 coming to White-hill (now called Box-hill), hides itself, or is rather swallowed up at the foot of the hill there ; and for that reason the place is called the Swallow : but about two miles below it bubbles up and rises again ; so that the inhabitants...  The Olio, Or, Museum of Entertainment - Page 431829Full view - About this book
 | William Barker Daniel - Fishing - 1812 - 654 pages
...of the Hill there ; and for that reason the place is called the Swallow ; but about two miles belovr it bubbles up, and rises again ; so that the Inhabitants of this Tract, no less than the Spaniards, may boast of having a Bridge that feeds several Flocks of Sheep"... | |
 | John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - Architecture - 1813 - 936 pages
...: but about two miles below it bubbles up and rises again ; so that the inhabitants of this tract, no less than the Spaniards, may boast of having a' bridge that feeds several flocks of sheep." On this statement the Rev. Mr. Manning makes the following comment, in which he has explained the true... | |
 | John Britton - Architecture - 1813 - 1036 pages
...: but about two miles below it bubbles up and rises again ; so that the inhabitants of this tract, no less than the Spaniards, may boast of having a bridge that feeds several flocks of sheep." On this statement the Rev. Mr. Manning makes the following comment, in which he has explained the true... | |
 | Thomas Cromwell - NEH British History Preservation Project - 1996 - 1821 - 314 pages
...Swallow; but, about two miles below, it bubbles up and rises again, so that the inhabitants of this tract, no less than the Spaniards, may boast of having a bridge that feeds several flocks of sheep." From this fabulous account (observes Mr. Manning), plainly founded on an idea suggested by common report,... | |
 | Thomas Kitson Cromwell - Surrey (England) - 1821 - 300 pages
...; but, about two miles below, it bubbles up and rises again, so that the inhabitants of this tract, no less than the Spaniards, may boast of having a bridge that feeds several flocks of sheep." From this fabulous account (observes Mr. Manning), plainly founded on an idea suggested by common report,... | |
 | William Daniel Conybeare, William Phillips - Geology - 1822 - 568 pages
...but, about two miles below, it bubbles up and rises again ; so that the inhabitants of this tract, no less than the Spaniards, may boast of having a bridge that feeds several flocks of sheep.' From this fabulous account, plainly founded on an idea suggested by common report, the reader might... | |
 | William Daniel Conybeare, William Phillips - Geology - 1822 - 592 pages
...of the hill there ; and, for that rea. son, the place is called the Swallow : but, about two milee below, it bubbles up and rises again ; so that the inhabitants of this tract, no less than the Spaniards, may boast of having a bridge that feeds several flocks of sheep.'... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1828 - 740 pages
...hills, Camden says, "The Mole hides itself, or is rather swallowed, at the foot of the hill (Box-hill), and for that reason the place is called The Swallow...successive years, and even ages, of primitive simplicity, hut a matter of faith among later topographers, until at length the late Mr. Manning, in his excellent... | |
 | Thomas Allen - Surrey (England) - 1831 - 390 pages
...Swallow: but about two miles below it bubbles up and rises again ; so that the inhabitants of this tract, no less than the Spaniards, may boast of having a bridge that feeds several flocks of sheep." On this statement the Rev. Mr. Manning makes the following comment, in which he has explained the true... | |
 | Edward Wedlake Brayley - 1841 - 566 pages
...up at the foot of the Hill there, and for that reason the place is called the Swallow ; but, almost two miles below it bubbles up and rises again ; so that the inhabitants of this tract, no less than the Spaniards, may boast of having a Bridge that feeds several flocks of sheep.""... | |
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