 | John Young - Gray, Thomas, 1716-1771 - 1810 - 432 pages
...composition, when his narrative rises into poetry. ' In that pleasant district of merry England which is 110 ' watered by the river Don, there extended in ancient...between Sheffield ' and the pleasant town of Doncaster. — Here haunted of ' yore the fabulous dragon of Wantley ; here were fought ' many of the most desperate... | |
 | Walter Scott - Anglo-Saxons - 1820 - 356 pages
...Compelled, reluctant, to the several sties, With din obstreperous, and ungrateful cries. POPE'S Odysiey. IN that pleasant district of merry England which is...covering the greater part of the beautiful hills and values which lie between Sheffield and the pleasant town of Doncaster. The remains of this extensive... | |
 | John Leycester Adolphus - English fiction - 1822 - 228 pages
...general view of the author's style and habits of composition, when his narrative rises into poetry. " In that pleasant district of merry England which is...between Sheffield and the pleasant town of Doncaster. — Here haunted of yore the fabulous dragon of Wantley ; here were fought many of the most desperate... | |
 | John Leycester Adolphus - English fiction - 1822 - 340 pages
...general view of the author's style and habits of composition, when his narrative rises into poetry. ' In that pleasant district of merry England which '...which lie ' between Sheffield and the pleasant town of Don' caster. — Here haunted of yore the fabulous dragon ' of Wantley ; here were fought many of the... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart [novels, collected]) - 1822 - 550 pages
...Compell'd, reluctant, to the several sties, With din obstreperous, and ungrateful cries. POPE'S Odyssey. IN that pleasant district of merry England which is...covering the greater part of the beautiful hills and vallies which lie between Sheffield and the pleasant town of Doncaster. The remains of this extensive... | |
 | Walter Scott - Great Britain - 1823 - 304 pages
...Compelled, reluctant, to the several sties, With din obstreperous, and ungrateful cries. POPE'S Odyney. IN that pleasant district of merry England which is...ancient times a large forest, covering the greater part fo the beautiful hills and valleys which lie between Sheffield and the pleasant town of Doncaster.... | |
 | 1829 - 330 pages
...the same name, reported to have formerly existed close to the castle. У •ii of tïje ЯЭоп* " In that pleasant district of Merry England which is...between Sheffield and the pleasant town of Doncaster. " Imnhoe, Vol. XVI., p. 3. " There are few more beautiful or striking scenes in England, than are presented... | |
 | Walter Scott - English literature - 1833 - 852 pages
...reluctant, to the levcral Bile*, With dm obflreperous, and ungrateful criea. POPE'S Odyssey. tt thai pleasant district of merry England which is watered...forest, covering the greater part of the beautiful hiBs and valleys which lie between Sheffield and the pleasant town of Doncaster. The remains of this... | |
 | Scotland - 1834 - 186 pages
...217 Round Tower, Windsor, 1660 . . W. Evans vi. 309 viii. 166 vi. 282 I f. IVANHOE. WHARNCLIFFE. " The remains of this extensive wood are still to be seen at the noble seat of Wentworth, of Whamcliffe Park, and around Rotherham." " Wharncliffe is five miles from Sheffield... | |
 | Walter Scott - Great Britain - 1836 - 576 pages
...Compelled, reluctant, to the several sties, With din obstreperous, and ungrateful cries. Pope's Odyssey. IN that pleasant district of merry England which is...still to be seen at the noble seats of Wentworth, of Warncliffe Park, and around Rotherharn. Here haunted of yore the fabulous Dragon of Wantley ; here... | |
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IN that pleasant district of merry England which is watered by the river Don, there extended in ancient times a large forest, covering the greater part of the beautiful hills and valleys which lie between Sheffield and the pleasant town of Doncaster. 
