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Page vi
... beautiful and far richer in history even within a twenty - mile radius of my own home . For instance , the ancient house of Chavenage by Tetbury , or in the opposite direction , where the northern escarpments of the Cotswolds rise out ...
... beautiful and far richer in history even within a twenty - mile radius of my own home . For instance , the ancient house of Chavenage by Tetbury , or in the opposite direction , where the northern escarpments of the Cotswolds rise out ...
Page viii
... beautiful photographs . Three of the photographs , however , are by H. Taunt , of Oxford , and a similar number are by Mr. Gardiner , of Fairford . September 1898 . PREFACE CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. FLYING WESTWARDS The Thames Valley viii ...
... beautiful photographs . Three of the photographs , however , are by H. Taunt , of Oxford , and a similar number are by Mr. Gardiner , of Fairford . September 1898 . PREFACE CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. FLYING WESTWARDS The Thames Valley viii ...
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... beautiful woods of Streatley : hanging copses clothe the sides of the hills , and pretty villages nestle amid the trees . But soon the scene changes : the glorious valley Father Thames has scooped out for himself is left behind ; we are ...
... beautiful woods of Streatley : hanging copses clothe the sides of the hills , and pretty villages nestle amid the trees . But soon the scene changes : the glorious valley Father Thames has scooped out for himself is left behind ; we are ...
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... beautiful feature of the country . I paid him a visit the other day , and was surprised to find he was very much smaller than he appears from the railway . Glancing over a recent edition of Tom Hughes ' book , “ The Scouring of the ...
... beautiful feature of the country . I paid him a visit the other day , and was surprised to find he was very much smaller than he appears from the railway . Glancing over a recent edition of Tom Hughes ' book , “ The Scouring of the ...
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... beautiful that every object is invested with a glamour and a charm not usually associated with it . Such a day was that of which we write . As we were gliding out of Swindon the sun was beginning to descend . From a Great Western ...
... beautiful that every object is invested with a glamour and a charm not usually associated with it . Such a day was that of which we write . As we were gliding out of Swindon the sun was beginning to descend . From a Great Western ...
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