item: #1 of 8 id: 22485 author: Northcote, Rosalind title: Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts date: None words: 118726 flesch: 70 summary: Index Acland, Lady Harriot, 29; Sir John, 29; Sir Thomas, 270 Adams, Will, 112 Adelaide, Queen, and Honiton lace, 49 Affeton Castle, 238 Ameredith, William, 153 American prisoners at Princetown, 85 Apsley, Colonel, 211; Sir Allen, 227 Arms and motto granted to Exeter, 9 Arlington Court, 252 Arundell, Colonel, 46 Ashburton, 121 Ashe, 68 Athelstan, monastery founded at Exeter by, 3 Atterbury, Bishop, anecdote of, 97 Audley, Lord, 128 Avant, Philip, 113 Axminster, 69 Axmouth, 66 Babb, John, 257; Ursula, 258 Ballads, poems, and songs, local, 69, 70, 83, 87, 99, 104, 106, 109, 117, 123, 124, 125, 134, 141, 149, 170, 179, 192, 193, 195, 201, 206, 208, 218, 239, 247, 251, 261, 271, 283 Bampfylde, Bampfield, Hugh, 24; John, 32, 33, 291; Sir John Coplestone, 32 Bampton, 13 Barker, Pentecost, 175 Barnstaple, 224 Barun, Walter, 269 Baunton, Robert de, 307; Simon de, 307 Bedford, Earls of, 80, 182 Beer, 65 _Bellerophon_ in Plymouth Harbour, 177 Benet, Sir Henry, 148 Benson, Thomas, 249 Berkeley, Sir John, 12, 32, 90, 211 Berry Head, 113 Berrynarbour, 249 Berry Pomeroy, 285 Bickleigh, 24 Bideford, 201 Bigbury Bay, unknown lady drowned in, 146 Blackaller, John, 8 Blackhall, Christopher, 131 Blackmore, R. D., 20 Blackpool, 151 Blake, Martin, 224, 225 Blowing-house on Dartmoor, 75 Blundell, Peter, 19 Blundell's School, Tiverton, 19 Bohun, Margaret, 275 Bolt Head and Bolt Tail, 146 Boniface, 35 Bonville, Cicely, 57; Nicholas, 69 Botreaux, William de, 287 Boulay, Hamelin de, 307 Bradfield, 305 Bradninch, 29 Branscombe, 64 Braunton Burrows, 221 Bray, Mrs., on Wistman's Wood, 77 Brendon, 262 Brent Tor, 71, 198 Brioniis, Baldwin de, 297, 298 Briwere, Alicia de, 107; William, Lord, 107 Bromehall, Walter de, 91 Brown, Rev. Charles, 94 Browne, Richard, 161; William, 82, 194 Brudenell, Mr, 31 Buckfast Abbey, 122 Buckfastleigh, 122 Buck-horn, 115 Buckland Abbey, 195 Budleigh, East, 60 Budleigh Salterton, 60 Buller, Charles, 40; John Francis, 40 Bulmer, Sir Beavis, 251 Burgoyne, General, 30 Burke, Edmund, 146 Burleigh, Lord, 161 Bussell, Nicholas, 98 Cabal Government, the, 101 Cable, Richard, 291 Calder, John, 149 Canonteign, 98, 99 Carew, Sir Alexander, 173; Bampfylde Moore, 24; Dorothea, 17; Sir Gawen, 38, 52, 53, 54; George, 52, 108; John, 52; Sir Peter, 38, 52, 53, 54, 152, 282, 301; Sir William, 53 Carew arms, 52 Carey, Cary, Colonel, 153; George, 142; Sir Henry, 140; John, 215; Sir Robert, 216 Castle Hill, 240 Cecil, Sir Edward, 185; Sir Robert, 135; Sir William, 135 Cergeaux, John, 128 Chagford, 90 Challacombe, 285 Champernowne, Sir Arthur, 108, 128; Henry, 62, 128; Richard, 142; William, 291 Chapman Burrows, 266 Chapple, Will, 237 Charles II at Plymouth, 175 Charm for staunching of blood, 150 Chesney, Sir Charles, 20; George, 20 Chichester, Sir Arthur, 252; John, Sir John, 252; Robert de, Sir Robert, 252, 254 Choak-a-bone, tomb of, 67 Christmas custom at Dean Prior, 124 Christow, 97 Chudleigh, 100 Chudleigh, Sir George, 312 Churchill, Sir Winston, 68 Cider, Lord Bute's tax on, 50 Civil War, the, 11, 12, 22, 32, 50, 58, 90, 98, 