Wild Wales: Its People, Language, and Scenery, Volume 1J. Murray, 1862 - Wales |
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... sides and the back part of his head , was of an iron - grey hue . He wore a leather hat on ordinary days , low at the crown , and with the side eaves turned up . A dirty pepper and salt coat , a waistcoat which had once been red , but ...
... sides and the back part of his head , was of an iron - grey hue . He wore a leather hat on ordinary days , low at the crown , and with the side eaves turned up . A dirty pepper and salt coat , a waistcoat which had once been red , but ...
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... side of the street , and just one story above it . Within the rows , of which there are three or four , are shops , every shop being on that side which is farthest from the street . All the.
... side of the street , and just one story above it . Within the rows , of which there are three or four , are shops , every shop being on that side which is farthest from the street . All the.
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Its People, Language, and Scenery George Borrow. side which is farthest from the street . All the best shops in Chester are to be found in the rows . These rows , to which you ascend by stairs up narrow passages , were originally built ...
Its People, Language, and Scenery George Borrow. side which is farthest from the street . All the best shops in Chester are to be found in the rows . These rows , to which you ascend by stairs up narrow passages , were originally built ...
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... sides being a poetical he was something of a military genius , and had a command of foot in the army of the Lancastrian Jasper Earl of Pembroke , the son of Owen Tudor , and half- brother of Henry the Sixth . After the battle of ...
... sides being a poetical he was something of a military genius , and had a command of foot in the army of the Lancastrian Jasper Earl of Pembroke , the son of Owen Tudor , and half- brother of Henry the Sixth . After the battle of ...
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... It was Saturday night , and the streets were crowded with people , many of whom must have been Welsh , as I heard the Cambrian language spoken on every side . CHAPTER IV . SUNDAY MORNING . - TARES AND WHEAT CH . III . ] 29 SATURDAY NIGHT .
... It was Saturday night , and the streets were crowded with people , many of whom must have been Welsh , as I heard the Cambrian language spoken on every side . CHAPTER IV . SUNDAY MORNING . - TARES AND WHEAT CH . III . ] 29 SATURDAY NIGHT .
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amongst ancient Anglesey asked Bangor bard beautiful Berwyn bridge called Ceiriog Chester church cottage Croppies daughter dressed England English Englishman englyn father Fcap followed gentleman girl Gronwy Owen hand hanner head heard hill History Huw Morris Huw Morus Iolo Goch Italian John Jones kind lady language lived Llanfair Llangollen lleidyr looked Lord Memoir Menai miles Moel mountain never night Orange Owain Gwynedd Owen Glendower passed Pengwern Pentraeth Plas Newydd Plates poet Pont y Meibion poor Portrait Post 8vo present proceeded replied river road Saxon Second Edition second sight side signore Snowdon soon Spanish speak Welsh stone stood Third Edition told took town Translated trees vale vale of Clwyd valley village Vols Wales walking wall Welsh language Welshman whilst wife wish woman Woodcuts word Wrexham
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