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Page xi
... district itself . Still , there are a few who realise that every county in England is more or less a mine of interest , and for such I have written . Realising my limitations , I have not gone deeply into any single subject ; my ...
... district itself . Still , there are a few who realise that every county in England is more or less a mine of interest , and for such I have written . Realising my limitations , I have not gone deeply into any single subject ; my ...
Page xvii
... District - The Heythrop Hounds - A De- fence of Hard Riding - A Day in the Vale - A Hunting Poem . xvii PAGE CHAPTER XIV . SPRING IN THE COTSWOLDS . Habits of Moorhens - Mallard and Swan - Nuthatches -Woodpeckers - Humane Traps ...
... District - The Heythrop Hounds - A De- fence of Hard Riding - A Day in the Vale - A Hunting Poem . xvii PAGE CHAPTER XIV . SPRING IN THE COTSWOLDS . Habits of Moorhens - Mallard and Swan - Nuthatches -Woodpeckers - Humane Traps ...
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... district was a rough , uncultivated moor . It is now cultivated for the most part , and grows excellent barley . The highest point of this extensive range is eleven hundred and thirty - four feet , but the average altitude would not ...
... district was a rough , uncultivated moor . It is now cultivated for the most part , and grows excellent barley . The highest point of this extensive range is eleven hundred and thirty - four feet , but the average altitude would not ...
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... district . Two thirds of the buildings are old , and , as Ruskin has beautifully expressed it : " The greatest glory of a building is not in its stones , nor in its gold . Its glory is in its age , and in that deep sense of voicefulness ...
... district . Two thirds of the buildings are old , and , as Ruskin has beautifully expressed it : " The greatest glory of a building is not in its stones , nor in its gold . Its glory is in its age , and in that deep sense of voicefulness ...
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... district which is less than a hundred miles from London . There is no other district of equal extent within the same radius of which as much could be said . " Jam pauca aratro jugera regiæ Moles relinquent . " But here all the houses ...
... district which is less than a hundred miles from London . There is no other district of equal extent within the same radius of which as much could be said . " Jam pauca aratro jugera regiæ Moles relinquent . " But here all the houses ...
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