My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideG. Bell & Sons, 1905 - 447 pages |
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Page 161
... Welsh name to the town of Brecon - Aber- honddu - aber meaning the confluence or meeting of waters . So , Aberystwith , which has retained its Welsh name , is situ- ated where the little river Ystwith enters the sea . While living in ...
... Welsh name to the town of Brecon - Aber- honddu - aber meaning the confluence or meeting of waters . So , Aberystwith , which has retained its Welsh name , is situ- ated where the little river Ystwith enters the sea . While living in ...
Page 162
... Welsh , because it was less tiring , the Welsh having so many gutturals and sounds which require an effort to pronounce correctly . There were also two little girls who went to the village school , and who spoke English beautifully as ...
... Welsh , because it was less tiring , the Welsh having so many gutturals and sounds which require an effort to pronounce correctly . There were also two little girls who went to the village school , and who spoke English beautifully as ...
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... Welsh ) I greatly enjoyed wandering over the pretty valley which extended a long way into the mountains , flowing over nearly level meadows and with an unusually twisted course . This I found was so erroneously mapped , the numerous ...
... Welsh ) I greatly enjoyed wandering over the pretty valley which extended a long way into the mountains , flowing over nearly level meadows and with an unusually twisted course . This I found was so erroneously mapped , the numerous ...
Page 167
... Welsh , but the land- lord of the inn , and a young man who lived with him , spoke 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 ...
... Welsh , but the land- lord of the inn , and a young man who lived with him , spoke 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 ...
Page 168
... Welsh language , besides one quarterly and two bi - monthly reviews . Abstracts of the principal Acts of Parliament and Parlia- mentary papers are translated into Welsh , and one firm of booksellers , Messrs . Hughes and Son , of ...
... Welsh language , besides one quarterly and two bi - monthly reviews . Abstracts of the principal Acts of Parliament and Parlia- mentary papers are translated into Welsh , and one firm of booksellers , Messrs . Hughes and Son , of ...
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