My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideG. Bell & Sons, 1905 - 447 pages |
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... BRECKNOCKSHIRE • 160 CHAPTER XII 170 SHROPSHIRE AND JACK MYTTON CHAPTER XIII GLAMORGANSHIRE : NEATH . 178 CHAPTER XIV FIRST LITERARY EFFORTS 199 CHAPTER XV REMARKS ON MY CHARACTER AT TWENTY - ONE . 223 CHAPTER XVI LONDON AND LEICESTER ...
... BRECKNOCKSHIRE • 160 CHAPTER XII 170 SHROPSHIRE AND JACK MYTTON CHAPTER XIII GLAMORGANSHIRE : NEATH . 178 CHAPTER XIV FIRST LITERARY EFFORTS 199 CHAPTER XV REMARKS ON MY CHARACTER AT TWENTY - ONE . 223 CHAPTER XVI LONDON AND LEICESTER ...
Page 159
... weigh- ing just four pounds . " Well done , George Borrow ! You had a good taste in ale and mutton , and were not afraid to acknowledge it . CHAPTER XI BRECKNOCKSHIRE IT was in the summer or early X ] 159 KINGTON AND RADNORSHIRE.
... weigh- ing just four pounds . " Well done , George Borrow ! You had a good taste in ale and mutton , and were not afraid to acknowledge it . CHAPTER XI BRECKNOCKSHIRE IT was in the summer or early X ] 159 KINGTON AND RADNORSHIRE.
Page 160
... rise up abruptly into the clouds as viewed down the street by which we entered the town . On leaving the town we crossed a bridge over the little rocky stream , the Honddu , which here enters 160 CHAPTER XI BRECKNOCKSHIRE •
... rise up abruptly into the clouds as viewed down the street by which we entered the town . On leaving the town we crossed a bridge over the little rocky stream , the Honddu , which here enters 160 CHAPTER XI BRECKNOCKSHIRE •
Page 161
... she was moving in London . The family here were rather interesting . The father , a middle - aged man , could not speak a word of English . His VOL . I. M grown - up sons , who helped in the shoemaking [ CHAP . XI ] 161 BRECKNOCKSHIRE.
... she was moving in London . The family here were rather interesting . The father , a middle - aged man , could not speak a word of English . His VOL . I. M grown - up sons , who helped in the shoemaking [ CHAP . XI ] 161 BRECKNOCKSHIRE.
Page 162
... " and had fully grasped the modern views on sub - aerial denudation . As Brecknockshire is com- paratively little known , and few English tourists make the 66 ascent of the Beacons , a short account of them 162 [ CHAP . MY LIFE.
... " and had fully grasped the modern views on sub - aerial denudation . As Brecknockshire is com- paratively little known , and few English tourists make the 66 ascent of the Beacons , a short account of them 162 [ CHAP . MY LIFE.
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