The Hastings Road and the "happy Springs of Tunbridge,"Chapman & Hall, 1906 - 287 pages |
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Amherst ancient arms army Baldslow Battle Abbey Battle of Hastings Bayeux Tapestry beautiful Bishop bridge Bromley building built called Castle century church coaching Cross Crown cyclist descending Duke Dunton Green Earl England English Etchingham fell Flimwell gardens hamlet Harold Hastings Road highway hollow Holmhurst hop-gardens hops horse hundred Hurst Green Kent King Knockholt Knole Lady Lamberhurst Lewisham look Lord Mail mansion merely miles moat modern neighbouring night Norman Normandy oast-houses Old London Road Old Town Pantiles parish park passed picturesque Polhill Pratt's Bottom railway railway-station Ravensbourne relics River Hill Riverhead road to Hastings Robertsbridge rocks Rushey Green rustic Sackville Saints Samuel Jeake Saxon scene Senlac Sevenoaks Sir Godfrey Webster spot stands stone story Street style Sussex things to-day tower trees Tunbridge turn village visitors waggons walls WIDOWS William wood
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Page 226 - Good name in man and woman, dear my lord, Is the immediate jewel of their souls : Who steals my purse, steals trash ; 'tis something, nothing ; 'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands : But he that filches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him, And makes me poor indeed, Oth.
Page 234 - I HATE the dreadful hollow behind the little wood, Its lips in the field above are dabbled with blood-red heath, The red-ribb'd ledges drip with a silent horror of blood, And Echo there, whatever is ask'd her, answers
Page 50 - After near two hours attempting, I got my hands to turn palm to palm, having been tied back to back, and then it was long before I could slip the cord over my wrists to my thumb, which at last I did...
Page 74 - The Grand Old Duke of York, He had ten thousand men. He marched them up to the top of the hill And he marched them down again. And when they were up, they were up, And when they were down, they were down, And when they were only half-way up They were neither up nor down.
Page 49 - The weather being hot, and having sent my man on before, I rode negligently under favour of the shade, till, within three miles of Bromley, at a place called the Procession Oak, two cut-throats started out, and striking with long staves at the horse and taking hold of the reins, threw me down, took my sword, and hauled me into a deep thicket, some quarter of a mile from the highway, where they might securely rob me, as they soon did.
Page 180 - We had still six miles hither, but determined to stop, as it would be a pity to break our necks before we had seen all we intended. But, alas! there was only one bed to be had: all the rest were inhabited by smugglers, whom the people of the house called mountebanks; and with one of whom the lady of the den told Mr. Chute he might lie.
Page 50 - I got my hands to turn palm to palm, having been tied back to back, and then it was long before I could slip the cord over my wrists to my thumb, which at last I did, and then...
Page 49 - ... pair of buckles set with rubies and diamonds, which were of value, and after all bound my hands behind me, and my...
Page 49 - I offer'd to crie out or make any noise, for they should be within hearing, I not being the person they looked for. I told them if they had not basely...