160 examples of combe in sentences

After dinner M. Combe drove us in his car to Scherli.

During our stay under this hospitable roof [M. Combe's at Wabern] it was an open house for all comers, and they were not few.

For children, she has done much, or rather might do, would parents read and perpend such books as Andrew Combe's and those of other writers on physical education.

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He had shaken hands with the venerable Clarkson, and had breakfasted with the philosopher Combe, the author of The Constitution of Man.

" "Yes, I was caught in a heavy shower as I was crossing over by Fresh-Combe-bottom.

WHITAKER, WALTER, Combe Down, Bath. WHITAKER, W. W., Cornbrook House, Manchester.

Near it is Goblin Combe (take the road that leaves the highway near the "Lord Nelson" inn, and when past a schoolhouse enter through a gate).

Combe Down (a large parish 2 m. S.E. from Bath) possesses some large freestone quarries.

Combe Florey, a very pretty village 1-1/2 m. N.W. of Bishop Lydeard Station, which gets its name from the Floreys, the ancient owners of the manor.

Combe Hay, a small village 1-1/2 m. N. of Wellow.

Combe St Nicholas (21 m. N.W. of Chard) has a spacious Perp. church, preserving in the N. aisle a jamb of a doorway belonging to the original Norm.

It is reached from Porlock Weir by a woodland walk of a mile along the coast, through the Ashley Combe estate.

Its little Perp. church is remarkable more for its unusual and picturesque situation (by the side of a delightful combe) and its diminutive size (35 ft. x 12 ft.) than for any great architectural interest, though it contains some Norm.

A most delightful walk is to take the Winsford road through Higher Combe, cross the Barle at Tarr Steps, and return by the opposite bank through Hawkridge.

It possesses the attractions of a castle, a cavern, and a combe.

Past the church, two pleasant combes may be reached, Tannery Combe and Hodder's Combe (the latter is perhaps a corruption of the name of Odda, the Earl of Devon who aided Alfred, see p. 201).

Past the church, two pleasant combes may be reached, Tannery Combe and Hodder's Combe (the latter is perhaps a corruption of the name of Odda, the Earl of Devon who aided Alfred, see p. 201).

It receives on the right a contributary rill which flows through a combe that rivals the main valley in romantic beauty.

To enter them cross the Suspension Bridge into Somerset, take first turning to R., cross the intervening combe, which runs up from the river, by the first available footpath, and then wander at your will.

The other, Burgh Walls, on the Bristol side of the combe, was destroyed to make room for the present villas.

Its name ("the enclosed combe") is aptly descriptive of its situation, for it is effectually screened from observation.

The whole range of the hill can be traversed as far as Selworthy Beacon, and a descent may be made either to Wood Combe or Greenaleigh farm.

Monkton Combe is a village 1 m. W. of Limpley Stoke Station, with a church that has been entirely rebuilt.

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