 The shepherd showed me the way towards Milton; and at the end of about a mile, from the top of a very high part of the down, with a steep slope towards the valley, I first saw this Valley of Avon ; and a most beautiful sight it was ! Villages, hamlets,...  Cobbett's Weekly Register - Page 711edited by - 1826Full view - About this book
 | William Cobbett - 1830 - 766 pages
...miles long. The shepherd showed me the way towards MILTON ; and at the end of about 4 mile, frorti|the top of a very high part of the down, with a steep 'slope towards the valley, I first Saw this F«/fej^ of Avon; and a most beautiful sight it Was ! Villages, hamlets, large farms, towers , steeples,... | |
 | William Cobbett - 1885 - 430 pages
...during the greater part of the way) thirty miles long. The shepherd showed me the way towards Milston ; and at the end of about a mile, from the top of a...steeples, fields, meadows, orchards, and very fine timber trees, scattered all over the valley. The shape of the thing is this : on each side downs, very... | |
 | William Cobbett - 1908 - 426 pages
...during the greater part of the way) thirty miles long. The shepherd showed me the way towards Milston; and at the end of about a mile, from the top of a...steeples, fields, meadows, orchards, and very fine timber trees, scattered all over the valley. The shape of the thing is this : on each side downs, very... | |
 | Ernest Rhys - 1922 - 360 pages
...expectation ; for I could not imagine that thirty churches had been built for nothing by the side of a brook (for it is no more during the greater part of the...a steep slope towards the valley, I first saw this Galley of Avon ; and a most beautiful sight it was ! Villages, hamlets, large farms, towers, steeples,... | |
 | Edward Hutton - 1928 - 494 pages
...shepherd, he tells us, showed him the way- towards Milton, " and at the end of about a mile," he writes, " from the top of a very high part of the down with a steep slope towards the valley I first saw this vale . . . and a most beautiful sight it was ! Villages, hamlets large farms, towers, steeples, fields,... | |
 | Nicholas Deakin - 2000 - 370 pages
...expectation. This is the reward of victory. We fight for the future as well as the past. CONCLUSION "... The shepherd showed me the way towards Milton ; and...steeples, fields, meadows, orchards, and very fine timber trees, scattered all over the valley. The shape of the thing is this : on each side dooms, very... | |
 | William Cobbett - 2005 - 329 pages
...expectation; for I could not imagine that thirty churches had been built for nothing by the side of a brook (for it is no more during the greater part of the...steeples, fields, meadows, orchards, and very fine timber trees, scattered all over the valley. The shape of the thing is this: on each side downs, very... | |
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