. The Dover road : annals of an ancient turnpike. Horses; Dover road (England). Of all the historic highways of England, the story of the old Road to Dover is the most difficult to tell. Xo other road in all Christendom (or Pagandom either, for that matter) has so long and continuous a history, nor one so crowded in every age with incident and associations. The writer, therefore, who has the telling of that story to accomplish is weighted with a heavy sense of responsibility, and though (like a village boy marching fearfully through a midnight chiu'chyard) he whistles to keep his courage warm,
. The Dover road : annals of an ancient turnpike. Horses; Dover road (England). Of all the historic highways of England, the story of the old Road to Dover is the most difficult to tell. Xo other road in all Christendom (or Pagandom either, for that matter) has so long and continuous a history, nor one so crowded in every age with incident and associations. The writer, therefore, who has the telling of that story to accomplish is weighted with a heavy sense of responsibility, and though (like a village boy marching fearfully through a midnight chiu'chyard) he whistles to keep his courage warm, yet, for all his outAvard show of indifference, he keeps an awed glance upon the shadows that beset his path, and is prepared to take to his heels at any moment. And see what portentous shadows crowd the long reaches of the Dover Road, and demand attention ! Cjcsar's presence haunts the weird plateau of Barham Downs, and the alert imagination hears the tramp of the legionaries aloniJ[ Watlino- Street on moonlit. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Harper, Charles George, 1863-1943. Hartford, Conn. : Edwin Valentine Mitchell
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