Search -
Owain Goch, by the Author of the Cavalier [signed Lee Gibbons] 3 Vols
Owain Goch by the Author of the Cavalier 3 Vols - signed Lee Gibbons Author:William Bennett General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1827 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million book... more »s for free. Excerpt: CHAP. II. " Safe station'd in a secret bay, Rough of descent, and brown with pendent pines, That murmur'd to the gale, our bark was inoor'd." Mallet. We left Watkin Pendarvis and his attendant in the act of ascending the hill above Plas y traeth ; and on attaining the height, where, as we have before remarked, the road disappeared amid an em- bowerment of trees, the lawyer turned upon his heel, and leisurely surveyed the expanse of waters before him, into which, as in a golden bed, the physical light of the world was sinking to rest. Like a hero, the refulgent orb set in fire ; and as he appeared gradually to sink below the waves, which were now agitated alone by the tide, a ruddy gleam was spread over the firmament, and threw every rock and tree into a powerful and enchanting relief. It was some time before this magic colouring disappeared ; and Pen- darvis, though little accustomed to bestow much time upon sentimental reverie, lingered until the last beam of sunshine was withdrawn. He then drew his cloak around him, and was preparing to return homeward, when his attendant requested him to stop; and before he could enquire the reason of his entreaty, a boat, of alight and canoe-like build, was seen making her way round the western headland, close in with the shore. There were only two men in her, who, with a cautious oar, ran her up high on the beach, and jumped on shore. . The curiosity of Pendarvis and his companion was now considerably excited, and they continued from a thicket beside the path to watch with eager eyes the motions of the boatmen. But it was not long before Apsly recognised in on...« less