 When I returned to England, in 1800, after an absence from the country parts of it, of sixteen years, the trees, the hedges, even the parks and woods, seemed so small ! It made me laugh to hear little gutters, that I could jump over, called Rivers! .The...  William Cobbett: A Biography - Page 231by Edward Smith - 1878Full view - About this book
 | 1823 - 782 pages
...forget real dlmmtioni. The idea, mch as it vat received, remains during our absence from the object. When I returned to England, in 1800, after an absence...trees, the hedges, even the parks and woods, seemed so minll ! It made me laugh to hear little gutters, that I could jump over, called Hirers .' The Thames... | |
 | William Cobbett - 1818 - 628 pages
...forget real dimensions. The idea, sue A as it icas received, remains during our absence from the object. When I returned to England, in 1800, after an absence...trees, the hedges, even the parks and woods, seemed 1818. •fan, 15. so small! It made me laugh to hear little gutters, that I could jump over, called... | |
 | William Cobbett - 1819 - 630 pages
...forget real dimensions. The idea, such as it was received, remains during our absence from the object. When I returned to England, in 1800, after an absence...hedges, even the parks and woods, seemed so small! 1818. ' Jan. 15. It made me laugh to hear little gutters, that I could jump over, called Rivers! The... | |
 | 1823 - 772 pages
...it leai received, remains during our absence from the object. When I returned to England, in ШЮ, after an absence from the country parts of it, of sixteen years, the trees, the hedge«, even the parks and woods, seemed so imatt ! It made me laugh to hear little gutters, that... | |
 | William Cobbett - 1835 - 456 pages
...forget real dimensions. The idea, such as it was received, remains during our absence from the object. When I returned to England, in 1800, after an absence...little gutters, that I could jump over, called Rivers ! a The Thames was but a ' creek !' But when^rdn about a month after my arrival in London, I went to... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 580 pages
...forget real dimensions. The idea, such as it was received, remains during our absence from the object. When I returned to England in 1800, after an absence from the country parts of it for sixteen years, the trees, the hedges, even the parks and woods, seemed so small ! It made me laugh... | |
 | Charles Maybury Archer - 1848 - 292 pages
...forget real dimensions. The idea, such as it was received, remains during our absence from the object. When I returned to England in 1800, after an absence...the parks and woods, seemed so small ! It made me langh to hear little gutters, that I could jump over, called rivers ! The Thames was I but ' a creek... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1852 - 1482 pages
...charming description, which first appeared in his Year's Residence in America, published in 1828 : — ' When I returned to England, in 1800, after an absence...trees, the hedges, even the parks and woods seemed so °™-7// It made me laugh to hear little gutters that I could jump over called rivers. The Thames... | |
 | 1854 - 542 pages
...charming description, which first appeared in his Year's Residence in America, published in 1828 : — ' When I returned to England, in 1800, after an absence...me laugh to hear little gutters that I could jump 18 over called rivers. The Thames was a creek. But when, in about a month after my arrival in London,... | |
 | William Keddie - 1854 - 400 pages
...forget real dimensions. The idea, such as it was received, remains during our absence from the object. When I returned to England in 1800, after an absence from the country parts of it for sixteen years, the trees, the hedges, even the parks and woods, seemed so small! It made me laugh... | |
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