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... earth . To this I would answer that there are many such abodes in country places , if only our minds are such as to realise them . And , above all , let us be optimists in literature even though we may be pessimists in life . Let us ...
... earth . To this I would answer that there are many such abodes in country places , if only our minds are such as to realise them . And , above all , let us be optimists in literature even though we may be pessimists in life . Let us ...
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... Earth - Nature's Endless Cycle - Beauty of the Ash - Hedgehogs-- Trout and Snake - Sunset on the Hills . PAGE AUTUMN CHAPTER XVII . Remarks on Country Life - Thrashing - The Flail— Gipsies - Harvest Feasts - Fifty Years Ago - The Wolds ...
... Earth - Nature's Endless Cycle - Beauty of the Ash - Hedgehogs-- Trout and Snake - Sunset on the Hills . PAGE AUTUMN CHAPTER XVII . Remarks on Country Life - Thrashing - The Flail— Gipsies - Harvest Feasts - Fifty Years Ago - The Wolds ...
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... earth . This vale is full of fine old trees ; but in many places the farmers have spoilt their beauty by lopping off the lower branches because the grass will not grow under their wide - spreading foliage . It is only in the parks and ...
... earth . This vale is full of fine old trees ; but in many places the farmers have spoilt their beauty by lopping off the lower branches because the grass will not grow under their wide - spreading foliage . It is only in the parks and ...
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... the foxes : for not two hundred yards from the house and practically in the garden , is a fox earth that has never been without a litter of cubs for forty years ! II . ] AN OLD - FASHIONED GARDEN . 19 18 [ CH . A COTSWOLD VILLAGE .
... the foxes : for not two hundred yards from the house and practically in the garden , is a fox earth that has never been without a litter of cubs for forty years ! II . ] AN OLD - FASHIONED GARDEN . 19 18 [ CH . A COTSWOLD VILLAGE .
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... And then pass on to Eton , fairest spot on earth . Mark well the playing - fields , the glorious trees , and Windsor towering high . Here shalt thou be loved by many II . ] FLOWING SEAWARDS . 29 Ah a generous 28 [ CH . A COTSWOLD VILLAGE .
... And then pass on to Eton , fairest spot on earth . Mark well the playing - fields , the glorious trees , and Windsor towering high . Here shalt thou be loved by many II . ] FLOWING SEAWARDS . 29 Ah a generous 28 [ CH . A COTSWOLD VILLAGE .
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Ablington ancient ash tree beautiful Berkshire Bibury birds Burford BURFORD PRIORY catch Chedworth church Cirencester CIRENCESTER HOUSE Coln colour Cotswold district Cotswold Hills Cotswold village cottages covert cricket deep delightful district doubtless earth England Fairford farmers feet fields fish gallop garden glorious Gloucestershire grass ground half hamlet hand Hatherop horse hounds hundred hunting huntsman keeper killed large number larvæ Lechlade Loch Leven London look Lord lovely manor house may-fly miles never night Northleach old manor house old-fashioned once partridges passed Peregrine pheasant pleasant plough pounds ride river River Coln Roman sausingers scent season seen Shakespeare shooting silvery sport sportsman spring squire stand stone Stow-on-the-Wold stwuns tell thou town trees trout stream vale valley wall week whilst wild wind wolds woods yards