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  • The general line followed in this and its other imprints (The Dalesman, The Cumbrian, The Penninian, The Peakian, The Malvernian etc etc) is that you are not a true Englishman unless you wear Tattersall check shirts, Cavalry Twills and brown dealer boots.

    Green Credentials Peter Ashley 2008

  • The Dalesman used to have some superb illustrated covers of its own - the best of which were the Christmas editions, always by 'Ionicus' - Joshua Charles Armitage.

    Green Credentials Peter Ashley 2008

  • Miles Horsley was a rangy, six-foot Dalesman -- a decent man but not one to cross.

    Every living thing Herriot, James 1992

  • His hair was very fair-not the warm yellow, or light red-brown of a Dalesman-but rather almost white, as if he were an old man-yet that he was not.

    Year of the Unicorn Norton, Andre 1965

  • Ever since their dispute aboard the Basilisk, there had been ill-feeling betwixt Bartholomew the old bald-headed bowyer, and long Ned Widdington the Dalesman, which had ended in a conflict at Dinan, in which not only they, but a dozen of their friends had been laid upon the cobble-stones.

    Sir Nigel Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1906

  • Gustavus, until the giant Dalesman became terribly jealous.

    Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 5 of 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History 1906

  • A red-headed Dalesman snatched up a sword, but was felled by a blow from the fist of his neighbor.

    Sir Nigel Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1906

  • One day he met in the woods a giant Dalesman named Liss Lars, and, as they were chatting together, a great bear attacked Gustavus.

    Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 5 of 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History 1906

  • The four in front were their leaders: old Wat of Carlisle, Ned Widdington the red-headed Dalesman, the bald bowyer Bartholomew, and Samkin Alyward, newly rejoined after a week's absence.

    Sir Nigel Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1906

  • Three men riding together broke through the bushes which sheltered the leaders of the archers, cut down Widdington the Dalesman, spurred onward through the hedge, dashed over the bowmen behind it, and made for the Prince.

    Sir Nigel Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1906

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