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... Sort - Heroes of the Hamlet - Political Meetings - Humours of the Poll -Gloucestershire Farmers . CHAPTER IV . THE LANGUAGE OF THE COTSWOLDS , WITH SOME ANCIENT SONGS AND LEGENDS · Strange Travellers - Smoking Concerts - The Carter's ...
... Sort - Heroes of the Hamlet - Political Meetings - Humours of the Poll -Gloucestershire Farmers . CHAPTER IV . THE LANGUAGE OF THE COTSWOLDS , WITH SOME ANCIENT SONGS AND LEGENDS · Strange Travellers - Smoking Concerts - The Carter's ...
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... Sort of Horse - The Oaksey District - The Heythrop Hounds - A De- fence of Hard Riding - A Day in the Vale - A Hunting Poem . xiii PAGE CHAPTER XIV . SPRING IN THE COTSWOLDS . terriers - Scotch Habits of Moorhens - Mallard and Swan ...
... Sort of Horse - The Oaksey District - The Heythrop Hounds - A De- fence of Hard Riding - A Day in the Vale - A Hunting Poem . xiii PAGE CHAPTER XIV . SPRING IN THE COTSWOLDS . terriers - Scotch Habits of Moorhens - Mallard and Swan ...
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... sort of ogre , who exists merely to screw rents out of the land they till . Those who are dependent on land alone are often the men who do their duty best on their estates , and , poor though they may be , they are much beloved . But it ...
... sort of ogre , who exists merely to screw rents out of the land they till . Those who are dependent on land alone are often the men who do their duty best on their estates , and , poor though they may be , they are much beloved . But it ...
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... sort sold at an extraordinary high price . I made of my tithes and living this year clear £ 1,200 ; from the dearness of labourers the outgoing expenses amounted to £ 900 in addition . " The worst year seems to have been 1766 , when the ...
... sort sold at an extraordinary high price . I made of my tithes and living this year clear £ 1,200 ; from the dearness of labourers the outgoing expenses amounted to £ 900 in addition . " The worst year seems to have been 1766 , when the ...
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... sort finds that he can get nothing more out of you , he moves his family and goods to some other part of the country ; he then begins the old game with somebody else , borrowing a sovereign off you for the expense of moving . As for ...
... sort finds that he can get nothing more out of you , he moves his family and goods to some other part of the country ; he then begins the old game with somebody else , borrowing a sovereign off you for the expense of moving . As for ...
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