139, 173, 194, 207, 226, 229, 273, 289, 312 Clements, Captain, 115 Clermont, Lady, anecdote of, 241 Clifford, Anthony, 100; Sir Thomas, 100 Clovelly, 213 Clyst River, 45 Cocke, Captain, 162 Coffin, Richard, 212; Sir William, 212 Colcombe, 68 Coleridge, Lord, on Ottery, 57 Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 58 Colyton, 67 Combe Martin, 250 Common rights on Dartmoor, 79 Compton Castle, 294 Comyn, Peter, 307 Convicts at Lundy, 249 Cornish, the, their ignorance of English, 8 Cosway, Richard, 16 Countess Weir, 7 Countisbury, 260, 261 Courtenay, Lord, 54; Edward, 280; Lady Elizabeth, 281; Henry, 279; Hugh, Sir Hugh, 275, 276; Lady Matilda, 276; Sir Peter, 276, 278; Sir Philip, 272, 275, 276; Robert, 15; William, 153, 277 Coven, John, 95 Cranbrook Castle, 92 Crediton, 34 Creedy River, 34 Crockern Tor, 78 Crofts, Sir James, 135 Cromwell, Thomas, 80 Crosses on Dartmoor, 80 Cullen, Nicholas, 248 Cullompton, 27 Culm River, 27 Damarel family, 45 Damarel, Sir John, 300 Dancing Tree at Moreton, 92 Danes, the, in Devon, 104; at Exeter, 3; at Northam, 210 Daniel, Tom, 17 Dart, the, 19 Dartington Hall, 127 Dartmoor Forest, 71 Dartmouth, 136 Davis, Captain John, 11, 132; Mr, 98 De Albemarle family, 45 Dean Prior, 123 Deane, Captain, 273 Defoe, Daniel, on Honiton cider, 50; on trade of Exeter, 10 Dennis, Sir Thomas, 153 Devon, earldom of, restored, 281 Devonport, 157 'Devonshire Boys' Courage,' 104 Dickens's, Charles, description of Clovelly, 214 Digby, Colonel, 173, 227, 229 Dittisham, 133 Dodbrooke, 142 Doddescomba, Radulphus de, 307 Doddiscombsleigh, 97 Dog Acre Orchard, Axmouth, 67 Dog buried with parson of Axmouth, 66 Dogs as fish catchers, 132 Doone Valley, the, 264 Downes, 39 Drake, Sir Francis, 11, 108, 134, 165, 185, 195, 204; Sir John, 68 Drewsteignton, 91 Drizzlecombe, 75 Druidical remains, supposed, 76 Duel between Lord Mohun and Duke of Hamilton, 52 Dunsford, 97 Dynant, Oliver de, 217 Earls, William, 95 Easter customs on Exmoor, 268 Edgecombe, Betty, 150 Edward the Confessor in Exeter, 3 Edwards Susanna, 209 Elford Walter, 82 Eliot, Sir John, 173 Endsleigh, 199 Epigram on Sir Francis Drake, 171 Epitaphs, 16, 36, 49, 66, 203, 250, 293, 309 Escot, in Ottery, 55 Exe, the, 13 Exeter, 1; arms and motto, 9 Exeter Canal, 8 Exeter Cathedral, 5 Exeter Guildhall, 9 Exmoor, 267 Exmoor ponies, 270 Exmouth, 45 Exmouth, Lord, 99 Fairfax, Sir Thomas, 12, 23, 58, 98, 139, 229, 272, 274, 291 Falaise, William de, 128 Fersen, Count, and Lady Clermont, 241 Fiennes, Miss Celia, 41, 246 Fingle Bridge, 91 Fingle Gorge, 92 Fires at Tiverton, 20, 21 Fitz, John, 190 Fitz-Alan, Henry, 142 Fitzford House, 190, 194 Fitz-John, Matthew, 142 Fitz-Roald, Alan, 142 Floyer's Hayes, 298 Folk-lore, 254 Forde House, 103 'Forests of the Dartmoors,' 87 Fortescue, Sir Edward, 149, 240; Sir Faithful, 240; Sir Henry, 240; John, Sir John, 6, 240, 241; Sir Nicholas, 240 Fortibus, Isabel, 7 Fossway, the, at Honiton, 48 Fowell, Sir Edmund, 310; William, 291 Freeman, Professor, description of Exeter, 1, 12; on Exeter's privileges, 7, on Roman conquest of Exeter, 2 French prisoners at Crediton, 39; at Princetown, 85 Fulford, Sir Baldwin, 93 Fuller, Thomas, on Honiton lace, 49 Garret, Captain, 167 