Routledge's Every Boy's AnnualEdmund Routledge Routledge, Warne & Routledge, 1867 |
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... Shorwell , stands the ancient and picturesque town of Barford Bridge . In early times when a large part of the country was overspread by forest or swamp , rendering communication by land alike difficult and perilous , the place had been ...
... Shorwell , stands the ancient and picturesque town of Barford Bridge . In early times when a large part of the country was overspread by forest or swamp , rendering communication by land alike difficult and perilous , the place had been ...
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... Shorwell could be crossed for many miles in either direction , its military advantages will be at once understood . Even before the Conqueror's invasion the heights had been crowned by a rude fortress ; and later sovereigns of the ...
... Shorwell could be crossed for many miles in either direction , its military advantages will be at once understood . Even before the Conqueror's invasion the heights had been crowned by a rude fortress ; and later sovereigns of the ...
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... Shorwell . He accompanied the benefaction with certain conditions curiously characteristic of the man , which were to be rigidly observed on pain of forfeiture of the bequest . One of the scholars was to be sent up annually , and ...
... Shorwell . He accompanied the benefaction with certain conditions curiously characteristic of the man , which were to be rigidly observed on pain of forfeiture of the bequest . One of the scholars was to be sent up annually , and ...
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... Shorwell , some thirty miles distant , which , together with Shorl's Castle on the opposite headland , had hitherto done such good service in protecting the commerce of Bar- ford by guarding the entrance of the river , grew in process ...
... Shorwell , some thirty miles distant , which , together with Shorl's Castle on the opposite headland , had hitherto done such good service in protecting the commerce of Bar- ford by guarding the entrance of the river , grew in process ...
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... Shorwell about a mile from the town . He was returning one evening after an unusually successful afternoon , which had induced him to loiter longer than usual on the banks of the Spene . Finding himself late , he made a short cut ...
... Shorwell about a mile from the town . He was returning one evening after an unusually successful afternoon , which had induced him to loiter longer than usual on the banks of the Spene . Finding himself late , he made a short cut ...
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