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... and harebells , the gold of birdsfoot trefoil and Saint John's wort , and the white and pink of convolvulus or bindweed . We are passing through some of the I. ] THE THAMES VALLEY . richest scenery in the 2 [ CH . FLYING WESTWARDS .
... and harebells , the gold of birdsfoot trefoil and Saint John's wort , and the white and pink of convolvulus or bindweed . We are passing through some of the I. ] THE THAMES VALLEY . richest scenery in the 2 [ CH . FLYING WESTWARDS .
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... pass onwards , many other country houses— Purley , Basildon , and Hardwick - with their parks and clustering cottages , add their charm to the view . There are the beautiful woods of Streatley : hanging copses clothe the sides of the ...
... pass onwards , many other country houses— Purley , Basildon , and Hardwick - with their parks and clustering cottages , add their charm to the view . There are the beautiful woods of Streatley : hanging copses clothe the sides of the ...
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... pass away , and right merry is the harvest home . And Christmastide is kept in real old English fashion ; nor do the mummers forget to go their nightly rounds , with their strange tale of " St. George and the dragon . " As I walk down ...
... pass away , and right merry is the harvest home . And Christmastide is kept in real old English fashion ; nor do the mummers forget to go their nightly rounds , with their strange tale of " St. George and the dragon . " As I walk down ...
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... passes has its work to do , in carrying down to the sea lime and I know not how many other ingredients , and in depositing that lime and all that it picked up on its way at the bottom of the ocean , to help perhaps in forming the great ...
... passes has its work to do , in carrying down to the sea lime and I know not how many other ingredients , and in depositing that lime and all that it picked up on its way at the bottom of the ocean , to help perhaps in forming the great ...
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... pass a quiet and sacred spot- sacred to me , and dear above all other spots ; for close to that little village church of Clifton Hampden , and close to thee , we laid some years ago the mortal body of a noble man . And when thou ...
... pass a quiet and sacred spot- sacred to me , and dear above all other spots ; for close to that little village church of Clifton Hampden , and close to thee , we laid some years ago the mortal body of a noble man . And when thou ...
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