A Tour in a Phaeton Through the Eastern Counties |
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After our ramble round the town we set forth in search of the clerk , and fortunately , to our pleasant surprise , we found him at home , for , according to our experience , it is more often than not a troublesome and tedious matter to ...
After our ramble round the town we set forth in search of the clerk , and fortunately , to our pleasant surprise , we found him at home , for , according to our experience , it is more often than not a troublesome and tedious matter to ...
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Entering the fine old church , a cathedral in miniature , the clerk first of all conducted us to the vestry , a spacious chamber with a grand roof of groined stone . At the intersection of the arches are bosses very sharply cut with ...
Entering the fine old church , a cathedral in miniature , the clerk first of all conducted us to the vestry , a spacious chamber with a grand roof of groined stone . At the intersection of the arches are bosses very sharply cut with ...
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On the floor of this ancient chamber the clerk called our attention to three massive chests iron - bound , fearfully old ' he said they were . This was manifest but indefinite ; they are of curious construction , and it would be ...
On the floor of this ancient chamber the clerk called our attention to three massive chests iron - bound , fearfully old ' he said they were . This was manifest but indefinite ; they are of curious construction , and it would be ...
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The clerk proudly pointed out this to us as no other than the tomb of the famous Guthrum , king of the Danes , who in the year 890 resided in the then royal town of Hadleigh . It will be remembered that it was into the camp of this ...
The clerk proudly pointed out this to us as no other than the tomb of the famous Guthrum , king of the Danes , who in the year 890 resided in the then royal town of Hadleigh . It will be remembered that it was into the camp of this ...
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So I requested the clerk to show us this , but he said it did not exist now , having disappeared fourteen or fifteen years ago . It is a pity that this curious conceit in words was not preserved , but why did my guide - book of recent ...
So I requested the clerk to show us this , but he said it did not exist now , having disappeared fourteen or fifteen years ago . It is a pity that this curious conceit in words was not preserved , but why did my guide - book of recent ...
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A Tour in a Phaeton through the Eastern Counties ... With sixteen ... James John Hissey Visos knygos peržiūra - 1889 |
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16 psl. - Such a prodigious valley, everywhere painted with the finest verdure, and intersected with numberless hedges and woods, appears beneath you that it is past description; the Thames winding through it, full of ships, and bounded by the hills of Kent. Nothing can exceed this amazing prospect, unless it be that which Hannibal exhibited to his disconsolate troops when he bade them behold the glories of the .Italian plains...
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305 psl. - ... knights. This church contains several tombs of interest. In the chancel we came upon a plain marble tablet, with the following inscribed thereon : Sacred to the Memory of MARY TUDOR, Third Daugh" of Henry y1 7th, King of England, and Queen of France.
Bibliografinė informacija
| Pavadinimas | A Tour in a Phaeton Through the Eastern Counties |
| Autorius | James John Hissey |
| Leidėjas | Richard Bentley & Son, 1889 |
| Originalas iš | Harvardo universitetas |
| Pakeista skaitmenine forma | 8 gegužės 2008 |
| Ilgis | 403 psl. |
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