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... roads stand out clearly defined miles away on the horizon ; the smoke that rises straight up from some ivy - covered homestead half a mile away is bluer than the evening sky - a deep azure blue . The horizon is clear in the south , but ...
... roads stand out clearly defined miles away on the horizon ; the smoke that rises straight up from some ivy - covered homestead half a mile away is bluer than the evening sky - a deep azure blue . The horizon is clear in the south , but ...
Page 14
... road I come suddenly upon the manor house -- the " big house " of the village . Long and somewhat low , it stands close to the road , and is of some size . Over the doorway of the porch is the following inscription , engraven on stone ...
... road I come suddenly upon the manor house -- the " big house " of the village . Long and somewhat low , it stands close to the road , and is of some size . Over the doorway of the porch is the following inscription , engraven on stone ...
Page 71
... road you would never think them capable of doing anything wrong . A wave of the hand and they are into the covert in a second , ready to pounce like a cat on a sitting pheasant . One short whistle and they are at their master's heels ...
... road you would never think them capable of doing anything wrong . A wave of the hand and they are into the covert in a second , ready to pounce like a cat on a sitting pheasant . One short whistle and they are at their master's heels ...
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... road to Fairford , where the Coln is crossed . One of the chief traditions of this locality , and one that doubtless has more truth in it than most of the stories the natives tell you , relates б that two hundred years ago people were ...
... road to Fairford , where the Coln is crossed . One of the chief traditions of this locality , and one that doubtless has more truth in it than most of the stories the natives tell you , relates б that two hundred years ago people were ...
Page 91
... road . Dang the buttons o ' that little pasteboord seller ! he warn't a ' safe mon ' to hev to do wi ' . " I enquired if the peeple hed much washin ' to do for the railway about here , an ' thay wanted to know what I required to know ...
... road . Dang the buttons o ' that little pasteboord seller ! he warn't a ' safe mon ' to hev to do wi ' . " I enquired if the peeple hed much washin ' to do for the railway about here , an ' thay wanted to know what I required to know ...
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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