A Tour in a Phaeton Through the Eastern CountiesRichard Bentley & Son, 1889 - 403 psl. |
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... tower or spire : all this goodly prospect bounded only by the circling blue of the far - away horizon where land and sky were blended together in a dim dreamy un- certainty . Right through the heart of this map - like panorama wound the ...
... tower or spire : all this goodly prospect bounded only by the circling blue of the far - away horizon where land and sky were blended together in a dim dreamy un- certainty . Right through the heart of this map - like panorama wound the ...
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... tower of brick is in no style of archi- tecture whatever , as far as I am aware . From an inscription upon it we learnt that it was built in the year of grace , if not of taste , MDCCXXXIV . This precious structure , as far as our ...
... tower of brick is in no style of archi- tecture whatever , as far as I am aware . From an inscription upon it we learnt that it was built in the year of grace , if not of taste , MDCCXXXIV . This precious structure , as far as our ...
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... tower to be original , anxious above all things to show his own cleverness , disregardful of the time - tried work of others , possibly it may be that in his pride he con- ceived the idea of inventing a new style of archi- tecture ...
... tower to be original , anxious above all things to show his own cleverness , disregardful of the time - tried work of others , possibly it may be that in his pride he con- ceived the idea of inventing a new style of archi- tecture ...
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... tower . This is con- structed entirely of massive beams of oak , black and brown with age . The great timbers are curiously and ingeniously arranged to ensure strength and mutual support . Near to the south door is a unique brass ; the ...
... tower . This is con- structed entirely of massive beams of oak , black and brown with age . The great timbers are curiously and ingeniously arranged to ensure strength and mutual support . Near to the south door is a unique brass ; the ...
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... Tower - A Grand Building - A Sixteenth - century Mansion - Friends on the Road -- A Notable Structure - A Fine Prospect of River , Land , and Sea . A VERY pleasant walk through a picturesque pastoral country of green meadows , sparkling ...
... Tower - A Grand Building - A Sixteenth - century Mansion - Friends on the Road -- A Notable Structure - A Fine Prospect of River , Land , and Sea . A VERY pleasant walk through a picturesque pastoral country of green meadows , sparkling ...
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altar-tombs ancient architecture artist beauty Beccles better brass brick building built carved charming church churchyard clerk coaching inns Colchester colour cottage Cromer curious delightful Dick Turpin discovered driving drove England English epitaphs Essex farmhouse farmstead Faulkbourne Friston gables gateway grand green grey guide-book Hadleigh Halesworth half-timbered Herongate highwayman horses hostel hostelry inns inscription journey KENTWELL HALL land landlord landscape Langdon Hills Layer Marney Layer Marney tower Little Braxted look manifestly mansion miles modern monument never Norfolk noticed old coaching old house old-fashioned old-time once painted passed past phaeton photograph picture picturesque pleasant portion pretty quaint railway rambling rector Reepham remarked rest river road roof round ruined rural scenery seems side sketch spot Stalham stone strange strangers structure Suffolk thing tion told tomb tourist tower town trees village walls wayside weather wild wind windmill wonder woods Yarmouth
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