Rambles Round Eton and HarrowChatto and Windus, 1882 - 290 páginas |
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... wood in clumps , and now and then a gigantic tree by the road . The trunks of these scattered trees are of enormous size . They are for the most part pollards ; but , not having been lopped for many years , they have thrown out mighty ...
... wood in clumps , and now and then a gigantic tree by the road . The trunks of these scattered trees are of enormous size . They are for the most part pollards ; but , not having been lopped for many years , they have thrown out mighty ...
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... woods are quite a paradise for butterflies of the rarer kinds ; and if you approach one that has settled , you will see it expand and close its wings , possibly on the same principle that induces a peacock to open its tail . For every ...
... woods are quite a paradise for butterflies of the rarer kinds ; and if you approach one that has settled , you will see it expand and close its wings , possibly on the same principle that induces a peacock to open its tail . For every ...
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... wood , and if it were as numerous with us as the white cabbage butterfly , our noble branching park trees would be terribly thinned down ; and while on this subject , the writer must be pardoned for giving an example of the damage that ...
... wood , and if it were as numerous with us as the white cabbage butterfly , our noble branching park trees would be terribly thinned down ; and while on this subject , the writer must be pardoned for giving an example of the damage that ...
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... wood screen work , dated 1468 , remaining . The arches to the transept are earlier than those of the nave , and the details of the earlier windows and doors are very good . Part of the walling is flint and chalk , in small squares ...
... wood screen work , dated 1468 , remaining . The arches to the transept are earlier than those of the nave , and the details of the earlier windows and doors are very good . Part of the walling is flint and chalk , in small squares ...
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... Wood , and he could not remember where he had put it , the only other persons privy to the transaction being either dead or in exile ; but two acres were cleared , and the whole of the treasure found . £ 50 was discovered in gold angels ...
... Wood , and he could not remember where he had put it , the only other persons privy to the transaction being either dead or in exile ; but two acres were cleared , and the whole of the treasure found . £ 50 was discovered in gold angels ...
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