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... VILLAGE CHARACTERS · Quaint Hamlet Folk - The Village Impostor - Rural Economy - Stories of the People - A Curious Analogy - Tom Peregrine , the Keeper - A Standing I II 39 Dish - A Great Character - Peregrine's Accomplish- ments and xiii.
... VILLAGE CHARACTERS · Quaint Hamlet Folk - The Village Impostor - Rural Economy - Stories of the People - A Curious Analogy - Tom Peregrine , the Keeper - A Standing I II 39 Dish - A Great Character - Peregrine's Accomplish- ments and xiii.
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... stands forth- a conspicuous object for miles . The country round Didcot reminds one very much of the north of France between Calais and Paris one notices the same chalk soil , the same flat arable fields , and the same old - fashioned ...
... stands forth- a conspicuous object for miles . The country round Didcot reminds one very much of the north of France between Calais and Paris one notices the same chalk soil , the same flat arable fields , and the same old - fashioned ...
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... standing position . He reflects the utmost credit on his grooms ; for not only are his shapely limbs " beautifully and wonder- fully made , " but the greatest care is taken of him . The Westbury horse is not in reality nearly so large ...
... standing position . He reflects the utmost credit on his grooms ; for not only are his shapely limbs " beautifully and wonder- fully made , " but the greatest care is taken of him . The Westbury horse is not in reality nearly so large ...
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... sixty miles an hour through picturesque country , you may watch the sun setting amidst every variety of scenery . Now some hoary grey tower stands out against the intense brightness of the western sky ; now a tracery of.
... sixty miles an hour through picturesque country , you may watch the sun setting amidst every variety of scenery . Now some hoary grey tower stands out against the intense brightness of the western sky ; now a tracery of.
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... 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 in the ...
... 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 in the ...
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