Geoffrey Grigson's Countryside: The Classic Companion to Rural BritainEbury Press, 1982 - 263 pagina's |
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Pagina 25
... tree . Writing of the Hanger at Selborne , where the beech is cer- tainly native , he says : ' The covert of this eminence is altogether beech , the most lovely of all forest trees whether we consider its smooth rind or bark , its ...
... tree . Writing of the Hanger at Selborne , where the beech is cer- tainly native , he says : ' The covert of this eminence is altogether beech , the most lovely of all forest trees whether we consider its smooth rind or bark , its ...
Pagina 44
... trees , clad in perpetual verdure , should I forget the Cedar , which grows in all extreams . . . for so it does on the mountains of Libanus , from whence I have received cones and seeds of those few remaining trees . Why then should ...
... trees , clad in perpetual verdure , should I forget the Cedar , which grows in all extreams . . . for so it does on the mountains of Libanus , from whence I have received cones and seeds of those few remaining trees . Why then should ...
Pagina 120
... trees and natural scenery , was still writing against the Horse Chestnut as a lump devoid of pictur- esque virtues - all of which was forgotten or disregarded in the High Victorian era when flowers meant more than shape , and the Horse ...
... trees and natural scenery , was still writing against the Horse Chestnut as a lump devoid of pictur- esque virtues - all of which was forgotten or disregarded in the High Victorian era when flowers meant more than shape , and the Horse ...
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Geoffrey Grigson's Countryside: The Classic Companion to Rural Britain Geoffrey Grigson Fragmentweergave - 1982 |
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