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Title: Narrative of a journey : associated with a fly from Gloucester to Aberystwith, and from Aberystwith through North Wales, July 31st to September 8th 1837
Year: 1840 (1840s)
Authors: Turner, Thomas, of Gloucester Radclyffe, William, 1780-1855, engraver. egr Turner, Thomas, of Gloucester, signer. sgn UPB
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r leaves the stage,Are idly bent on him that enters next,Thinking his prattle to be tedious ;Even so, or with much more contempt, mens eyesDid scowl on Richard; no man cried, God save him ;No joyful tongue gave him his welcome home ;But dust was thrown upon his sacred head;Which with such gentle sorrow he shook off,—His face still combating with tears and smiles,The badges of his grief and patience,—That had not God, for some strong purpose, steeldThe hearts of men, they must perforce have melted,And barbarism itself have pitied him.But heaven hath a hand in these events;To whose high will we bound our calm contents. Conway was also held by Sir John Owen forKing Charles, but General Mytton eventually tookit by storm. The population is now about 1300. In a walk, two or three hundred yards up theriver, we enjoyed a fine view of the castle, in con-nexion, as it were, with the suspension bridge.This beautiful work of art was erected under thesuperintendence of Mr. Telford, by the same
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CONWAY. 167 parties who executed the Menai bridge. It isjudiciously built in the castellated style, andwears the appearance of a drawbridge to thefortress, whilst the town on the left, and the riveropening to the sea in the distance, in conjunctionform a coup-dceil peculiarly imposing. Thisbridge supersedes the dangerous ferry, which for-merly existed here over the Conway. The firststone was laid in the spring of 1822, and it wasopened to the public in the summer of 1826.The embankment, connected with it, is a stu-pendous structure, and is formed of hard clayfaced with stone. The length of the bridge,between the centres of the supporting towers, is327 feet. The length of the embankment, be-tween the island and the eastern shore, is 2015feet, its breadth at the top being 30 feet, and itsextreme width, at the base, 300 feet, where theembankment is highest. Its greatest depth is 54feet. The river Conway was famed from theearliest period of British history, for its pearlfishery, and a pea

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