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Page 12
... five- pointed leaves of this rapacious evergreen . Through the thick foliage , of elm and ash and beech , I could just see an old manor house , and round about it , as if for protection , were clustered some thirty cottages . A ...
... five- pointed leaves of this rapacious evergreen . Through the thick foliage , of elm and ash and beech , I could just see an old manor house , and round about it , as if for protection , were clustered some thirty cottages . A ...
Page 14
... five heads , elaborately carved in stone . In the centre is Queen Elizabeth ; to the right are portrayed what I take to be the features of Henry VIII .; whilst on the left is Mary . The other two are uncertain , but they are probably ...
... five heads , elaborately carved in stone . In the centre is Queen Elizabeth ; to the right are portrayed what I take to be the features of Henry VIII .; whilst on the left is Mary . The other two are uncertain , but they are probably ...
Page 34
... five hundred years ago . The builders may have had their faults , their prejudices , and their ignorances , -their very simplicity may have been the means of saving them from error , -but they were at all events truthful and genuine ...
... five hundred years ago . The builders may have had their faults , their prejudices , and their ignorances , -their very simplicity may have been the means of saving them from error , -but they were at all events truthful and genuine ...
Page 37
... five thousand acres ) , from 1763 to 1802 , by which it appears that the year 1800 was the best during these four decades . Here is the entry : — " 1800 The crops of this year were very deficient , but corn of all sort sold at an ...
... five thousand acres ) , from 1763 to 1802 , by which it appears that the year 1800 was the best during these four decades . Here is the entry : — " 1800 The crops of this year were very deficient , but corn of all sort sold at an ...
Page 43
... five shillings per week . Cheerful and manly little chaps they are . To watch a boy of fourteen years managing a couple of great strong cart - horses , either at the plough or with the waggons , is a sight to gladden the heart of man ...
... five shillings per week . Cheerful and manly little chaps they are . To watch a boy of fourteen years managing a couple of great strong cart - horses , either at the plough or with the waggons , is a sight to gladden the heart of man ...
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Ablington ancient ash tree 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 delight district doubtless earth England face Fairford farmers fields fish garden glorious Gloucestershire grass ground half hamlet hand hounds hundred hunting keeper larvæ look lovely Lunnon manor house may-fly miles never night Northleach old manor house old-fashioned once partridges pass Peregrine pheasant pleasant plough pounds river River Coln Roman Sairy Jane sausingers scent season seen shooting silvery song sport sportsman spring squire stand Stoke Poges stone Stow-on-the-Wold stwuns summer tell thou Tom Peregrine town trees trout stream turmut vale valley walk walls week whilst wild wind woods yards