 I had learned before the death of my father and mother. There is a hill not far from the town, called Crooksbury Hill, which rises up out of a flat in the form of a cone, and is planted with Scotch fir-trees.  The Life of William Cobbett - Seite 27von William Cobbett - 1835 - 422 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Mrs. Oliphant (Margaret) - 1882 - 410 Seiten
...to see all the scenes of my childhood. There is a hill not far from the town called Crooksbury Hill, which rises up out of a flat in the form of a cone, and is planted with Scotch fir-trees. This hill was a famous object in the neighbourhood. It served as the superlative degree of height.... | |
 | Mrs. Oliphant (Margaret) - 1882 - 362 Seiten
...all the scenes of my childhood. There is a hill not far from the town called Crooksbury Hill, wnich rises up out of a flat in the form of a cone, and is planted with Scotch fir-trees. This hill was a famous object in the neighbourhood. It served as the superlative degree of height.... | |
 | Mrs. Oliphant (Margaret) - 1882 - 406 Seiten
...Crooksbury Hill, which rises up out of a flat in the form of a cone, and is planted with Scotch fir-trees. This hill was a famous object in the neighbourhood. It served as the superlative degree of height. . . Therefore, the first object that my eyes sought was this hill. I could not believe my eyes —... | |
 | Robert Waters - 1883 - 616 Seiten
...the death of my father and mother. There is a hill, not far from the town, called Crooksbury Hill, which rises up out of a flat, in the form of a cone,...and magpies. This hill was a famous object in the neighborhood. It served as the superlative degree of height. ' As high as Crooksbury Hill' meant with... | |
 | Robert Waters - 1888 - 334 Seiten
...the death of my father and mother. There is a hill, not far from the town, called Crooksbury Hill, which rises up out of a flat, in the form of a cone,...and magpies. This hill was a famous object in the neighborhood. It served as the superlative degree of height. ' As high as Crooksbury Hill ' meant with... | |
 | John Denison Champlin - 1886 - 326 Seiten
...mother. There is a hill not far from the town called Crooksbury Hill, which rises up out of a flat in form of a cone, and is planted with Scotch fir-trees....and magpies. This Hill was a famous object in the neighborhood. It served as the superlative degree of height. ' As high as Crooksbury Hill' meant, with... | |
 | William Allingham - 1893 - 270 Seiten
...before the death of my father and mother. There is a hill not far from the town, called Crooksbury Hill, which rises up out of a flat in the form of a cone,...This hill was a famous object in the neighbourhood. . . . 'i As high as Crooksbury Hill" meant, with us, the utmost degree of height. Therefore the first... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon - 1893 - 464 Seiten
...before the death of my father and mother. There is a hill not far from the town, called Crooksbury Hill, which rises up out of a flat in the form of a cone, and is planted with Scotch firtrees. Here I nsed to take the eggs and young ones of crows and magpies. This hill was a famous object in tlio neighbourhood.... | |
 | Richard Heath - 1893 - 434 Seiten
...with Scotch firs. " Here," he says, " I used to take the eggs and young ones of crows and magpies. The hill was a famous object in the neighbourhood. It...as the superlative degree of height. ' As high as Crooksbury Hill ' meant with us the utmost degree of height." "A father like ours," he goes on to say,... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1898 - 522 Seiten
...of the death of my father and mother. There is a hill not far from the town called Crooksbury Hill, which rises up out of a flat, in the form of a cone,...and magpies. This hill was a famous object in the neighborhood. It seemed as the superlative degree of height. "As high as Crooksbury Hill," meant, with... | |
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