A Tour in a Phaeton Through the Eastern CountiesRichard Bentley & Son, 1889 - 403 psl. |
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8 psl.
... give to even the most beautiful scenery . Taking full ad- vantage of our free and independent mode of travel , the only thing definite that we decided upon before starting was to drive to Yarmouth on the east coast , thence northward on ...
... give to even the most beautiful scenery . Taking full ad- vantage of our free and independent mode of travel , the only thing definite that we decided upon before starting was to drive to Yarmouth on the east coast , thence northward on ...
12 psl.
... give to the driving tourist an impression of distance that no mere rapid transit by rail from one station to another can possibly afford . By road the distance between different towns and villages seems lengthened , in comparison with ...
... give to the driving tourist an impression of distance that no mere rapid transit by rail from one station to another can possibly afford . By road the distance between different towns and villages seems lengthened , in comparison with ...
13 psl.
... give us the impres- sion of a county as flat as a pancake , ' as a popular writer has termed Essex , which only proves to me that some people glibly describe places that they have never taken the trouble to see . Indeed , a certain ...
... give us the impres- sion of a county as flat as a pancake , ' as a popular writer has termed Essex , which only proves to me that some people glibly describe places that they have never taken the trouble to see . Indeed , a certain ...
17 psl.
... gives a sense of vastness to the scene more suggestive of Western America , that land of big rivers , mighty distances , and broad effects , than a portion of our tight little island , ' where , as a rule , simple grandeur gives place ...
... gives a sense of vastness to the scene more suggestive of Western America , that land of big rivers , mighty distances , and broad effects , than a portion of our tight little island , ' where , as a rule , simple grandeur gives place ...
21 psl.
... gives her figure at full length and almost life size , with the peculiar head - dress of the period , her body being draped with a loose robe . This fine slab also contains representations of her ten children , each one bearing a scroll ...
... gives her figure at full length and almost life size , with the peculiar head - dress of the period , her body being draped with a loose robe . This fine slab also contains representations of her ten children , each one bearing a scroll ...
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abbey altar-tombs ancient artist beauty Beccles Bramfield brass building built carved charming church churchyard clerk coaching inns Colchester colour comfortable cottage Cromer curious delightful discovered driving drove England English Essex farmhouse farmstead Faulkbourne fresh gables grand green grey guide-book Hadleigh Halesworth half-timbered highwayman horses hostelry inns inscription interest journey KENTWELL HALL land landlord landscape Langdon Hills Layer Marney LAYER MARNEY TOWER Little Braxted look manifestly mansion miles modern monument never Norfolk Norfolk towns noticed old coaching old house old-fashioned old-time once ourselves painted passed past phaeton photograph picture picturesque pleasant portion pretty quaint quiet railway rain rambling rector Reepham remarked rest river road roof ruined rural scenery seemed side sketch spot Stalham stone strange structure Suffolk thatched thing tion told tomb took tourist town traveller trees village walls wayside weather whilst wild wind windmill wonder woods Yarmouth
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