 They are all painted or washed white ; the sails are black ; it was a fine morning, the wind was brisk, and their twirling altogether, added greatly to the beauty of the scene, which, having the broad and beautiful arm of the sea on the one hand, and...  Rural Rides: In the Counties of Surrey, Kent, Sussex, Hants, Berks, Oxford ... - Seite 296von William Cobbett - 1885Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
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...counted, whilst standing in one place, no less than seventeen. They are all painted or washed white j the sails are black ; it was a fine morning, the wind...involuntarily the words of BLACKSTONE : " The laws of Eng" land recognise no distinction between " the citizen and the soldier : they know of nn standing... | |
 | Charles Ryle Fay - 1920 - 344 Seiten
...rides, setting off from the great Wen of London. We are at Ipswich, it may be, on the Eastern Tour: t There is no doubt, but that this was a much greater...the most beautiful sight of the kind that I had ever beheld3. Or we are riding down the Valley of the Avon in Wiltshire. The exquisite beauty of the scene,... | |
 | Charles Ryle Fay - 1920 - 344 Seiten
...rides, setting off from the great Wen of London. We are at Ipswich, it may be, on the Eastern Tour: There is no doubt, but that this was a much greater...appeared to me the most beautiful sight of the kind that 1 had ever beheld3. Or we are riding down the Valley of the Avon in Wiltshire. The exquisite beauty... | |
 | Robert W. Righter - 1996 - 402 Seiten
...morning, the wind was brisk, and their twirling altogether added to the beauty of the scene, which . . . appeared to me the most beautiful sight of the kind that I had ever beheld."72 Throughout its history, the windmill has stimulated and inspired human kind's artistic nature.... | |
 | Martin Pasqualetti, Paul Gipe, Robert Righter - 2002 - 250 Seiten
...morning, the wind was brisk, and their twirling altogether added to the beauty of the scene, which . . . appeared to me the most beautiful sight of the kind that I had ever beheld."48 NOTES AND REFERENCES 1 . Sylvia White, "Towers Multiply, and Environment Is Gone with the... | |
 | Charles Ryle Fay - 1947 - 328 Seiten
...rides, setting off from the great Wen of London. We are at Ipswich, it may be, on the Eastern Tour: There is no doubt, but that this was a much greater...the most beautiful sight of the kind that I had ever beheld3. Or we are riding down the Valley of the Avon in Wiltshire. The exquisite beauty of the scene,... | |
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