The cottages and the village life of rural England (1912)
Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson), 1854-1930, Quinton, A.R · London, J.M. Dent & sons ltd.; New York, E.P. Dutton & co. · leaf 23
f change and the endless varietyof Natures ways, the country really never changes. Each springthe violets bloom, the lilies raise their heads in the garden, theswallows build their nests in the eaves, the rooks repair their oldnests and breed their young. Each year the golden grain isgathered and… … LIFE OF RURAL ENGLAND And so it is with the works of man, the ally of Nature. Alongyonder road that runs so straight across the Downs the Romanlegions marched. Alfreds Saxons chased the Danes down yonderhillside. Monks hands reared yon grange and parish church, andbuilt so surely and so well that…
Architecture, Domestic · Villages
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