Rambles Round Eton and HarrowChatto and Windus, 1882 - 290 páginas |
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... miles to the north - east of Maidenhead , and a mile to the north of the London road , which used to pass through here to Oxford and Bath . Burnham was at one time a place of considera- tion , and had a fair , and market , and an abbey ...
... miles to the north - east of Maidenhead , and a mile to the north of the London road , which used to pass through here to Oxford and Bath . Burnham was at one time a place of considera- tion , and had a fair , and market , and an abbey ...
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... miles of St. Paul's , the Great Western Railway will place us in an hour ( having an additional walk of two miles ) in the heart of one of the most secluded districts in England . We know nothing of forest scenery equal to Burnham ...
... miles of St. Paul's , the Great Western Railway will place us in an hour ( having an additional walk of two miles ) in the heart of one of the most secluded districts in England . We know nothing of forest scenery equal to Burnham ...
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... mile between overhanging banks covered with the graceful forms of the ash and the birch , while the contorted beeches show their fantastic roots and un- wieldy trunks upon the edge of the glen in singular contrast . If we walk up this ...
... mile between overhanging banks covered with the graceful forms of the ash and the birch , while the contorted beeches show their fantastic roots and un- wieldy trunks upon the edge of the glen in singular contrast . If we walk up this ...
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... miles off ) at Windsor , and found this fire too hot for his tender temper . This vicar being taxed by one for being a turncoat and an inconstant changeling , said ' Not so . I always kept my principle , which is this— To live and die ...
... miles off ) at Windsor , and found this fire too hot for his tender temper . This vicar being taxed by one for being a turncoat and an inconstant changeling , said ' Not so . I always kept my principle , which is this— To live and die ...
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... miles above , and Staines Bridge about eight below . There are many beautiful bends in the river here , and it may be said to have a character almost entirely its own . The Dee and the Wye , two of our most charming streams , differ in ...
... miles above , and Staines Bridge about eight below . There are many beautiful bends in the river here , and it may be said to have a character almost entirely its own . The Dee and the Wye , two of our most charming streams , differ in ...
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Abbey ancient Author banks Beaconsfield beautiful beeches BESANT and JAMES Bisham Bisham Abbey bridge building built Burnham called Cashiobury celebrated century chancel chapel Charles charming church Cliveden cloth extra cloth limp COLLINS Colne Coloured Cookham course Crown 8vo delightful Demy 8vo Duke Earl Edgeware Edited Edward Elizabeth England English Eton fish formerly gilt Greenford Harefield Harrow Hedsor Henry High Wycombe Hughenden interesting island JAMES PAYN JAMES RICE John King King's Lady land lanes Langley lived London Lord Loudwater Lysons MACQUOID Maidenhead manor mansion Marlow Medmenham Middlesex miles Monken Hadley monuments numerous Illustrations OUIDA Oxhey parish picturesque pleasant Portrait Post 8vo Queen reign residence river road says scenes seat Slough Stoke Pogis swan Taplow Taplow Court Thames tion tower town trees trout Uxbridge vicar Vicar of Bray village Vols walk Watford Wharton WILKIE COLLINS William Windsor woods Wycombe Abbey yeoman
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