Scenes in North Wales

Excerpt from Scenes in North Wales: With Historical Illustrations, Legends, and Biographical Notices
There is a local interest attached to mountain scenery, arising not only from a natural concentration of grand and majestic objects, but also from a spirit of independence and ardent love of liberty with which the mountaineer, invariably, seems to be inspired.
The great deeds of Leonidas were done amidst the rocks and glens; - Switzerland displays her hatred of tyranny in an undying affection for the memory of Tell; - while from the chivalrous exploits of Glandwr, brandishing high the torch of liberty, a stream of light has issued, that seems to have poured its rays into the deepest recesses of his native glens.
The demi-anarchy of the feudal system occasioned the erection, in Gwynedd, of many stately castles, whose lonely ruins now adorn the petty kingdoms they once overawed.
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