Annals of a Fishing Village: Drawn from the Notes of "A Son of the Marshes"W. Blackwood, 1891 - 289 pages |
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... master - stroke . In an offhand manner he mentioned the fact that a lot of curlews were feeding close to where they intended crabbing . " ' Reckly the tide turns they begins to work fur worms , " he said , " close to the boat ; they're ...
... master - stroke . In an offhand manner he mentioned the fact that a lot of curlews were feeding close to where they intended crabbing . " ' Reckly the tide turns they begins to work fur worms , " he said , " close to the boat ; they're ...
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... master was a fine - looking man , six feet two in height , a true gentleman in the best sense of the word , of courtly manners and dignified bearing ; he held the office of portreeve in Marshton at the time I write of . The workshops ...
... master was a fine - looking man , six feet two in height , a true gentleman in the best sense of the word , of courtly manners and dignified bearing ; he held the office of portreeve in Marshton at the time I write of . The workshops ...
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... master's dwelling - house stood in the centre of the steep high street . It had quaint gables , gro- tesquely carved and ornamented . The overhanging windows of the upper storey projected far out over the pavement and the steps that led ...
... master's dwelling - house stood in the centre of the steep high street . It had quaint gables , gro- tesquely carved and ornamented . The overhanging windows of the upper storey projected far out over the pavement and the steps that led ...
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... lights were of stained glass . There was an air of quaint richness about them that carried one far away into the past . The master , who was gifted with a true artistic sense of fitness , preserved all the original AT THE PORTREEVE'S . 31.
... lights were of stained glass . There was an air of quaint richness about them that carried one far away into the past . The master , who was gifted with a true artistic sense of fitness , preserved all the original AT THE PORTREEVE'S . 31.
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... master's eye was critical and keen , and they are not all good - with here and there some from Audubon and Wilson ; not many of these lat- ter , however . And this treasury of scraps the master would often turn over himself while the ...
... master's eye was critical and keen , and they are not all good - with here and there some from Audubon and Wilson ; not many of these lat- ter , however . And this treasury of scraps the master would often turn over himself while the ...
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