Geoffrey Grigson's Countryside: The Classic Companion to Rural BritainEbury Press, 1982 - 263 pagina's |
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Pagina 52
... means meadow or pasture , from the Irish cluain : thus the ancient Christian centre of Clonmacnoise , in Co. Offaly , means ' pasture of Nóis's people ' . Close MONASTERIES and their subsidiary buildings . were shut behind high walls ...
... means meadow or pasture , from the Irish cluain : thus the ancient Christian centre of Clonmacnoise , in Co. Offaly , means ' pasture of Nóis's people ' . Close MONASTERIES and their subsidiary buildings . were shut behind high walls ...
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... means no more than coloured ; and the mediaeval principle- the original Gothic principle - in coloured windows was to fill them with a realm of divine or saintly imagery which seemed to create its own life between earth and heaven . In ...
... means no more than coloured ; and the mediaeval principle- the original Gothic principle - in coloured windows was to fill them with a realm of divine or saintly imagery which seemed to create its own life between earth and heaven . In ...
Pagina 255
... means island , or an island - like place , such as a riverside meadow . Some examples : Ynys Enlli ( Bardsey Island ) , ' island of the race or current ' ; Yeats's lake isle of Inisfree , heather island ' ; Inchcolm , in the Firth of ...
... means island , or an island - like place , such as a riverside meadow . Some examples : Ynys Enlli ( Bardsey Island ) , ' island of the race or current ' ; Yeats's lake isle of Inisfree , heather island ' ; Inchcolm , in the Firth of ...
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Geoffrey Grigson's Countryside: The Classic Companion to Rural Britain Geoffrey Grigson Fragmentweergave - 1982 |
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