Journal of a Tour and Residence in Great Britain, During the Years 1810 and 1811, Volume 1author; and for sale, 1815 |
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... trees , some pines , and many green tufts like laurels . The town of Falmouth , little , old , and ugly , was seen on our left , and an- other assemblage of little old houses on our right , ( Flushing ) ; Pendennis Castle behind us , on ...
... trees , some pines , and many green tufts like laurels . The town of Falmouth , little , old , and ugly , was seen on our left , and an- other assemblage of little old houses on our right , ( Flushing ) ; Pendennis Castle behind us , on ...
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... trees . No new houses to be seen ; very few young trees ; all is old , and mouldering into picturesque forms and colours , The trees are uniformly covered with moss , even to the smallest branches , owing to the prevailing moisture of ...
... trees . No new houses to be seen ; very few young trees ; all is old , and mouldering into picturesque forms and colours , The trees are uniformly covered with moss , even to the smallest branches , owing to the prevailing moisture of ...
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... trees upon the hill behind . The grounds , which I should judge not to exceed five or six hundred acres , form a ... trees and shrubs , advances along the precipitous heights , where the sight , un- checked by any trees , and from an ...
... trees upon the hill behind . The grounds , which I should judge not to exceed five or six hundred acres , form a ... trees and shrubs , advances along the precipitous heights , where the sight , un- checked by any trees , and from an ...
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... tree , resembling the wild cherry of America , ( Portugal laurel we are told ) ; then such draperies of ivy , in ample folds over the rocks and trees ; such pines with moss of all colours , along the trunk and branches ; and , on the ...
... tree , resembling the wild cherry of America , ( Portugal laurel we are told ) ; then such draperies of ivy , in ample folds over the rocks and trees ; such pines with moss of all colours , along the trunk and branches ; and , on the ...
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... trees , and green fields . This ridge is intersected by a deep gap , near which a confused heap of roofs , towers , and steeples , and smoke , mark the town ; dirty sub- urbs succeeded to this view ; then a bridge over a mean and muddy ...
... trees , and green fields . This ridge is intersected by a deep gap , near which a confused heap of roofs , towers , and steeples , and smoke , mark the town ; dirty sub- urbs succeeded to this view ; then a bridge over a mean and muddy ...
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