Journal of a Tour and Residence in Great Britain, During the Years 1810 and 1811, Volume 1J. Ballantyne and Company, 1817 - 530 páginas |
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... covered with furze , a low , thorny bush evergreen , browzed by a few goats and sheep ; not a fourth part of the surface is inclosed and cultivated . The total absence of wood is particularly striking to us , who have just arrived from ...
... covered with furze , a low , thorny bush evergreen , browzed by a few goats and sheep ; not a fourth part of the surface is inclosed and cultivated . The total absence of wood is particularly striking to us , who have just arrived from ...
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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 8 CORNWALL CLIMATE - PLANTS . with moss , even CORNWALL - CLIMATE - PLANTS 7.
... 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 8 CORNWALL CLIMATE - PLANTS . with moss , even CORNWALL - CLIMATE - PLANTS 7.
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... covered with blossoms ; another evergreen 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 ...
... covered with blossoms ; another evergreen 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 ...
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... covered with a slight thatching , and over that a sort of net of straw , to prevent the wind disturbing the thatch . Industry , method , and good order , are conspi- cuous everywhere . Most of the land is in mea- dow . Turnips are ...
... covered with a slight thatching , and over that a sort of net of straw , to prevent the wind disturbing the thatch . Industry , method , and good order , are conspi- cuous everywhere . Most of the land is in mea- dow . Turnips are ...
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Louis Simond. from an elevation , a ridge on the left , covered with country - houses , groves of trees , and green fields . This ridge is intersected by a deep gap , near which a confused heap of roofs , towers , and steeples , and ...
Louis Simond. from an elevation , a ridge on the left , covered with country - houses , groves of trees , and green fields . This ridge is intersected by a deep gap , near which a confused heap of roofs , towers , and steeples , and ...
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