Gates, General, 31 Gaveston, Piers, 80 Gibbs, Hon Herbert, 127; John, 126; Thomas, 126, 127; William, 126, 127 Gilbert, Adrian, 251; Sir Humphrey, 11, 61, 133, 168, 251, 295 Giles, Sir Edward, 125; John, 125 Ginkel, General de, 307 Glanvill, Eulalia, 192; Judge, 191 Godolphin, Sidney, 90 Gorges, Sir Ferdinando, 172 Goring, Lord, 227 Grandisson, Beatrice de, 57; Bishop John de, 5, 56; Sir Otho, 57 Great Fulford, 93 Greenaway, 133 Greenway, Joan, 19; John, 16, 19 Grenville, Sir Bevil, 207; John, 207; Richard de, Sir Richard, 174, 191, 194, 195, 203, 204, 205, 207, 208, 227; Thomas, 203 Grimspound, 74, 75 Grove, ----, 12 Groves, Hugh, 240 Guildhall, Exeter, 9 Guilds in Exeter, 9, 10 Gurney, Sir Richard, 202 Haccombe, 108 Hals, John, 127 Hameldon Barrow, 74 Hamilton, Duke of, 52; Sir Robert, 51 Hammett, John, 94 Hammond, Colonel, 274 Hancock, William, 252 Harnage, Major, 30 Harper, Nicholas, 250 Harrys, Christopher, 195 Hartland, 217 Hartland Abbey, 217 Hartland Point, 216 Harvest custom in Devon, 51 Hastings, Lord, 29; Simon, 107 Hatherleigh, 236 Haughton, Captain, 139 Hawkins, Sir John, 63, 162, 171; Sir Richard, 164; William, 162, 165 Hawley, John, 137 Hayes Barton, 60 Heddon's Mouth, 255 Hele, John, 195 Hembury Fort, 48 Henrietta, Princess, born at Exeter, 11 Henrietta Maria, Queen, at Exeter, 11 Herrick, William, 123 Hexter, Ann, 95 Hillersdon, John de, 27 Holborne, Colonel, 299 Hole, Robert, 150 Holland, John, 128; Lord, 173 Holne, 121 Holt, Mr, 292 Holy wells at Hatherleigh, 236 Honiton, 47 Honiton lace, 49 Hooker, Mr, 237 Hopton, Ralph, Lord, 173, 229, 230, 231 Hounds as tin-carriers, 78 How, John, 95 Howard, Sir Charles, 191; Lady, 190 Huguenots at Plymouth, 175 Hungerford, Lord, 29 Hunters' Lodge Inn, 55 Hut-dwellings on Dartmoor, 74 Ilfracombe, 244 Izacke's description of Exeter, 2 Jago, Dr, 191 Jewel, Bishop John, 249 Judhael de Totnes, 130, 226, 228, 295 Kennaway, Sir John, 55 Kenwith Castle, 210 Key, John, 291 Killerton, 29 Kilworthy House, 193 King, R. J., on Dartmoor, 71 Kingsbridge, 141 Kingsley, Charles, 121; description of Clovelly, 214 Kingskerswell, 110 King's Nympton, 239 Kingsteignton, 103 Kings wear, 140 Lake, Thomas, 95 Landslip at Lyme, 67 Lane, John, 28, 150; Richard, 150; Thomasine, 28; Mr, 150 Lechlade, Walter de, 56 Leofric, first Bishop of Exeter, 3 Ley, W., 95 Library, ancient, in Exeter Cathedral, 4; in Crediton Church, 37 Lloyd, Temperance, 209 Lomene, William de, 307 Longstone, the, 266 Ludlow, Sir Henry, 292 Lundy Island, 245 Lyde, Robert, 42 Lydford, 82 Lydford Gorge, 84 Lynmouth, 259, 260 Lynton, 259 Marwood, Dr, 68 Mary Tavy, 196 Massie, General, 22, 23 Merivale, Samuel, 175 Mohun, Lord, 52; John, 298; Sir Reginald, 69; Richard de, 107; Sir William, 69 Mohun arms, 52 Moles, Mules, Isabella de, 287; Nicholas de, 110 Molesworth, Colonel, 292 Monk, George, Duke of Albemarle, 33, 69, 232; Sir Thomas, 232 Moore, Major, 24 Moretonhampstead, 92 Morisco, Sir William de, 247 Morton, Cardinal, 29 Morwellham, 199 Morwell Rocks, 199 Mules, see Moles Mozley, Rev. ----, 28 National Debt, origin of the, 101 Newcomb, John, 8 Newenham Abbey, 69 Newton, John, 291 Newton Abbot, 102 Newton St Cyres, 41 Norden, John, 8 North, Lord, and cider tax, 51 