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... look not downwards into the depths of black despair , but upwards into the starry heavens ; let us gaze at the golden evening brighten- ing in the west . Richard Jefferies has taught us that PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION . xi such a ...
... look not downwards into the depths of black despair , but upwards into the starry heavens ; let us gaze at the golden evening brighten- ing in the west . Richard Jefferies has taught us that PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION . xi such a ...
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... look after himself for the rest of his days ! Those were grand old times when the Berkshire , Gloucestershire , and Somersetshire men amused them- selves by cracking each other's heads and cudgel- playing for a gold - laced hat and a ...
... look after himself for the rest of his days ! Those were grand old times when the Berkshire , Gloucestershire , and Somersetshire men amused them- selves by cracking each other's heads and cudgel- playing for a gold - laced hat and a ...
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... look after the labouring classes ; that what rabbits are killed on the manor are not sold , but distributed in the village . There is an old ivy - clad building in the grounds , only a few paces from the manor house . This is the ...
... look after the labouring classes ; that what rabbits are killed on the manor are not sold , but distributed in the village . There is an old ivy - clad building in the grounds , only a few paces from the manor house . This is the ...
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... look upon him as a sort of ogre , who exists merely to screw rents out of the land they till . Those who are dependent on land alone are often the men who do their duty best on their estates , and , poor though they may be , they are ...
... look upon him as a sort of ogre , who exists merely to screw rents out of the land they till . Those who are dependent on land alone are often the men who do their duty best on their estates , and , poor though they may be , they are ...
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... looks cold and uninviting . One may learn much , it is true , of the wonders of nature in the dead time of the year by watching the great trout on the spawn beds as they pile up the gravel day by day , and store up beautiful ...
... looks cold and uninviting . One may learn much , it is true , of the wonders of nature in the dead time of the year by watching the great trout on the spawn beds as they pile up the gravel day by day , and store up beautiful ...
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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