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... whilst every field reminds us of him who wrote those lilting stanzas long , long ago . “ Ah , happy hills ! ah , pleasing shade ! Ah , fields , beloved in vain ! Where once my careless childhood strayed , A stranger yet to pain : I feel ...
... whilst every field reminds us of him who wrote those lilting stanzas long , long ago . “ Ah , happy hills ! ah , pleasing shade ! Ah , fields , beloved in vain ! Where once my careless childhood strayed , A stranger yet to pain : I feel ...
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... whilst on the left is Mary . The other two are uncertain , but they are probably Philip of Spain and James I. I was enchanted with the place . The quaint old Elizabethan gables and sombre bell - tower , the old- fashioned entrance gates ...
... whilst on the left is Mary . The other two are uncertain , but they are probably Philip of Spain and James I. I was enchanted with the place . The quaint old Elizabethan gables and sombre bell - tower , the old- fashioned entrance gates ...
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... whilst the honest proprietor was having his cup of tea and bread and butter after his work . Common sense he has to a remarkable degree , and a good deal more know- ledge than most people give him credit for . He is a Radical of course ...
... whilst the honest proprietor was having his cup of tea and bread and butter after his work . Common sense he has to a remarkable degree , and a good deal more know- ledge than most people give him credit for . He is a Radical of course ...
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... whilst the biggest Radical of the lot stood up and shouted , " You be a little Liberal , I know , and the other blokes ' ave ' ired [ hired ] you . " Whether we won any votes that evening I am doubtful , but certain I am that this ...
... whilst the biggest Radical of the lot stood up and shouted , " You be a little Liberal , I know , and the other blokes ' ave ' ired [ hired ] you . " Whether we won any votes that evening I am doubtful , but certain I am that this ...
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... whilst paying but little deference either to men of estate or men of learning , they yet allow themselves to be " bamboozled " by the promises and claptrap of the paid agitator . Narrow and ignorant as is the Toryism commonly displayed ...
... whilst paying but little deference either to men of estate or men of learning , they yet allow themselves to be " bamboozled " by the promises and claptrap of the paid agitator . Narrow and ignorant as is the Toryism commonly displayed ...
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