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... kind smile of welcome will greet us no more in this life . Joseph Arthur Gibbs was one of those rare natures who combine a love of outdoor life , cricket and sport of every kind , with a refined and scholarly taste for literature . He ...
... kind smile of welcome will greet us no more in this life . Joseph Arthur Gibbs was one of those rare natures who combine a love of outdoor life , cricket and sport of every kind , with a refined and scholarly taste for literature . He ...
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... kind , until rather more than sixty years ago it was converted into a rent charge . Tithe was made on all kinds of farm produce . The vicar's man went into the cornfields and placed a bough in every tenth " stook " ; then the titheman ...
... kind , until rather more than sixty years ago it was converted into a rent charge . Tithe was made on all kinds of farm produce . The vicar's man went into the cornfields and placed a bough in every tenth " stook " ; then the titheman ...
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... kind , unselfish he must be , Born to lead when danger threatens - type of ancient chivalry . When you hear a " houndman " jeering at the " customers " in front , Saying they come out to ride a steeplechase and not to hunt , You may bet ...
... kind , unselfish he must be , Born to lead when danger threatens - type of ancient chivalry . When you hear a " houndman " jeering at the " customers " in front , Saying they come out to ride a steeplechase and not to hunt , You may bet ...
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