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heig htened the illusion ; at times indeed interrupted by the cries of the kite and hawk , imparting an additional wildness to the scene . '— ' At its lower extremity , where tlie valley was widest , about four hundred feet , in the very centre , stopping up as it we ' re the outlet , arose a large bulwark , Jike some gigantic building in part demolished . More than half of the valley was shut up ' from the sea by its broad base . Lessening by degrees , it rose to a considerable height , and terminated in a conical form . While gazing- on this
majestic pile , an adventitious ' circumstance , resulting from the weather , presented itself , and was productive of the finest effect ; the sky bad been dark and lowering , the whole morning , attended by violent gusts of wind ; the clouds now broke , and sweeping in a pitchy volume around the lower part of the rock , terminated about two-thirds upwards , and leftthe more elevated summit beaming with a bright stream of sun-shine . Nothing , in a picturesque lihtould exceed this most beautiful appearance . Of this mass , my
g , description will convey but a faint notion ; for the imagination would be at a loss to figure to itself a ruder congeries than was here beheld . Rocks piled on rocks , at one time in unequal and rough lazirs ; at another , transverse , and diagonally inclined , against each other ; in short , in every possible form that can be . conceived -, threatening , however , every moment to be disjoined , and to precipitate themselves' either into the valley , or beyond it , into the depth of waters . At this spot also objects were more discriminated ;
and the scenery , comprising die grandest feiftires , at once , charmed and astonished the spectator . To have justice done it , would require the pencil of a Salvator : for it is in unison with all that is sublime and romantic ' It is the sequestered spot , which , in a barbarous clime , would have been a den for wild beasts , or the retiring place of a banditti . On the left side , one rock only attracted my notice . This projected boldly from the inclining steep , and thrusting itself forward , opposed the Severn sea with its broad
perpendicular front , checquered by ivy , and tinted with variegated moss . The valley lost itself rapidly , on either side the conical mountain , in the sea . Beyond , the clilfs' rose higher and higher , upright from the water , and at times being elevated above the farm lands within , protected them from the north-wind , which , where its blasts had been unresisted , appeared to have checked the harvest , and impeded the progress of every kind of vegetation . The woods scattered over these parts , intermingled with the coin and pasture
grounds , though seen at a distance , yet formed a pleasing and striking contrast with the scenery on this side , which had nothing of the picturesque in it ; but comprised every tiling that was wild and magnificent . In the central part of the valley , which in general was about thiee hundred feet broad , were several circles of stone , above forty feet in diameter . Unless these are druidical remains , no vestige of that superstition is here to be discovered . ' Essay XXIII . contains ' Observations on Light , particularly on its
Combination and Separation as a chemical Principle . ' ' Accumulated facts appear clearly to prove the mutual repulsions , the antagonizing powers of heat and lig ht , and to elucidate , often very strikingly , many chemical facts , and many natural p henomena . These proofs are enforced by some meteorolog ical p hamomena , and the astronomical observations of Mr . Herschel . ' We are again presented with some elegant effusions of the Danmonian muse , in ' An Ode to the Genius of Danmonium , ' and ' Three Sonnets in
blank verse . ' The first is a vivid and most beautiful composition , t ' ruui which we could extract some passages with pleasure , but that cur limits are Too contracted . The latter are p leasingly picturesque , though we think blank verse not suited to this species of poetry . We now conclude our review of this very valuable collection , indulging the hope of soon seeing . a coutinuation from the same quarter . vox ., via . A a
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heig htened the illusion ; at times indeed interrupted by the cries of the kite and hawk , imparting an additional wildness to the scene . '— ' At its lower extremity , where tlie valley was widest , about four hundred feet , in the very centre , stopping up as it we ' re the outlet , arose a large bulwark , Jike some gigantic building in part demolished . More than half of the valley was shut up ' from the sea by its broad base . Lessening by degrees , it rose to a considerable height , and terminated in a conical form . While gazing- on this
majestic pile , an adventitious ' circumstance , resulting from the weather , presented itself , and was productive of the finest effect ; the sky bad been dark and lowering , the whole morning , attended by violent gusts of wind ; the clouds now broke , and sweeping in a pitchy volume around the lower part of the rock , terminated about two-thirds upwards , and leftthe more elevated summit beaming with a bright stream of sun-shine . Nothing , in a picturesque lihtould exceed this most beautiful appearance . Of this mass , my
g , description will convey but a faint notion ; for the imagination would be at a loss to figure to itself a ruder congeries than was here beheld . Rocks piled on rocks , at one time in unequal and rough lazirs ; at another , transverse , and diagonally inclined , against each other ; in short , in every possible form that can be . conceived -, threatening , however , every moment to be disjoined , and to precipitate themselves' either into the valley , or beyond it , into the depth of waters . At this spot also objects were more discriminated ;
and the scenery , comprising die grandest feiftires , at once , charmed and astonished the spectator . To have justice done it , would require the pencil of a Salvator : for it is in unison with all that is sublime and romantic ' It is the sequestered spot , which , in a barbarous clime , would have been a den for wild beasts , or the retiring place of a banditti . On the left side , one rock only attracted my notice . This projected boldly from the inclining steep , and thrusting itself forward , opposed the Severn sea with its broad
perpendicular front , checquered by ivy , and tinted with variegated moss . The valley lost itself rapidly , on either side the conical mountain , in the sea . Beyond , the clilfs' rose higher and higher , upright from the water , and at times being elevated above the farm lands within , protected them from the north-wind , which , where its blasts had been unresisted , appeared to have checked the harvest , and impeded the progress of every kind of vegetation . The woods scattered over these parts , intermingled with the coin and pasture
grounds , though seen at a distance , yet formed a pleasing and striking contrast with the scenery on this side , which had nothing of the picturesque in it ; but comprised every tiling that was wild and magnificent . In the central part of the valley , which in general was about thiee hundred feet broad , were several circles of stone , above forty feet in diameter . Unless these are druidical remains , no vestige of that superstition is here to be discovered . ' Essay XXIII . contains ' Observations on Light , particularly on its
Combination and Separation as a chemical Principle . ' ' Accumulated facts appear clearly to prove the mutual repulsions , the antagonizing powers of heat and lig ht , and to elucidate , often very strikingly , many chemical facts , and many natural p henomena . These proofs are enforced by some meteorolog ical p hamomena , and the astronomical observations of Mr . Herschel . ' We are again presented with some elegant effusions of the Danmonian muse , in ' An Ode to the Genius of Danmonium , ' and ' Three Sonnets in
blank verse . ' The first is a vivid and most beautiful composition , t ' ruui which we could extract some passages with pleasure , but that cur limits are Too contracted . The latter are p leasingly picturesque , though we think blank verse not suited to this species of poetry . We now conclude our review of this very valuable collection , indulging the hope of soon seeing . a coutinuation from the same quarter . vox ., via . A a