A Tour in a Phaeton Through the Eastern CountiesRichard Bentley & Son, 1889 - 403 psl. |
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... miles from anywhere . In fact , the whole place gave us a strange feeling of remoteness , a very real feeling , yet one hardly to be described in words or analysed . So did the slumberous calm , the old - world tranquillity of the place ...
... miles from anywhere . In fact , the whole place gave us a strange feeling of remoteness , a very real feeling , yet one hardly to be described in words or analysed . So did the slumberous calm , the old - world tranquillity of the place ...
12 psl.
... miles of spreading country , the straggling vil- lages , the many homes passed by , the numbers of things seen on the way , give to the driving tourist an impression of distance that no mere rapid transit by rail from one station to ...
... miles of spreading country , the straggling vil- lages , the many homes passed by , the numbers of things seen on the way , give to the driving tourist an impression of distance that no mere rapid transit by rail from one station to ...
14 psl.
... filled air upon a glorious expanse of waving woods , green meadows , and red tilled fields , down upon miles of smiling verdure dotted here and there A GLORIOUS PROSPECT . 15 with scattered farmsteads and red 14 A TOUR IN A PHAETON .
... filled air upon a glorious expanse of waving woods , green meadows , and red tilled fields , down upon miles of smiling verdure dotted here and there A GLORIOUS PROSPECT . 15 with scattered farmsteads and red 14 A TOUR IN A PHAETON .
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... miles around - then we descended by a tree - shaded winding lane that would not have discre- dited Devonshire to the lowland country once again . The hill side to our right , sloping down to the sunlit country , was covered with woods ...
... miles around - then we descended by a tree - shaded winding lane that would not have discre- dited Devonshire to the lowland country once again . The hill side to our right , sloping down to the sunlit country , was covered with woods ...
23 psl.
... miles ) we have certainly come across not a few unique specimens of ungainly structures ; but these , I verily believe , excel them all for perfected ugliness , for it almost seems as if there could be a perfection of ugliness as well ...
... miles ) we have certainly come across not a few unique specimens of ungainly structures ; but these , I verily believe , excel them all for perfected ugliness , for it almost seems as if there could be a perfection of ugliness as well ...
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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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