl, her unctuous mineral ; And blocks as black as pitch, with boring augers found,... | |
| William Harrison Ainsworth - Great Britain - 1878 - 442 pages
...still frequently found within its depths — being left where the conflagration had placed them, had choked up its brooks and springs, and so reduced it...Land, places its origin as far back as the Deluge : Groat Chat Moss at my fall Lies full of turf and marl, her unctuous mineral ; And blocks as black... | |
| Thomas Newbigging - Lancashire (England) - 1891 - 172 pages
...prouder gait " Tow'rds Mersey making on, Great Chatmosse at my fall, " Piles full of turf, and marie, her unctuous mineral, "And blocks as black as pitch...There at the general flood supposed to be drown'd. " Thus chief of Mersey's train, away with her I run, " When in her prosperous course she wat'reth Warrington,... | |
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