Pleasure Excursions: as Guides for Making Day's Excursions on the Eastern Counties, South-Eastern [and Other] Railways1847 - Great Britain |
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... pass on to the village of Hertingfordbury , which is but a five minutes ' walk , and , at the White Horse , order his dinner to be ready upon his return from the picture gallery . We can assure him that he will be. 2 PLEASURE EXCURSIONS .
... pass on to the village of Hertingfordbury , which is but a five minutes ' walk , and , at the White Horse , order his dinner to be ready upon his return from the picture gallery . We can assure him that he will be. 2 PLEASURE EXCURSIONS .
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... walks , surrounded by gently undulating lawns , and brilliant coloured flowers , the defects of the architecture pass comparatively unobserved . From the entrance hall the visitor is at once conducted into the ante- chamber of the ...
... walks , surrounded by gently undulating lawns , and brilliant coloured flowers , the defects of the architecture pass comparatively unobserved . From the entrance hall the visitor is at once conducted into the ante- chamber of the ...
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... walks of the hills , wood , lakes , and its flocks of swans im- mediately close to the mansion , and above all , the most majestic of oaks . At the first approach , the fine and well - balanced proportions of the noble tree , like those ...
... walks of the hills , wood , lakes , and its flocks of swans im- mediately close to the mansion , and above all , the most majestic of oaks . At the first approach , the fine and well - balanced proportions of the noble tree , like those ...
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... walk of nearly seven miles , he should stop at Edenbridge , the station before Penshurst , where a carriage may be hired . Penshurst station we ascend a deliciously shaded lane which separates the grounds of Redleaf from the park of ...
... walk of nearly seven miles , he should stop at Edenbridge , the station before Penshurst , where a carriage may be hired . Penshurst station we ascend a deliciously shaded lane which separates the grounds of Redleaf from the park of ...
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... walk of a mile and a half over them , crossing in our way the river Eden , which some maps call the Medway , brings us to the village of Chiddingstone , a village consisting of some half - dozen Old Houses at Chiddingstone . old timber ...
... walk of a mile and a half over them , crossing in our way the river Eden , which some maps call the Medway , brings us to the village of Chiddingstone , a village consisting of some half - dozen Old Houses at Chiddingstone . old timber ...
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aisle altar tomb ancient Anne Boleyn Anne of Cleves Anne's antiquity arch Archbishop architectural beauty bridge BRIGHTON building called CARRIAGE cathedral century chancel chapel Chiddingstone Cobham colour court Cross Croydon DAY'S EXCURSIONS distance east Edenbridge effigy entrance erected foliage font Fra Bartolomeo gables gallery George's Hill Guildford Hall Harrow Henry Hever Castle interest journey King knight lady lane Lean mules LONDON looking mansion Merstham miles modern monumental brasses nave Norman north transept Oatlands Old Shoreham paintings palace Panshanger park pass Penshurst picture picturesque PLEASURE EXCURSIONS portrait present price 6d projecting clock RAILWAY CHRONICLE OFFICE Reigate remains residence river river Eden road rude ruins Sanderstead Saxon scenery Shoreham Sir Thomas south side SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAYS spot station tourist tower town transept trucks of stone village visitor walk walls Walton Wellington-street North Westminster Abbey Weybridge White Hart whole Winchester worth Wyatt Wykeham's
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Page 5 - The lofty tower, with the grated door and porter's lodge beneath it, the retired ambulatory, the separate cells, the common refectory, the venerable church, the black flowing dress and the silver cross worn by the members, the conventual appellation of brother, with which they salute each other ; in short, the silence, the order, and the neatness, that here reign, serve to recall the idea of a monastery to those who have seen one, and will give no imperfect idea of such an establishment to those...
Page 7 - Others are in the horse-shoe form, of which the entrance into the north porch is the most antique specimen. In one place we have a curious triangular arch. The capitals and bases of the columns alternately vary in their form, as well as in their ornaments. The same circumstance is observable in the ribs of the arches, especially in the north and south aisles; some of them being plain, and others profusely embellished, and in different styles, even within the same arch.
Page 7 - ... 120 feet, and a large square tower over the intersection. It is entirely the work of De Blois, except the front and upper story of the west end, which are of a...
Page 7 - ... when she composed her hands to play and her voice to sing, it was joined with that sweetness of countenance that three harmonies concurred ; likewise, when she danced, her rare proportions varied themselves into all the graces that belong either to rest or motion.
Page 5 - They had also a pottage called mortrel, made of milk and wastelbred, a dish of flesh or fish, as the day should require, and a pittance for their dinner, likewise one dish for their supper. Besides these thirteen resident poor men, the foundation required that one hundred others, the most indigent that could be found in the city, but of good characters, should be provided every day with a loaf of bread, three quarts of small beer, and two messes for their dinner, in a hall appointed for this purpose,...