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Excerpt from Through Needle's EyeErford was one of the little seaboard par H ishes which encircle England; each one con taining its small, gray, storm-beaten church, perched on a crag overgrown with ivy and moss, or built low down on the shore, with the moan of the sea sounding incessantly round the graves of the dead. The village of Herford consisted of a straggling street of fishermen's houses, stretching in a single line from the shore inland, with scattered cottages and humble farmsteads dotted about the slopes on each side of the deep valley running down to the sea. There was no pier, and there were no lodging-houses. The nearest post town was five miles of? By the nearest road - a rough and wind-swept path over the clifl's and seven full miles if you traversed the whole length of the valley in order to reach the highway.In every season of the year hedgerow flowers were to be found in bloom in Herford, for the valley lay open to the south, and the soft mist-laden south wind alone could breathe freely along it. There was nei ther biting cold in winter, nor scorching heat in sum mer and the noisy, narrow rivulet, which sang and played all down its winding curves, was never parch ed up by drought, and but seldom overflowed its deep banks. The bay where it emptied itself had a small ridge of pebbly beach, beyond which lay a tract of firm, bright sand, stretching in a narrow belt for miles under the cliffs when the tide was out. Al most every man in the village owned some small boat of his own, for the railway was as far off as Low borough, and the inhabitants of Herford preferred launching their rude, safe fishing craft, and running round with the tide, to traveling along the dusty, hot highway, whenever they had any of the produce of their fields or their nets to dispose of.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Title: Through a Needle's Eye.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The FICTION & PROSE LITERATURE collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. The collection provides readers with a perspective of the world from some of the 18th and 19th century's most talented writers. Written for a range of audiences, these works are a treasure for any curious reader looking to see the world through the eyes of ages past. Beyond the main body of works the collection also includes song-books, comedy, and works of satire. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification:++++<Source Library> British Library<Contributors> Stretton, Hesba; <Original Pub Date> 1879 [1878].<Physical Description> 2 vol. ; 8º.<Shelfmark> 12641.ee.8.

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Excerpt from Through Needle's EyeErford was one of the little seaboard par H ishes which encircle England; each one con taining its small, gray, storm-beaten church, perched on a crag overgrown with ivy and moss, or built low down on the shore, with the moan of the sea sounding incessantly round the graves of the dead. The village of Herford consisted of a straggling street of fishermen's houses, stretching in a single line from the shore inland, with scattered cottages and humble farmsteads dotted about the slopes on each side of the deep valley running down to the sea. There was no pier, and there were no lodging-houses. The nearest post town was five miles of? By the nearest road - a rough and wind-swept path over the clifl's and seven full miles if you traversed the whole length of the valley in order to reach the highway.In every season of the year hedgerow flowers were to be found in bloom in Herford, for the valley lay open to the south, and the soft mist-laden south wind alone could breathe freely along it. There was nei ther biting cold in winter, nor scorching heat in sum mer and the noisy, narrow rivulet, which sang and played all down its winding curves, was never parch ed up by drought, and but seldom overflowed its deep banks. The bay where it emptied itself had a small ridge of pebbly beach, beyond which lay a tract of firm, bright sand, stretching in a narrow belt for miles under the cliffs when the tide was out. Al most every man in the village owned some small boat of his own, for the railway was as far off as Low borough, and the inhabitants of Herford preferred launching their rude, safe fishing craft, and running round with the tide, to traveling along the dusty, hot highway, whenever they had any of the produce of their fields or their nets to dispose of.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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