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Proceedings of the Somersetshire Archaeological and Natural History Society (Volume 19-20)

Proceedings of the Somersetshire Archaeological and Natural History Society (Volume 19-20)

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ISBN10: 1153951959
ISBN13: 9781153951951
Publisher: General Books
Pages: 196
Weight: 0.79
Height: 0.42 Width: 7.44 Depth: 9.69
Language: English
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1874. Excerpt: ... Raleigh's love of planting so conspicuous as at Sherborne. He loved the place for the remembrance of the domestic happiness he found there. From 1591 to 1594, he enjoyed, perhaps for tho longest interval ever accorded to him, the rural and domestic pleasures of a seat--Where winds, perhaps, our woods sometimes may shake, But blustering care could never tempest make; Nor murmurs ere come nigh us, Saving of fountains that glide by us. We shall have the great advantage of being shewn over the old Castle by Mr. Clark, and we must ever regret that this masterpiece of military architecture, as it is called, of old Bishop Roger, of Salisbury, was sacrificed, but not by Raleigh, for the sake of its materials, to complete the Lodge. To morrow, by the kindness of Lord Ilchestor, we shall visit the ancient seat of Melbury, under the able guidance of Mr. Parker, and shall see several other objects of interest on the way. This is the twenty-fifth anniversary of the foundation of our Society. Its inaugural meeting, at which I had the honour of being present, was held at Taunton, and Dean Buckland made there a remarkable, but somewhat eccentric speech. You know that shortly afterwards the reason of this eminent pioneor of geology gave way, and that he never afterwards recovored. No man knew our county better than he did, and the studies which made him famous were prosecuted at the Banwell caves and other spots within our boundaries. Mr. Freeman also assisted us at the beginning, and has ever since shone among us as a star of the first magnitude. The late Mr. Henry Drummond, in his inaugural address at the foundation of the Surrey Archaeologlcal Society, in 1854, spoke of the use of local societies like ours, to obtain accurate materials for the general history of our co...