Northcote, Galfridus de, 309; Sir Henry, 309; John, Sir John, 122, 309, 310, 312, 313; Walter, 309 Oare, 265 Ogham inscription at Tavistock, 180 Okehampton Castle, 296 Okey, Colonel, 98 Oldbarrow Camp, 261 Orange, William, Prince of, 113 Osey, Thomas, 37 Otter River, 47 Otterton, 60 Ottery Mohun, 52 Ottery St Mary, 55 Ottery St Mary Church, 56 Oxenham, William, 238 Paignton, 110 Parker, William, 162 Parracombe, 254 Paynel, Fulke, 306 Peeke, Captain Richard, 185 Penruddocke, ----, 12; Colonel, 240 Peryam, William, 36 Peter Tavy, 196 Peverell, Hugh, 27 Pickering, Colonel, 58 Pilchard fishery, 161 Pilgrim Fathers, the, 171 Pim, John, 184 Pinhoe, Danish fight at, 3 Pixies, the, 86 Pixies' House, 82 Pixies' Parlour, 100 Plumleigh, Captain, 248 Plymouth, 155 Plympton, 177 Plymtree, 28 Pole, Alice de la, 295 Polglas, William, 128 Pollard, Hugh, Sir Hugh, 139, 211, 239, 269, 312; Sir Lewis, 291; Sir Richard, 296 Pollock, Sir F., on Dartmoor, 71 Poltimore, 31 Poltimore, Lord, 32 Pomeroy, Pomerai, Sir Edward, 288; Henry de, 182, 285, 287; Ralph de la, 287; Sir Thomas, 288 Porter, Endymion, 124 Portledge, 212 Potheridge, 232 Potter, Barnabas, 126 Powderham Castle, 272 Prawle Point, 145 Prayer-Book riot, 38 Priests' hole, a, 299 Princetown, 84 Pynes, 308 Pynho, Sir Robert de, 148 Quivil, Bishop Peter, 5 Raleigh, John de, 252; Sir Walter, 60, 80, 128, 133, 153, 203, 204 Rame, Thomas, 7 Rattenbury, Jack, 65 Rattery, 126 Reay, Samuel, 17 Redvers, Baldwin de, 4, 15; Mary de, 15; Richard de, 14; William de, 14 Reidesel, Baroness of, 30 Revel, the, at Kingsteignton, 103 Reynell, Lieut, 30 Richmond, Henry, Earl of, 7; Margaret, Countess of, 231 Robin, Mr, 11 Rodge, James, 49 Roope, Mr, 153 Rougemont Castle, Exeter, 4 Rugglestone, the, 76 Russell, Lord, 9, Rev. John, 20, 236; John, 182; William Lord, 184 St. Leger, Sir John, 7, 152 Salcombe, 144 Salkeld, Captain, 248 Saltram, 177 Sampford ghost, the, 26 Sampford Peveril, 26 Sandridge, 132 Schorne, Sir John, 145 Screen at Plymtree, 28 Seaton, 66 Sexton, Mary, 203 Seymour, Colonel, 153, 211, 289, 290; Edward, Sir Edward, 116, 139, 286, 288, 289, 292, 293 Shapcote, Colonel, 46 Shebbeare, Dr, 209 Sheeps Tor, 81 Shute, 69 Sidmouth, 64 Silver mines at Combe Martin, 251 Simon, son of Roger, 307 Slapton Sands and Lea, 151 Slee, George, 16 Smuggling, 65 Snell, John, 149 Snowdon, Thomas, 95 Soffewill, Walter de, 307 South Molton, 239 South Tawton, 237 Speare, William, 94 Splatt, Hannah, 96 Sprigg, Joshua, 58 Stafford, Hugh, 309 Stanhope, Anne, 288 Stannary Parliament, 78 Stapleton, Bishop Walter de, 5 Starcross, 42 Starre, John, 66 Start Point, 151 Stevenstone, 231 Stonerows, etc., on Dartmoor, 74 Stonehouse, 157 Stonehouse, Joel de, 157 Storm at Widecombe, 80 'Stout Cripple of Cornwall, the,' 283 Strangwich, George, 192 Strode, William, 311 Stucley, Stukeley, Sir George, 238; Sir Lewis, 218; Thomas, 238 Suffolk, Duke of, 54 Sully, Sir John, 36 Superstitions on Dartmoor, 85; at Whitstone, 96 Sutton, James, 94 Sydenham, 298 Talbot, Sir Gilbert, 22 Tavistock, 179 Tavy Cleave, 197 Tawstock, 228 Teign, the, 89 Teignmouth, 103 Tenure, curious, 269 Thackeray, W. M., at Ottery, 59 Thomas, Grace, 210 Thurlestone, 147 Tiddecomba, Walter de, 307 Tin trade