My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideGregg, 1969 - 916 pages |
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... miles beyond the town of Brecon . As there was no coach communication , and the distance was only about thirty miles , we determined to walk , and having sent our luggage by coach or waggon , we started about sunrise , and after two ...
... miles beyond the town of Brecon . As there was no coach communication , and the distance was only about thirty miles , we determined to walk , and having sent our luggage by coach or waggon , we started about sunrise , and after two ...
Page 179
... miles , with a width varying from two to three miles , the boundary running for the most part along the crest of the mountains that bound the valley on the north - west . We lodged and boarded at a farmhouse called Bryn - coch ( Red ...
... miles , with a width varying from two to three miles , the boundary running for the most part along the crest of the mountains that bound the valley on the north - west . We lodged and boarded at a farmhouse called Bryn - coch ( Red ...
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... miles from Neath . This he caught with a forked stick , to which he then tied it firmly by the neck , and put it in his coat pocket . Meeting a labourer on the way , he pulled it out of his pocket , wriggling and twisting round the ...
... miles from Neath . This he caught with a forked stick , to which he then tied it firmly by the neck , and put it in his coat pocket . Meeting a labourer on the way , he pulled it out of his pocket , wriggling and twisting round the ...
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