BEATTIE’S MINSTREL.

The distance from Caerwys to Denbigh is about ten miles. You pass

Lleweni Hall, formerly occupied by the Hon. Thomas Fitzmaurice, uncle to

the Marquis of Lansdown, brother to the Earl of Shelburne, and father of

the late noble possessor. Mr. Fitzmaurice used here to bleach the cloths

made on his estates in Ireland. He travelled to Chester in his coach and

six, and when there stood behind a counter selling cloth. He lived with

the affected humility of a tradesman, and the pomp of a lord: his conduct

was singular, but his motives were good.

The Cambrian Tourist, or, Post-Chaise Companion through Wales [1828] Containing cursory sketches of the Welsh territories, and a description of the manners, customs, and games of the natives · 第 135 / 172 题