Wild Wales: Its People, Language, and Scenery, Volume 1J. Murray, 1862 - Wales |
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... stood at the door , bare- headed - mis - spending the time which was not legally their own . Sundry observations , none of them very flattering , did the clerks and , amongst them , myself , make upon the groom , as he passed and ...
... stood at the door , bare- headed - mis - spending the time which was not legally their own . Sundry observations , none of them very flattering , did the clerks and , amongst them , myself , make upon the groom , as he passed and ...
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... stood gazing upon the hills from the wall a ragged man came up and asked for charity . " 2 " Can you tell me the name of that tall hill ? said I , pointing in the direction of the south- west . " That hill , sir , " said the beggar ...
... stood gazing upon the hills from the wall a ragged man came up and asked for charity . " 2 " Can you tell me the name of that tall hill ? said I , pointing in the direction of the south- west . " That hill , sir , " said the beggar ...
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... stood under some green elms at one end of the field , in which were ten or a dozen men with the look of Methodist preachers ; one of these was holding forth to the multitude when I arrived , but he presently sat down , I having , as I ...
... stood under some green elms at one end of the field , in which were ten or a dozen men with the look of Methodist preachers ; one of these was holding forth to the multitude when I arrived , but he presently sat down , I having , as I ...
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... stood . I went up to them two women sat at the entrance of one ; a man stood by them , and the children , whom I had before seen , were gambolling near at hand . One of the women was about forty , the other some twenty years younger ...
... stood . I went up to them two women sat at the entrance of one ; a man stood by them , and the children , whom I had before seen , were gambolling near at hand . One of the women was about forty , the other some twenty years younger ...
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... stood up against me , and gave me more than play for my money , till I gripped him , flung him down and myself upon him , and then of course ' twas all over with him . " " You are a noble fellow , " said I , “ and a credit to Cheshire ...
... stood up against me , and gave me more than play for my money , till I gripped him , flung him down and myself upon him , and then of course ' twas all over with him . " " You are a noble fellow , " said I , “ and a credit to Cheshire ...
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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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