The Cruise of the Land Yacht Wanderer, Or, Thirteen Hundred Miles in My CaravanHodder and Stoughton, 1886 - 351 páginas |
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... wood too is of the best and best seasoned that could be had . A firm that builds Pullman cars , not only for England but for America , has always a good supply of old wood on hand . But if the Wanderer does not look light she certainly ...
... wood too is of the best and best seasoned that could be had . A firm that builds Pullman cars , not only for England but for America , has always a good supply of old wood on hand . But if the Wanderer does not look light she certainly ...
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... wood I did what I could to stop the din , and bit my lip and declared war à outrance against so unbearable a row . The war is ended , and I am victor . Nothing rattles much now ; nothing jangles ; nothing sings or speaks or squeaks . My ...
... wood I did what I could to stop the din , and bit my lip and declared war à outrance against so unbearable a row . The war is ended , and I am victor . Nothing rattles much now ; nothing jangles ; nothing sings or speaks or squeaks . My ...
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Gordon Stables. My auxiliaries in restoring peace have been - wedge- lets of wood , pads of indiarubber , and nests ... woods , with the round braeland called Bowsy Hill in the distance ; to the right , also in woods , but finally in a ...
Gordon Stables. My auxiliaries in restoring peace have been - wedge- lets of wood , pads of indiarubber , and nests ... woods , with the round braeland called Bowsy Hill in the distance ; to the right , also in woods , but finally in a ...
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... , but as yet the sun shone brightly on the woods beyond the upland , and the effect was very beautiful . The tree masses were of every colour- green elms and limes , yellowed - leaved oaks , 26 The Land Yacht " Wanderer . "
... , but as yet the sun shone brightly on the woods beyond the upland , and the effect was very beautiful . The tree masses were of every colour- green elms and limes , yellowed - leaved oaks , 26 The Land Yacht " Wanderer . "
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... woods and lawns and spires , And glittering towns and silver streams " ? Yet , Yes , and go where you will anywhere round Twy- ford , every mile is sacred to the blood of warriors spilt in the brave days of old . Not far from here Pope ...
... woods and lawns and spires , And glittering towns and silver streams " ? Yet , Yes , and go where you will anywhere round Twy- ford , every mile is sacred to the blood of warriors spilt in the brave days of old . Not far from here Pope ...
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Askern banks beautiful beneath Berkshire birds blue Botley braeland Bridge of Allan caravan caravan travelling carriage castle charming clouds coachman cockatoo Corn-flower coupé crimson crimson fox Dalwhinnie dark dear Deddington delightful dobbin Donald Dinnie door eyes Falkirk feel feet fields forest garden gipsy Grampian range grass green happy heather hedgerows hedges Highland hills horses Hurricane Bob Inverness John JOHN A LASCO kind kindly lady land LAND YACHT laugh look lovely Matilda meadow miles milestone morning mountain never night o'clock once Pangbourne pass Pea-blossom peep pleasant Polly pretty purple quiet rain rattling reader road romantic round saloon scenery Scotland Scray side sight singing sleep soon splendid stable stone stop summer sunshine sward sweet to-day town trees Twyford valet village Wanderer waves wild flowers wind wood
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Página 170 - O Caledonia ! stern and wild, meet nurse for a poetic child, • land of brown heath and shaggy wood, land of the mountain and the flood, land of my sires!
Página 17 - Now fades the last long streak of snow, Now burgeons every maze of quick About the flowering squares, and thick By ashen roots the violets blow. Now rings the woodland loud and long, The distance takes a lovelier hue, And drown'd in yonder living blue The lark becomes a sightless song.
Página 107 - MARCH, march, Ettrick and Teviotdale, Why the deil dinna ye march forward in order ! March, march, Eskdale and Liddesdale, All the Blue Bonnets are bound for the Border. Many a banner spread, Flutters above your head, Many a crest that is famous in story.
Página 39 - And swells, and deepens, to the cherish'd eye. The hawthorn whitens; and the juicy groves Put forth their buds, unfolding by degrees, Till the whole leafy forest stands display'd, In full luxuriance, to the sighing gales; Where the deer rustle through the twining brake, And the birds sing conceal'd.
Página 252 - When the magic of Nature first breathed on my mind, And your blossoms were part of her spell. Even now what affections the violet awakes; What loved little islands twice seen in their lakes, Can the wild water-lily restore; What landscapes I read in the primrose's looks, And what pictures of pebbled and minnowy brooks In the vetches that tangled their shore.
Página 256 - O'er all the fragrant bowers, Thou need'st not be ashamed to show Thy satin-threaded flowers; For dull the eye, the heart is dull, That cannot feel how fair, Amid all beauty beautiful, Thy tender blossoms are...
Página 142 - I am as free as nature first made man, Ere the base laws of servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran.
Página 260 - WEE, modest, crimson-tipped flower, Thou's met me in an evil hour ; For I maun crush amang the stoure Thy slender stem : To spare thee now is past my power, Thou bonnie gem. Alas ! it's no thy neebor sweet, The bonnie lark, companion meet, Bending thee 'mang the dewy weet ! Wi' speckled breast, When upward-springing, blithe, to greet The purpling east.
Página 164 - A deadened clang — a huge dim form, Seen but, and heard, when gathering storm And night were closing round.