on Dartmoor, 77 Tiverton, 14 Toby, Tryphena, 141 Tongue token, a, 305 Topsham, 41 Tor Abbey, 107 Torbay, 106 Tor Cross, 151 Torner, Major, 139 Torquay, 106 Torridge Castle, 231 Torrington, 228 Totnes, 129 Tourville, Admiral de, 104 Tracy, William de, 221 Trelawny, Rebecca, 40 Tremayne, Andrew, 301, 302, 303; Edmund, 302, 305; Nicholas, 301, 302, 303; Thomas, 300 Trembles, Mary, 209 Trenchard, Isabella, 300; Sir Thomas, 182 Tuckers' Hall, Exeter, 10 Tuckfield, John, 36 Ugbrooke, 100 Valletort, Reginald de, 160 Valley of Rocks, 258 Vane, Sir Henry, 293 Venton House, 126 Vere, Sir Francis, 135 Wade, Major, 257 Wagstaff, Sir Joseph, 240 Waldron, John, 16, 19; Richard, 19. Sir Peter had a castle and many friends at Dartmouth, and Sir John quotes him as often having said that if he were the King's enemy he could take 'Dartmouth Castle' and 'burne the Towne with fewer than a hundred persons and lett ynto the haven suche as pleased hym. keywords: abbey; account; arms; away; bay; bishop; bridge; captain; castle; century; charles; church; city; close; coast; colonel; cornwall; country; dartmoor; dartmouth; date; day; days; death; deep; devonshire; drake; duke; earl; east; edward; elizabeth; end; enemy; england; english; exeter; family; father; feet; fine; french; general; good; green; half; hand; head; henry; high; hill; history; home; house; john; king; lady; leaves; left; lies; life; lord; man; manor; mary; men; miles; money; near; night; north; parish; parliament; parts; people; peter; place; plymouth; point; prince; queen; red; reign; richard; river; road; rock; round; runs; sea; set; ships; sir; sir edward; sir john; sir richard; sir william; son; south; stands; stone; stream; thomas; time; tower; town; troops; valley; village; walls; water; west; white; wife; wild; william; work; years cache: 22485.txt plain text: 22485.txt item: #2 of 8 id: 34000 author: Trollope, Anthony title: Rachel Ray date: None words: 146424 flesch: 84 summary: Mrs. Ray hoped that Mrs. Tappitt and the young ladies were quite well, and then there was a short silence, very oppressive to Mrs. Ray, but refreshing rather than otherwise to Mrs. Rowan. Mrs. Rowan perceived at once that Mrs. Tappitt was provincial,--as she told her son, but she was a good motherly woman, and on the whole, Mrs. Rowan condescended to be gracious to her. keywords: answer; baslehurst; brewery; butler; cherry; comfort; cornbury; cottage; course; day; dear; dorothea; end; evening; girls; going; good; hand; house; letter; look; love; luke; luke rowan; mamma; man; matter; mind; miss; moment; mother; mrs; people; prime; prong; rachel; rachel ray; ray; right; room; rowan; sister; sturt; tappitt; things; think; thought; time; want; way; wife; woman; word; work cache: 34000.txt plain text: 34000.txt item: #3 of 8 id: 36967 author: Phillpotts, Eden title: A West Country Pilgrimage date: None words: 18339 flesch: 71 summary: Nor does the rivulet lack correspondence with greater streams in its human relation; she is complete in every particular, for man has found her also; and dimly seen, amid the very tree-tops, where the gorge opens, and great rocks come kissing close, an arch of stone carries his little road from hamlet to hamlet. It