My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideChapman & Hall, Ld., 1905 |
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Page 24
... valley , of the mountains near Abergavenny , ten miles off , the conical sugar - loaf in the centre , the flat - topped mass of the Blorenge on the left , and the rocky ridge of the Skirrid to the right . These names were so constantly ...
... valley , of the mountains near Abergavenny , ten miles off , the conical sugar - loaf in the centre , the flat - topped mass of the Blorenge on the left , and the rocky ridge of the Skirrid to the right . These names were so constantly ...
Page 35
... valley of the Lea stretching away to Ware on the east , the town itself just over the river on the south , while on the north , just across the river Beane , was a steep slope covered with scattered fir trees , and called the Warren ...
... valley of the Lea stretching away to Ware on the east , the town itself just over the river on the south , while on the north , just across the river Beane , was a steep slope covered with scattered fir trees , and called the Warren ...
Page 107
... valley the steep slope was thickly covered with hazel and other bushes , as well as a good many trees , forming a hanging wood full of wild flowers , and offering a delightful shade in the heat of the afternoon . About a mile to the ...
... valley the steep slope was thickly covered with hazel and other bushes , as well as a good many trees , forming a hanging wood full of wild flowers , and offering a delightful shade in the heat of the afternoon . About a mile to the ...
Page 108
... valley something like that called the Devil's Dyke near Brighton ; but this was thickly wooded on both sides , and the little stream at the bottom , rushing over a pebbly bed , produced a roaring sound which could be heard at a ...
... valley something like that called the Devil's Dyke near Brighton ; but this was thickly wooded on both sides , and the little stream at the bottom , rushing over a pebbly bed , produced a roaring sound which could be heard at a ...
Page 133
... valleys with flat bottoms , and sides clothed with fir woods , a kind of country I had not yet seen , and which impressed me as showing some connection between the geological for- mation of the country and its physical features , though ...
... valleys with flat bottoms , and sides clothed with fir woods , a kind of country I had not yet seen , and which impressed me as showing some connection between the geological for- mation of the country and its physical features , though ...
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