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... whole world over , would find it difficult to recognise any likeness to a fiery steed in those uncertain lines of chalk . Nevertheless , this is the monument King Alfred made to commemorate his victory over the Danes at Ashdown . So the ...
... whole world over , would find it difficult to recognise any likeness to a fiery steed in those uncertain lines of chalk . Nevertheless , this is the monument King Alfred made to commemorate his victory over the Danes at Ashdown . So the ...
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Joseph Arthur Gibbs. the whole length of the Cotswold Hills , as well as the Chilterns , stretching away eastwards towards Aylesbury , and far into Buckinghamshire . Beneath your feet lie many hundred thousand acres of green pastures ...
Joseph Arthur Gibbs. the whole length of the Cotswold Hills , as well as the Chilterns , stretching away eastwards towards Aylesbury , and far into Buckinghamshire . Beneath your feet lie many hundred thousand acres of green pastures ...
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... whole graceful pile , as the eye , glancing down the square Norman tower and along the pierced battlements and elaborate pinnacles , finally rests on the empty niches and traceried oriel windows of the magnificent south porch ? I cannot ...
... whole graceful pile , as the eye , glancing down the square Norman tower and along the pierced battlements and elaborate pinnacles , finally rests on the empty niches and traceried oriel windows of the magnificent south porch ? I cannot ...
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... whole ceiling down , a catastrophe which they tell me has happened before now in this rather rickety old manor house . Opening a door on the other side of the house , I passed out into the garden . How characteristic of the place ! —a ...
... whole ceiling down , a catastrophe which they tell me has happened before now in this rather rickety old manor house . Opening a door on the other side of the house , I passed out into the garden . How characteristic of the place ! —a ...
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... whole scene - the silent pool at my feet , the rich , well - timbered valley , with its marked contrast to the cold hills that overlook it- reminded me forcibly of Whyte - Melville's lines at the conclusion of the most impressive poem ...
... whole scene - the silent pool at my feet , the rich , well - timbered valley , with its marked contrast to the cold hills that overlook it- reminded me forcibly of Whyte - Melville's lines at the conclusion of the most impressive poem ...
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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