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... appeared in the newspapers ; and I therefore wish to add only a few words about one whose 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 ...
... appeared in the newspapers ; and I therefore wish to add only a few words about one whose 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 ...
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... appeared in the Pall Mall Magazine . Portions of Chapters VII . and VIII . , and " The Thruster's Song , " have also been published in Baily's Magazine . My thanks are due to the editors for permission to reproduce them . Chapter XII ...
... appeared in the Pall Mall Magazine . Portions of Chapters VII . and VIII . , and " The Thruster's Song , " have also been published in Baily's Magazine . My thanks are due to the editors for permission to reproduce them . Chapter XII ...
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... appeared to be seven yards only in length , and not fifteen ; so that it would seem that the figure is gradually growing smaller . It is the head and forelegs that want scouring worst of all . There is little sign of the trench , two ...
... appeared to be seven yards only in length , and not fifteen ; so that it would seem that the figure is gradually growing smaller . It is the head and forelegs that want scouring worst of all . There is little sign of the trench , two ...
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... appeared to be laden with a mantle of ivy that was more than they could bear . Many a tall fir , from base to topmost twig , was completely robed with the smooth , five- pointed leaves of this rapacious evergreen . Through the thick ...
... appeared to be laden with a mantle of ivy that was more than they could bear . Many a tall fir , from base to topmost twig , was completely robed with the smooth , five- pointed leaves of this rapacious evergreen . Through the thick ...
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... appeared older than the rest of the buildings . On enquiry , I learnt that long , long ago , before the present manor house existed , this was the abode of the old squires of the place ; but for the last hundred years it had been the ...
... appeared older than the rest of the buildings . On enquiry , I learnt that long , long ago , before the present manor house existed , this was the abode of the old squires of the place ; but for the last hundred years it had been the ...
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Ablington ancient ash tree barns beautiful Berkshire Bibury birds Burford BURFORD PRIORY charm Chedworth church Cirencester Coln colour Cotswold district Cotswold Hills Cotswold labourer Cotswold sheep Cotswold village cottages covert cricket deep delightful district doubtless earth England face Fairford farmers fields fish garden glorious Gloucestershire grass ground half hamlet hounds hundred hunting keeper killed land larvæ London look lovely Lunnon manor house may-fly miles never night Northleach old manor house old-fashioned once partridges passed Peregrine pheasant pleasant plough pounds quaint river River Coln Roman Sairy Jane sausingers scent season seen shillin's shooting silvery sport sportsman spring squire Stoke Poges stone Stow-on-the-Wold stwuns tell thou Tom Peregrine town trees trout stream turmut vale valley walls week whilst White Horse wild wind withybed wood yards