 When I returned to England, in 1800, after an absence from the country parts of it, of sixteen years, the trees, the hedges, even the parks and woods, seemed so small ! It made me laugh to hear little gutters, that I could jump over, called Rivers ! The...  A Year's Residence, in the United States of America: Treating of the Face of ... - Side 54av William Cobbett - 1819 - 610 siderUten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | 1823 - 782 sider
...country parts of it, of sixteen years, the trees, the hedges, even the parks and woods, seemed so minll ! It made me laugh to hear little gutters, that I could jump over, called Hirers .' The Thames was but a ' Creek !' But when, in about a month after my arrival is London, I... | |
 | William Cobbett - 1818 - 628 sider
...sixteen years, the trees, the hedges, even the parks and woods, seemed 1818. •fan, 15. so small! It made me laugh to hear little gutters, that I could jump over, called Rivers I The Thames was but a "Creek!" But, when, in about a month after my arrival in London, I went to Farn/tam,... | |
 | William Cobbett - 1819 - 154 sider
...of it, of sixteen years, '. • -: the trees, the hedges, even the parks and woods, seemed so small! It made me laugh to hear little gutters, that I could...arrival in London, I went to Farnham, the place of my 1 - birth, what was my surprise ! Every • thing was become so pitifully small! I --. badte cross,... | |
 | William Cobbett - 1822 - 384 sider
...country parts of it, of sixteen years, the trees, the hedges, even the parks and woods, seemed so small! It made me laugh to hear little gutters, that I could...about a month after my arrival in London, I went to Farnkam, the place of my birth, what was my surprise! Every thing was become so pitifully small! I... | |
 | 1823 - 858 sider
...country parts of it, of sixteen years, the trees, the hedges, even the parks and woods, seemed so small ! It made me laugh to hear little gutters, that I could...Farnham, the place of my birth, what was my surprise ! Everything was become so pitifully small ! I had to cross, in my postchaise, the long and dreary... | |
 | 1823 - 772 sider
...parts of it, of sixteen years, the trees, the hedge«, even the parks and woods, seemed so imatt ! It made me laugh to hear little gutters, that I could jump over, called Hivcrt ! The Thames was but a ' Creek !' But when, in about a month after my arrival in London, I went... | |
 | William Cobbett - 1835 - 456 sider
...country parts of it, of sixteen years, the trees, the hedges, even the parks and woods, seemed so small! It made me laugh to hear little gutters, that I could jump over, called Rivers ! a The Thames was but a ' creek !' But when^rdn about a month after my arrival in London, I went to... | |
 | 1836 - 456 sider
...healthy and rational, and heart-charming pursuits." And again, he says, (many years afterwards,) '• But when, in about a month after my arrival in London,...Farnham, the place of my birth, what was my surprise ! everything had become so pitifully small! I had to cross, in my post-chaise, the long and dreary... | |
 | 1867 - 854 sider
...describes his visit to Farnham in 1800, after returning from •—-*-- old. America. He was then 38 years When in about a month after my arrival in London I...Farnham, the place of my birth, what was my surprise ! everything was become so pitifully small II had to cross, in my post-chaise, the long and dreary... | |
 | British empire - 1847 - 812 sider
...country parts of it of sixteen years, the trees, the hedges, even the parks and woods, seemed so small ! It made me laugh to hear little gutters, that I could...Farnham, the place of my birth, what was my surprise ! Everything was become so pitiably small !" Perhaps if we were to stay for a few months in the neighbourhood... | |
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