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... side of a hill . Garth , a mountain that bends round , or that incloses . Glan , a bank or shore . Glâs , bluish , or greyish green . Glyn , a deep vale , through which a river runs : - hence was derived our word glen . Gwern , a watery ...
... side of a hill . Garth , a mountain that bends round , or that incloses . Glan , a bank or shore . Glâs , bluish , or greyish green . Glyn , a deep vale , through which a river runs : - hence was derived our word glen . Gwern , a watery ...
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... side of the river for a considerable distance ; and thus he secured him- self for a while from the attack of his enemy , Henry the First . The remaining part of the walls was erected in the reign of Henry the Third , at the request of ...
... side of the river for a considerable distance ; and thus he secured him- self for a while from the attack of his enemy , Henry the First . The remaining part of the walls was erected in the reign of Henry the Third , at the request of ...
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... side of the water . Shrewsbury Abbey is situated in the suburbs of the town , a little beyond the English bridge . The present re- mains consist of only the west part , from the transept to the west tower . The choir , the cloister ...
... side of the water . Shrewsbury Abbey is situated in the suburbs of the town , a little beyond the English bridge . The present re- mains consist of only the west part , from the transept to the west tower . The choir , the cloister ...
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... side , when a person of the name of Cadman engaged to take it down , which he soon afterwards did , and then put it in its place again . This man , eager to perform feats of prowess , fixed a rope from the top of the spire to a tree in ...
... side , when a person of the name of Cadman engaged to take it down , which he soon afterwards did , and then put it in its place again . This man , eager to perform feats of prowess , fixed a rope from the top of the spire to a tree in ...
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... side door . " You rascal " ( said Trevor to his servant ) " and you have brought my cousin Roderic Lloyd , Esq . prothonotary of North Wales , marshal to Baron Price , and so forth , and so forth , up my back stairs . Take my cousin ...
... side door . " You rascal " ( said Trevor to his servant ) " and you have brought my cousin Roderic Lloyd , Esq . prothonotary of North Wales , marshal to Baron Price , and so forth , and so forth , up my back stairs . Take my cousin ...
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