ascended higher and higher to the frowning crest of the land, where round woods made a crown for the wilderness and marked castramentations of old time. keywords: beneath; blue; bridge; castle; cross; day; feet; granite; green; grey; head; hills; illustration; land; life; light; man; old; place; quarry; red; river; round; sea; stone; sunshine; time; trees; valley; walls; water; wind; years cache: 36967.txt plain text: 36967.txt item: #4 of 8 id: 38521 author: Trevena, John title: A Drake by George! date: None words: 81873 flesch: 82 summary: Mr. and Mrs. George Drake, of Windward House, in the parish of Highfield and county of Devon, Esquire, as the lawyers say. Here the _History of the Parish of Highfield_ was interrupted by some chapters dealing with the birth, education, early struggles, voyages, adventures, success, and retirement of Captain Francis Drake; together with an account of Mrs. Drake and her relations; with a flattering notice of George Drake, Esquire, who was later to win renown as the explorer of Highfield churchyard and the discoverer of the long-missing vault. keywords: aunt; bessie; box; business; captain; course; day; dear; drake; furniture; gentleman; george; good; highfield; home; house; hunter; kezia; lady; leave; left; life; look; lot; man; miss; miss yard; money; mrs; nellie; people; percy; place; pounds; right; robert; sidney; sir; sophy; tell; things; time; uncle; vases; vor; way; windward; wur; yard; years cache: 38521.txt plain text: 38521.txt item: #5 of 8 id: 43061 author: Knight, Francis A. (Francis Arnold) title: In the West Country date: None words: 53453 flesch: 80 summary: But the sounds of the October woodland are the patter of falling leaves--now filling the air like rain, and now whirled along the path in fiery eddy; the rush of the wind among the rocking tops; and now and then the creak of branches interlocked, that chafe and fret almost with a cry of pain, such as in old days, ere Pan was dead, startled the woodcutter on the slopes of Apennine. Yet, in old days--before the coming of the friars to the priory yonder, whose tower shows faintly against the low green hill that dies in a rocky headland by the sea, perhaps even before the legionaries stormed the great stronghold whose ruins crown this breezy hill-top--the little hamlet, now so far above the tide line, was, if antiquaries read its name aright, a place of boats. keywords: air; beauty; birds; black; brown; church; cliff; country; dark; day; days; figure; grass; green; grey; half; head; hedge; hills; hollow; house; illustration; leaves; life; low; man; meadow; moment; moorland; nest; night; place; quiet; red; river; round; sea; shore; song; sounds; stream; summer; sunshine; time; trees; village; wall; water; way; west; white; wild; wind; wings; winter; wood; world; years; yonder cache: 43061.txt plain text: 43061.txt item: #6 of 8 id: 43758 author: Unknown title: The Blizzard in the West Being as Record and Story of the Disastrous Storm which Raged Throughout Devon and Cornwall, and West Somerset, On the Night of March 9th, 1891 date: None words: 42498 flesch: 67 summary: From here it was absolutely necessary for them to walk to Falmouth through the snow, and as