 Milston ; and at the end of about a mile, from the top of a very high part of the down, with a steep slope towards the valley, I first saw this Valley of Avon ; and a most beautiful sight it was ! Villages, hamlets, large farms, towers, steeples, fields,...  Rural Rides: In the Counties of Surrey, Kent, Sussex, Hants, Berks, Oxford ... - Seite 55von William Cobbett - 1885Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | William Cobbett - 1826 - 440 Seiten
...during the greater •part of the way) thirty miles long. The shepherd showed me the way towards MILTON; and at the end of about a mile, from the top of a...steeples, fields, meadows, orchards, and very fine timber-trees, scattered all over the valley. The shape of the thing is this : on each side downs, very... | |
 | William Cobbett - 1826 - 872 Seiten
...during the greater part of the way) thirty miles long. The shepherd showed me the way towards MILTOX; and at the end of about a mile, from the to"p of a...steeples, fields, meadows, orchards, and very fine timber-trees, scattered all-over the valley. The shape of the thing is this : on each side downs, very... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1868 - 530 Seiten
...during a greater part of the way) thirty miles long. The shepherd showed me the way towards Milton ; and at the end of about a mile from the top of a very...steeples, fields, meadows, orchards, and very fine timber-trees, scattered all over the valley. The shape of the thing is this : on each side are downs... | |
 | William Cobbett - 1908 - 422 Seiten
...of his reward." — Deuteronomy, ch. xxv. ver. 4 ; I Cor. ix. 9; I Tim. v. 18. Milston, Monday, 2%th August. I came off this morning on the Marlborough...valley. The shape of the thing is this : on each side dmvns, very lofty and steep, in some places, and sloping miles back, in other places ; but the out-sides... | |
 | Ernest Rhys - 1922 - 360 Seiten
...during the greater part of the way) thirty miles long. The shepherd showed me the way towards Milton ; and at the end of about a mile, from the top of a...a steep slope towards the valley, I first saw this Galley of Avon ; and a most beautiful sight it was ! Villages, hamlets, large farms, towers, steeples,... | |
 | Edward Hutton - 1928 - 494 Seiten
...shepherd, he tells us, showed him the way- towards Milton, " and at the end of about a mile," he writes, " from the top of a very high part of the down with a steep slope towards the valley I first saw this vale . . . and a most beautiful sight it was ! Villages, hamlets large farms, towers, steeples, fields,... | |
 | Nicholas Deakin - 2000 - 370 Seiten
...for the future as well as the past. CONCLUSION "... The shepherd showed me the way towards Milton ; and at the end of about a mile, from the top of a...valley. The shape of the thing is this : on each side dooms, very lofty and steep in some places, and sloping miles back in other places ; but each out-side... | |
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