My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideDodd, Mead, 1906 |
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... VILLAGE NEAR LEICESTER ( Pencil drawing by A. R. Wallace . 1844 ) FREE LIBRARY , Neath • ( Designed by A. R. Wallace . 1847 ) YSGWD GLADYS , VALE OF NEATH · " MAEN MADOC , " UPPER VALE OF NEATH ( From three photographs by Miss Neale ) ...
... VILLAGE NEAR LEICESTER ( Pencil drawing by A. R. Wallace . 1844 ) FREE LIBRARY , Neath • ( Designed by A. R. Wallace . 1847 ) YSGWD GLADYS , VALE OF NEATH · " MAEN MADOC , " UPPER VALE OF NEATH ( From three photographs by Miss Neale ) ...
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... village and a good deal of the land was at that time the property of this family , though they appear to have parted with it not long afterwards , as a Mr. Perkins owned the park and rebuilt the church in 1812. The St. Albans family ...
... village and a good deal of the land was at that time the property of this family , though they appear to have parted with it not long afterwards , as a Mr. Perkins owned the park and rebuilt the church in 1812. The St. Albans family ...
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... village poet has been severely practical : - " ON WILLIAM MEARS , PLUMBER . " Farewell , old friend , for thou art gone To realms above , an honest Man . A plumber , painter , glazier , was your trade , And in sodering pipes none could ...
... village poet has been severely practical : - " ON WILLIAM MEARS , PLUMBER . " Farewell , old friend , for thou art gone To realms above , an honest Man . A plumber , painter , glazier , was your trade , And in sodering pipes none could ...
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... village of Llanbadock , the rocky bank came close to the road , and a stone quarry had been opened to obtain stone , both for building and road - mending purposes . Here , occasionally , the rock was blasted , and sometimes we had the ...
... village of Llanbadock , the rocky bank came close to the road , and a stone quarry had been opened to obtain stone , both for building and road - mending purposes . Here , occasionally , the rock was blasted , and sometimes we had the ...
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... village churchyard had been replaced by a wooden one . We also visited the ruined castle , ascended the winding stair , and walked around the top wall , and everything seemed to me exactly as I knew it of old , and neither smaller nor ...
... village churchyard had been replaced by a wooden one . We also visited the ruined castle , ascended the winding stair , and walked around the top wall , and everything seemed to me exactly as I knew it of old , and neither smaller nor ...
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