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
| 1867 - 488 Seiten
...Crooksbury Hill, which rises up out of a flnt in the form of a cone, and is planted with Scotch fir trees. Here I used to take the eggs and young ones of crows...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,... | |
| Books - 1868 - 220 Seiten
...is a hill not far from the town, called Crooksbury Hill, which rises up out of a flat in the form 9f a cone, and is planted with Scotch fir-trees. Here...served as the superlative degree of height. 'As high as Crooksbury Hill,' meant with us, the utmost degree of height. Therefore, the first object my eyes sought... | |
| School board readers - 1872 - 328 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,...served as the superlative degree of height. "As high as Crooksbury Hill," meant, with us, the utmost degree of height. Therefore the first object that my eyes... | |
| 1872 - 556 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,...served as the superlative degree of height. "As high as Crooksbury Hill," meant, with us, the utmost degree of height. Therefore the first object that my eyes... | |
| Patricius Walker (pseud. [i.e. William Allingham.]), William Allingham - 1873 - 370 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. ..." As high as Crooksbury Hill " meant, with us, the utmost degree of height. Therefore the first... | |
| William Allingham - 1873 - 764 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 ia planted with Scotch fir-trees. Here I used to take the eggs and young ones of crows and magpies.... | |
| John Timbs - 1874 - 360 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 fir-trees. Here we used to take the eggs and young ones of crows and magpies. This hill was a famous object in the... | |
| English literature - 1874 - 274 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 fir-treea. Here I used to take the eggs and young of crows and magpies. This hill was a famous object... | |
| William Browning Morgan - 1875 - 104 Seiten
...expected from bodies newly raised. p. 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. q. The great bronze portal opened whilst I was standing on the steps which lead to it. *. A constitution... | |
| Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - 1876 - 870 Seiten
...before the death of my father and mother. There is a hill not far from the town, called Crooksbury Hill, ] h] Crooksbury Hill,' meant, with us, the utmost degree of height. Therefore the first object that my eyes... | |
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