 | Henry Skrine - Rivers - 1801 - 482 pages
...through the wild hills, which form the ridge above Minehead, and the barrier between the two seas, the Ex insinuates itself imperceptibly into an. alpine valley...some parts feather down to the very margin of the T the west, cloathed with the plantations of Lord Clifford at Ugbrook, ai>d..Lord Lisburne at Mam-Head.... | |
 | Samuel Lewis (the younger.) - Rivers - 1855 - 498 pages
...wild hills, it insinuates itself imperceptibly into an Alpine valley between eminences richly clothed with wood, which in some parts feather down to the...strongly marked and varied by thick groves 'and luxuriant Lnclosures. Parallel with this valley extends that of the tributary river Barle, which presents still... | |
 | Edward Jeboult - Somerset (England) - 1873 - 394 pages
...by a well-cultivated country. The sides of the valley are clothed with woods, which in some places feather down to the very margin of the stream, and in others leave room for a strip of luxuriant meadows. The effect of two fine rivers winding down two parallel... | |
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Exe insinuates itself imperceptibly into an alpine valley between eminences richly cloathed with wood, which in some parts feather down to the very margin of the stream, and in others just leave room for a slip of the most verdant meadow; the heights... 