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... comes Pangbourne , with its lovely weir , where the big Thames trout love to lie . Pangbourne used to be one of the prettiest villages on the river ; but its popularity has spoilt it . As we pass onwards , many other country houses ...
... comes Pangbourne , with its lovely weir , where the big Thames trout love to lie . Pangbourne used to be one of the prettiest villages on the river ; but its popularity has spoilt it . As we pass onwards , many other country houses ...
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... come as a piece of prosaic business , at the cost of other than Berkshire men reared within sight of the hill ? ” Alas ! it is too true . There has been no pastime since 1857 . It would have been a splendid way of com- memorating the ...
... come as a piece of prosaic business , at the cost of other than Berkshire men reared within sight of the hill ? ” Alas ! it is too true . There has been no pastime since 1857 . It would have been a splendid way of com- memorating the ...
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... comes a kingfisher clothed in priceless jewelry , sparkling in the sun : sapphire and amethyst on his bright blue back , rubies on his ruddy breast , and diamonds round his princely neck . Monarch he is of silvery stream , and petty ...
... comes a kingfisher clothed in priceless jewelry , sparkling in the sun : sapphire and amethyst on his bright blue back , rubies on his ruddy breast , and diamonds round his princely neck . Monarch he is of silvery stream , and petty ...
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... come forth from this hamlet " Some village Hampden , that with dauntless breast The little tyrant of his fields withstood " ; one who from earliest youth has kept himself in touch with the politics of the day , and has fitted himself to ...
... come forth from this hamlet " Some village Hampden , that with dauntless breast The little tyrant of his fields withstood " ; one who from earliest youth has kept himself in touch with the politics of the day , and has fitted himself to ...
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... come down in the world through his own folly . To those who are living in luxury the conditions under which the poorer classes earn their daily bread , and the wretched prospect which old age or ill health presents to them , must ever ...
... come down in the world through his own folly . To those who are living in luxury the conditions under which the poorer classes earn their daily bread , and the wretched prospect which old age or ill health presents to them , must ever ...
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