Aspatria

Moreover, said Mr. Goodchild, with his finger on the map, this exquisite retreat was approached by a coach-road, from a railway-station called Aspatria — a name, in a manner, suggestive of the departed glories of Greece, associated with one of the most engaging and most famous of Greek women.

The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices 2007

Moreover, said Mr. Goodchild, with his finger on the map, this exquisite retreat was approached by a coach-road, from a railway-station called Aspatria -- a name, in a manner, suggestive of the departed glories of Greece, associated with one of the most engaging and most famous of Greek women.

Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices Charles Dickens 1841

The drawing is called "Aspatria" and appears to be an early working of what would later become a well-known painting.

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It wasn't broke, so they didn't fix it and as a customer my loyalty has dwindled to the point where I'm flicking through 800 other channels hoping someone's playing reruns of Booze Britain and I can see my favourite episode where the man from Aspatria steals the jar of pickled eggs.

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On this point, Mr. Goodchild continued at intervals to breathe a vein of classic fancy and eloquence exceedingly irksome to Mr. Idle, until it appeared that the honest English pronunciation of that Cumberland country shortened Aspatria into ‘Spatter.’

The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices 2007

We expected Aspatria, from its name, to have had some connection with the Romans, but it appeared to have been so called after Aspatrick, or Gospatrick, the first Lord of Allerdale, and the church was dedicated to St. Kentigern.

From John O'Groats to Land's End Robert Naylor

It was 8 p.m. as we entered Aspatria, where we found lodgings for the night at Isaac Tomlinson's.

From John O'Groats to Land's End Robert Naylor

A striking case of the former is related in the _Veterinary Journal_ (vol. xvi., p. 180) by H. Thompson, of Aspatria.

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The long, straggling street of Aspatria was lit up with gas as we passed along it in the early morning on the road towards Maryport, and we marched through a level and rather uninteresting country, staying for slight boot repairs at a village on our way.

From John O'Groats to Land's End Robert Naylor

A further eight-miles 'walk, some portion of it in the dark, brought us to Aspatria, but in the interval we had passed Brayton

From John O'Groats to Land's End Robert Naylor