"Get thee down, laddie, I tell thee." This injunction, given for the third time, and in a broad north-country dialect, came from the guard of the York and Newcastle coach, a strange new thing in England. A wonderful vehicle the York and Newcastle coach, covering the eighty-six long miles between the two towns in the space of two-and-thirty hours, and as yet an object of delight, and almost of awe, to the rustics of the villages and small towns on that portion of the Great North Road.
"Get thee down, laddie, I tell thee." This injunction, given for the third time, and in a broad north-country dialect, came from the guard of the York...
Daring deeds of great mountaineers by Richard Stead. This book is a reproduction of the original book published in 1921 and may have some imperfections such as marks or hand-written notes.
Daring deeds of great mountaineers by Richard Stead. This book is a reproduction of the original book published in 1921 and may have some imperfection...
