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... earth . To this I would answer that there are many such abodes in country places , if only our minds are such as to realise them . And , above all , let us be optimists in literature even though we may be pessimists in life . Let us ...
... earth . To this I would answer that there are many such abodes in country places , if only our minds are such as to realise them . And , above all , let us be optimists in literature even though we may be pessimists in life . Let us ...
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... Earth - Nature's Endless Cycle - Beauty of the Ash - Hedgehogs- Trout and Snake - Sunset on the Hills . PAGE AUTUMN CHAPTER XVII . Remarks on Country Life - Thrashing - The Flail- Gipsies - Harvest Feasts - Fifty Years Ago - The Wolds ...
... Earth - Nature's Endless Cycle - Beauty of the Ash - Hedgehogs- Trout and Snake - Sunset on the Hills . PAGE AUTUMN CHAPTER XVII . Remarks on Country Life - Thrashing - The Flail- Gipsies - Harvest Feasts - Fifty Years Ago - The Wolds ...
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... earth . This vale is full of fine old trees ; but in many places the farmers have spoilt their beauty by lopping off the lower branches because the grass will not grow under their wide - spreading foliage . It is only in the parks and ...
... earth . This vale is full of fine old trees ; but in many places the farmers have spoilt their beauty by lopping off the lower branches because the grass will not grow under their wide - spreading foliage . It is only in the parks and ...
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... the foxes : for not two hundred yards from the house and practically in the garden , is a fox earth that has never been without a litter of cubs for forty years ! [ I. ] AN OLD - FASHIONED GARDEN . 19 18 [ CH . A COTSWOLD VILLAGE .
... the foxes : for not two hundred yards from the house and practically in the garden , is a fox earth that has never been without a litter of cubs for forty years ! [ I. ] AN OLD - FASHIONED GARDEN . 19 18 [ CH . A COTSWOLD VILLAGE .
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... Eton , fairest spot on earth . Mark well the playing - fields , the glorious trees , and Windsor towering high . Here shalt thou be loved by many II . ] FLOWING SEAWARDS . 29 a generous heart 28 [ CH . A COTSWOLD VILLAGE .
... Eton , fairest spot on earth . Mark well the playing - fields , the glorious trees , and Windsor towering high . Here shalt thou be loved by many II . ] FLOWING SEAWARDS . 29 a generous heart 28 [ CH . A COTSWOLD VILLAGE .
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