Geoffrey Grigson's Countryside: The Classic Companion to Rural BritainEbury Press, 1982 - 263 pagina's |
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Pagina 130
... lake - here the lakes of the Lake District scored highly is said to be best when it least resembles the form of a river , when it is indented , given variety by islands and en- livened by streams ; and when with all these qualities it ...
... lake - here the lakes of the Lake District scored highly is said to be best when it least resembles the form of a river , when it is indented , given variety by islands and en- livened by streams ; and when with all these qualities it ...
Pagina 138
... lake . The same word unexpectedly survives ( for ' lake ' at high tide ) in Norfolk's King's Lynn . It means really no more than ' water ' , in the same way that ' water ' is used in the lake names , Ullswater , etc. , of the Lake ...
... lake . The same word unexpectedly survives ( for ' lake ' at high tide ) in Norfolk's King's Lynn . It means really no more than ' water ' , in the same way that ' water ' is used in the lake names , Ullswater , etc. , of the Lake ...
Pagina 220
... lake end ' . Tarn For small and especially upland lakes , tarn is a word proper to the small lakes of the Nor- wegian - settled counties of the Lake District and North Yorkshire , from the Old Norse tjorn or tarnu . Wordsworth liked the ...
... lake end ' . Tarn For small and especially upland lakes , tarn is a word proper to the small lakes of the Nor- wegian - settled counties of the Lake District and North Yorkshire , from the Old Norse tjorn or tarnu . Wordsworth liked the ...
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