PAGAN PAPERS Kenneth Grahame Author
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The Romance of the RoadAmong the many places of magic visited by Pantagruel and his companyduring the progress of their famous voyage, few surpass that islandwhose roads did literally ``g… mais…
The Romance of the RoadAmong the many places of magic visited by Pantagruel and his companyduring the progress of their famous voyage, few surpass that islandwhose roads did literally ``go'' to places -- ``ou les cheminscheminent, comme animaulx'': and would-be travellers, having inquiredof the road as to its destination, and received satisfactory reply,``se guindans'' (as the old book hath it -- hoisting themselves up on)``au chemin opportun, sans aultrement se poiner ou fatiguer, setrouvoyent au lieu destiné.''The best example I know of an approach to this excellent sort ofvitality in roads is the Ridgeway of the North Berkshire Downs. Joinit at Streatley, the point where it crosses the Thames; at once itstrikes you out and away from the habitable world in a splendid,purposeful manner, running along the highest ridge of the Downs abroad green ribbon of turf, with but a shade of difference from theneighbouring grass, yet distinct for all that. No villages norhomesteads tempt it aside or modify its course for a yard; should youlose the track where it is blent with the bordering turf or merged inand obliterated by criss-cross paths, you have only to walk straighton, taking heed of no alternative to right or left; and in a minute'tis with you again -- arisen out of the earth as it were. Or, ifstill not quite assured, lift you your eyes, and there it runs overthe brow of the fronting hill. Where a railway crosses it, itdisappears indeed -- hiding Alpheus-like, from the ignominy of rubbleand brick-work; but a little way on it takes up the running again withthe same quiet persistence. Out on that almost trackless expanse ofbillowy Downs such a track is in some sort humanly companionable: itreally seems to lead you by the hand. Digital Content>E-books>Juv Young Readers>Juv Young Readers>Juv Fiction PB, SAP Digital >16<
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PAGAN PAPERS Kenneth Grahame Author
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The Romance of the RoadAmong the many places of magic visited by Pantagruel and his companyduring the progress of their famous voyage, few surpass that islandwhose roads did literally ``g… mais…
The Romance of the RoadAmong the many places of magic visited by Pantagruel and his companyduring the progress of their famous voyage, few surpass that islandwhose roads did literally ``go'' to places -- ``ou les cheminscheminent, comme animaulx'': and would-be travellers, having inquiredof the road as to its destination, and received satisfactory reply,``se guindans'' (as the old book hath it -- hoisting themselves up on)``au chemin opportun, sans aultrement se poiner ou fatiguer, setrouvoyent au lieu destiné.''The best example I know of an approach to this excellent sort ofvitality in roads is the Ridgeway of the North Berkshire Downs. Joinit at Streatley, the point where it crosses the Thames; at once itstrikes you out and away from the habitable world in a splendid,purposeful manner, running along the highest ridge of the Downs abroad green ribbon of turf, with but a shade of difference from theneighbouring grass, yet distinct for all that. No villages norhomesteads tempt it aside or modify its course for a yard; should youlose the track where it is blent with the bordering turf or merged inand obliterated by criss-cross paths, you have only to walk straighton, taking heed of no alternative to right or left; and in a minute'tis with you again -- arisen out of the earth as it were. Or, ifstill not quite assured, lift you your eyes, and there it runs overthe brow of the fronting hill. Where a railway crosses it, itdisappears indeed -- hiding Alpheus-like, from the ignominy of rubbleand brick-work; but a little way on it takes up the running again withthe same quiet persistence. Out on that almost trackless expanse ofbillowy Downs such a track is in some sort humanly companionable: itreally seems to lead you by the hand. Digital Content>E-books>Young Readers>Juv Young Reader>Juv Young Reader, SAP Digital >16<
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