My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideG. Bell & Sons, 1905 - 447 pages |
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Page 167
... English fairly well . Like most of the Welsh the landlord was very musical , and in the evenings he used to teach his little girl , about five years old , to sing , first exercising her in the notes , and then singing a Welsh hymn ...
... English fairly well . Like most of the Welsh the landlord was very musical , and in the evenings he used to teach his little girl , about five years old , to sing , first exercising her in the notes , and then singing a Welsh hymn ...
Page 168
... English , and what an amount of poetry and legend their language contains . Some account of this literature is to be found in that very interesting book , George Borrow's " Wild Wales , " and he claims for Dafydd ap Gwilym , a ...
... English , and what an amount of poetry and legend their language contains . Some account of this literature is to be found in that very interesting book , George Borrow's " Wild Wales , " and he claims for Dafydd ap Gwilym , a ...
Page 179
... English , but his two daughters spoke it very well , with the pretty rather formal style of those who have first learnt it at school . Here we stayed more than a year , living plainly but very well , and enjoying the luxuries of home ...
... English , but his two daughters spoke it very well , with the pretty rather formal style of those who have first learnt it at school . Here we stayed more than a year , living plainly but very well , and enjoying the luxuries of home ...
Page 181
... English . The landlady here brewed her own beer in very primitive fashion in a large iron pot or cauldron in the wash- house , and had it ready for sale in a few days - a rather thick and sweetish liquor , but very palatable . The malt ...
... English . The landlady here brewed her own beer in very primitive fashion in a large iron pot or cauldron in the wash- house , and had it ready for sale in a few days - a rather thick and sweetish liquor , but very palatable . The malt ...
Page 205
... English farmer would consider capital . Having lived for more than a year on an average Welsh farm at Bryn - coch , while we had often lodged with small farmers and labourers , or at public - houses whose landlords almost always farmed ...
... English farmer would consider capital . Having lived for more than a year on an average Welsh farm at Bryn - coch , while we had often lodged with small farmers and labourers , or at public - houses whose landlords almost always farmed ...
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