A Cotswold Village, Or, Country Life and Pursuits in Gloucestershire |
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... whole world over , would find it difficult to recognise any likeness to a fiery steed in those uncertain lines of chalk . Nevertheless , this is the monument King Alfred made to commemorate his victory over the Danes at Ashdown . So the ...
... whole world over , would find it difficult to recognise any likeness to a fiery steed in those uncertain lines of chalk . Nevertheless , this is the monument King Alfred made to commemorate his victory over the Danes at Ashdown . So the ...
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... whole ceiling down , a catastrophe which they tell me has happened before now in this rather rickety old manor house . Opening a door on the other side of the house , I passed out into the garden . How characteristic of the place ! -a ...
... whole ceiling down , a catastrophe which they tell me has happened before now in this rather rickety old manor house . Opening a door on the other side of the house , I passed out into the garden . How characteristic of the place ! -a ...
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... whole valley re - echoes with hound music , as the pack come crashing towards us through the thick underwood . We get a splendid view of the proceedings - for the covert is a long , narrow strip of about ten acres , running in the shape ...
... whole valley re - echoes with hound music , as the pack come crashing towards us through the thick underwood . We get a splendid view of the proceedings - for the covert is a long , narrow strip of about ten acres , running in the shape ...
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