 I got instructions to go to Hawkley, but accompanied with most earnest advice not to go that way, for that it was impossible to get along. The roads were represented as so bad; the floods so much out; the hills and bogs so dangerous; that, really, I began...  Cobbett's Weekly Register - Pagina 643geredigeerd door - 1822Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | William Cobbett - 1822 - 432 pagina’s
...was impossible to get along. The roads were represented as so bad ; the Cvods so much out ; the Bills and bogs so dangerous, that, really, 1 began to doubt;...you will go that way, " by G — , you must go down " Hawkley Hanger ; " of which he then gave me such a description ! But, even this I found to fall short... | |
 | William Cobbett - 1830 - 766 pagina’s
...surface, where it is crumbled to powder by the frost, and thus gets incorporated with the loam. At Bower I got instructions to go to Hawkley, but accompanied...you will go that way, by G — , you must go " down Hawkley Hanger;" of .which he then gave me such a description ! But, even this I found to fall short... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 580 pagina’s
...hills and bogs so dangerous ; that, really, I began to doubt ; and, if I had not been brought up among the clays of the Holt Forest and the bogs of the neighbouring...said my friend, at Bower, " if you will go that way, you must go down Hawkley Hanger;" of which he then gave me such a description ! But, even this I found... | |
 | Half hours - 1856 - 676 pagina’s
...hills and bogs so dangerous ; that, really, I began to doubt ; and, if I had not been brought up among the clays of the Holt Forest and the bogs of the neighbouring...way. " Well then," said my friend, at Bower, " If you wiil go that way, you must go down Hawkley Hanger ;" of which he then gave me euclt a description !... | |
 | William Cobbett - 1885 - 628 pagina’s
...were represented as so bad ; the floods so much out ; the hills and bogs so dangerous; that, really, I began to doubt ; and, if I had not been brought up...you will go that way, by G — , you must go down " Hawkley Hanger ;" of which he then gave me such a description ! But, even this I found to fall short... | |
 | William Cobbett - 1885 - 470 pagina’s
...were represented as so bad ; the floods so much out ; the hills and bogs so dangerous; that, really, I began to doubt ; and, if I had not been brought up...you will go that way, by G — , you must go down " Hawkley Hanger ; " of which he then gave me such a description ! But, even this I found to fall short... | |
 | Richard Garnett - 1899 - 586 pagina’s
...represented as so bad ; the floods so much out ; the hills and bogs so dangerous ; that, really, I began to doubt; and, if I had not been brought up...if you will go that way, by G - , you must go down Hawldey Hanger;" of which he then gave me such a description ! But, even this I found to fall short... | |
 | William Cobbett - 1908 - 468 pagina’s
...were represented as so bad; the floods so much out; the hills and bogs so dangerous; that, really, I began to doubt ; and, if I had not been brought up...you will go that way, by G — , you must go down " Hawkley Hanger ; " of which he then gave me such a description ! But, even this I found to fall short... | |
 | William Cobbett - 1908 - 484 pagina’s
...were represented as so bad ; the floods so much out ; the hills and bogs so dangerous; that, really, I began to doubt ; and, if I had not been brought up...way. "Well, then," said my friend at Bower, "If you W//go that way, by G — , you must go down " Hawkley Hanger ;" of which he then gave me such a description... | |
 | Sir William Alexander Craigie - 1924 - 156 pagina’s
...roads were represe-nted as so bad, the floods so much out ; and, if I had not been brought up amo-ng the clays of the Holt Forest and the bogs of the neighbouring heaths, I should have certainly turned off to the right, to go over Hindhead, great as was my obje-ctjon to go,ing that... | |
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