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... Hard Riding - A Day in the Vale — A Hunting Poem . xvii PAGE CHAPTER XIV . SPRING IN THE COTSWOLDS . Habits of Moorhens - Mallard and Swan - Nuthatches -Woodpeckers - Humane Traps - Badgers - Fox- terriers - Scotch Deerhounds ...
... Hard Riding - A Day in the Vale — A Hunting Poem . xvii PAGE CHAPTER XIV . SPRING IN THE COTSWOLDS . Habits of Moorhens - Mallard and Swan - Nuthatches -Woodpeckers - Humane Traps - Badgers - Fox- terriers - Scotch Deerhounds ...
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... hard by " those rugged elms , that yew- tree's shade , " yet rests the body of the mighty poet , Gray . How those lines run in one's head this bright summer evening , as from our railway carriage we note the great white dome of Stoke ...
... hard by " those rugged elms , that yew- tree's shade , " yet rests the body of the mighty poet , Gray . How those lines run in one's head this bright summer evening , as from our railway carriage we note the great white dome of Stoke ...
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... hard by the old manor house . I saw nothing at first but a still , transparent pool , nine feet deep ( they told me ) ; it looked but three ! But as I gaze at the beautiful fernlike weeds at the bottom , they are seen to be gently ...
... hard by the old manor house . I saw nothing at first but a still , transparent pool , nine feet deep ( they told me ) ; it looked but three ! But as I gaze at the beautiful fernlike weeds at the bottom , they are seen to be gently ...
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... hard toil and sweat of brow did our forefathers erect these monuments of " a day that is dead " ; and they remain to testify to the solid masonry and laborious workmanship of ancient times . The descendants of this John Coxwell live on ...
... hard toil and sweat of brow did our forefathers erect these monuments of " a day that is dead " ; and they remain to testify to the solid masonry and laborious workmanship of ancient times . The descendants of this John Coxwell live on ...
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... hard by the brook . He informed me that there was bagatelle at the club for those who liked it , and all sorts of games , and smoking concerts : that it was a question who was the best bagatelle player in the club ; but that it probably ...
... hard by the brook . He informed me that there was bagatelle at the club for those who liked it , and all sorts of games , and smoking concerts : that it was a question who was the best bagatelle player in the club ; but that it probably ...
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