Download or read book Under the Mendips written by Emma Marshall and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Under the Mendips A Tale written by Emma Marshall and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was a fair morning of early summer, when the low beams of the eastern sun, threw flickering shadows across the lawn, which lay before Fair Acres Manor, nestling under the shelter of the Mendip Hills, somewhere between Wells and Cheddar. Truth compels me to say, that the lawn was covered with daisies, and that their bright eyes looked fearlessly up into the blue sky; for mowing machines were unknown, and the old gardener, coachman, and universal out-of-door servant sharpened his scythe, only at long intervals, to lay the heads of the flowers low, so that the daisies grew and flourished, and had a good time of it. I know that daisy-speckled turf is considered an offence in the eyes of the modern gardener. I know with what zeal the spud is used; how large bare places are regarded with delight; how seed is scattered over them, which the birds watch with cunning glances from the neighbouring shrubs and trees, and pounce down upon, as soon as the diligent master of the place, has straightened his aching back and turned it upon the scene of his labours. The dewy lawn before Fair Acres, with its beautiful mosaic of white and gold, fringed with circles of deepest crimson here and there, would not suit the taste of the conventional gardener of these days; nor would the low, irregular building which overlooked it, be considered an attractive or fitting residence, for the sons and daughters of the small country squire in the ninth decade of the century. But in the second decade, in which my story opens, things were different. The country squire lived a country life. He farmed his own acres, he walked over his own fields; his 'stock' were individual cows and horses to him; he could pat each one and call it by its name. His house was his home, and the restlessness of travel, and longing for excitement had not as yet, for the most part, disturbed either him or his children. Now the resonant steam eagle, as it flies across the country side, seems to call upon the dwellers in rural districts to follow where it leads, and an isolated manorial farm like Fair Acres, and a family like the Falconers who inhabited it, are all but impossible to find nowadays.
Download or read book Winscombe sketches of country life and scenery amongst the mendip hills written by Theodore Compton and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Exploring Britain written by Automobile Association (Great Britain) and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2001-04 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore Britain on foot, by bike, by horse, by balloon, by barge or boat, by car, by train - from coast to coast.
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Download or read book The Mendip Caves written by H. E. Balch and published by Butterworth-Heinemann. This book was released on 2013-10-08 with total page 469 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mendip Caves examines the demographic features of Wookey Hole caves, and the Cheddar gorge and caves. This book contains eight chapters that discuss the history of the places and the caves. The first chapters addresses some important exploration of the subterranean river, Cox's cave, Gough's cave, Swallet caves, Rock shelters, and the Badger Hole. The succeeding chapters describe the great Cave of Wookey Hole; characteristics and personalities of the people living in the cave; description of the noises heard inside the cave; the discovery and historical background of the cave; and detailed description of Valley of Wookey Hole and the Gorge of Ebbor. Other chapters examine the artefacts discovered in the cave, the traditions and daily activities done inside the cave, and the antiquity of the caves of Mendip. The last chapters explore the caves and shelters of eastern Mendip, as well as the Levvy of Sandford Hill. The book can provide useful information to the archaeologists, explorers, students, and researchers.
Download or read book Report of the Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science written by British Association for the Advancement of Science. Meeting and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 908 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Report of the Annual Meeting written by British Association for the Advancement of Science and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 908 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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