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The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… to the edge of the Serpentine into the water and swam half-way across, and then began to sink. He was rescued by the … that have been fished up in the Baltic, are on their way here. It is expected that there will be a more serious … field of battle. This is all very well, very good in its way, but, the great army that is before Sebastopol, is not …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… Peace Party not from love of them but from disgust of the way in which all our political operations are performed. … met with, of how far a little will go, when one knows the way how. It is needless to say that he had other sources of … himself off. But Mr Spurgeon is not to be done in that way, so he hires the large music hall in the Surrey Gardens, …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… ball dropped and the other an overthrow. The dashing way in which the Surrey fielded is deserving of the highest … barrels of the guns; at the former place they did 40 that way at once. Awful, but righteous. The thermometer is said to … has not according to himself done much in the sketching way yet. 13. Drew diagrams, cut up wood, attended to general …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… Gomshall, but was unfortunately stupid enough to miss my way twice. The route I adopted through Ewell, Epsom, … to the lies of a man who directed me, I again missed my way, and after leaving Cobham I found myself at Weybridge. … It is a curious fact that the less we have to do in the way of business, the busier we are, that is to say the heads …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and comprising 792 acres. The old Watling-street and Fosse-way meet at a Roman fort on the Leicestershire boundary, …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… brought from Northumberland, and from Berwickshire by way of Kelso: in consequence of greater competition it has …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 1757. 71 Starting a little north-east of Spinney another way linked those two ways, then curved southwest towards …
A History of the County of Northampton
… 58 Although described in 1747 as the best known way and the general highway by which most waggons and … passed through the southern part of the parish on its way from Old Stratford to Buckingham. Originally projected in … she watched the canal company committee pass by on their way from Paddington to Buckingham. 66 The nearest public …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 26 The site of one windmill may be indicated by the Mill way running in 1723 through Mill field. 27 Water mills were …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… and below the collar and central purlin are curved four-way struts, some of which are now missing. The modern …