many of them were thinly clad, and had no boots, their trials were not over until Falmouth was reached, where Messrs. Jewell and Burton, and Mr. and Mrs. Weir, of the Royal Cornwall Sailors' Home, treated them with all the kindness and attention they so much needed. During the whole of Monday night Her Majesty's vessels in the Hamoaze were in positions of great peril, and those holding responsible posts in connection with them underwent great anxiety. keywords: blizzard; captain; communication; crew; damage; days; devonport; drifts; evening; feet; following; gale; half; hours; house; illustration; left; men; monday; monday night; morning; night; north; o'clock; passengers; place; plymouth; railway; road; sea; sheep; snow; station; storm; time; town; train; trees; tuesday; vessel; water; way; week; western; wind; work cache: 43758.txt plain text: 43758.txt item: #7 of 8 id: 44738 author: Knight, Francis A. (Francis Arnold) title: Devonshire date: None words: 49570 flesch: 69 summary: In common with many other parts of England the small country parishes of Devonshire are much less populous than they were. After the Norman Conquest castles of a very different type, strongly built of stone, were erected in our county, as in many other parts of England, partly by order of the king himself, and partly by his knights and nobles, who found it necessary to defend themselves against the Saxons, of whose lands they had taken possession. keywords: beautiful; beds; border; british; castle; century; chief; church; cliffs; coast; cornwall; county; dartmoor; devonshire; drake; east; england; english; estuary; example; exeter; feet; fish; fishing; frith; good; great; ground; half; high; house; illustration; men; miles; near; north; parts; period; phot; place; plymouth; point; port; red; remains; river; rock; sea; ships; shore; sir; somerset; south; stone; time; town; village; water; west; years cache: 44738.txt plain text: 44738.txt item: #8 of 8 id: 45038 author: Blackmore, R. D. (Richard Doddridge) title: Perlycross: A Tale of the Western Hills date: None words: 188126 flesch: 85 summary: However those who have much faith--and who can fail to have some?--in the exhortations of good men who practise their own preaching, would have been confirmed in their belief by this man's later conduct. And at present such a case could be dealt with best in Paris, although we have young men rising now, who will make it otherwise before very long. keywords: big; bit; black; brother; care; case; child; christie; church; country; course; dark; day; days; dear; doctor; door; doubt; duty; eyes; face; fair; family; father; fear; feel; fellow; fine; fox; frank; friend; gentleman; gilham; god; good; gronow; half; hand; hat; head; heart; help; hill; home; hope; house; jakes; jemmy; kind; know; lady; left; life; little; look; lord; love; man; master; mean; men; mind; miss; moment; money; mother; mrs; nature; nicie; opinion; parish; parson; penniloe; people; perlycross; place; poor; present; pretty; reason; right; room; round; sense; sergeant; set; sir; sister; smile; thing; thomas; thought; time; tremlett; waldron; want; way; woman; word; work; wrong; years; young cache: 45038.txt plain text: 45038.txt