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... roads stand out clearly defined miles away on the horizon ; the smoke that rises straight up from some ivy - covered homestead half a mile away is bluer than the evening sky - a deep azure blue . The horizon is clear in the south , but ...
... roads stand out clearly defined miles away on the horizon ; the smoke that rises straight up from some ivy - covered homestead half a mile away is bluer than the evening sky - a deep azure blue . The horizon is clear in the south , but ...
Page 14
... road I come suddenly upon the manor house - the " big house " of the village . Long and somewhat low , it stands close to the road , and is of some size . Over the doorway of the porch is the following inscription , engraven on stone in ...
... road I come suddenly upon the manor house - the " big house " of the village . Long and somewhat low , it stands close to the road , and is of some size . Over the doorway of the porch is the following inscription , engraven on stone in ...
Page 71
... road you would never think them capable of doing anything wrong . A wave of the hand and they are into the covert in a second , ready to pòunce like a cat on a sitting pheasant . One short whistle and they are at their master's heels ...
... road you would never think them capable of doing anything wrong . A wave of the hand and they are into the covert in a second , ready to pòunce like a cat on a sitting pheasant . One short whistle and they are at their master's heels ...
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... road to Fairford , where the Coln is crossed . One of the chief traditions of this locality , and one that doubtless has more truth in it than most of the stories the natives tell you , relates that two hundred years ago people were ...
... road to Fairford , where the Coln is crossed . One of the chief traditions of this locality , and one that doubtless has more truth in it than most of the stories the natives tell you , relates that two hundred years ago people were ...
Page 91
... road . Dang the buttons o ' that little pasteboord seller ! he warn't a ' safe mon ' to hev to do wi ' . " I enquired if the peeple hed much washin ' to do for the railway about here , an ' thay wanted to know what I required to know ...
... road . Dang the buttons o ' that little pasteboord seller ! he warn't a ' safe mon ' to hev to do wi ' . " I enquired if the peeple hed much washin ' to do for the railway about here , an ' thay wanted to know what I required to know ...
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