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... feet . It remains to this day ; the bricks having been double - burned especially for this purpose . He desired in his will that no monument should be erected to him , " not desiring to have his name recorded , save in the book of life ...
... feet . It remains to this day ; the bricks having been double - burned especially for this purpose . He desired in his will that no monument should be erected to him , " not desiring to have his name recorded , save in the book of life ...
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... feet in girth " And here we may set this tasteful traveller right . Although no mention is made of this tree in the Natural History , it occurs in the fifth letter of the " Antiquities of Selborne , " where White says that in the ...
... feet in girth " And here we may set this tasteful traveller right . Although no mention is made of this tree in the Natural History , it occurs in the fifth letter of the " Antiquities of Selborne , " where White says that in the ...
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... feet , and , when sunk to that depth , seldom fail ; but produce a fine limpid water , soft to the taste , and much commended by those who drink the pure element , but which does not lather well with soap . To the north - west , north ...
... feet , and , when sunk to that depth , seldom fail ; but produce a fine limpid water , soft to the taste , and much commended by those who drink the pure element , but which does not lather well with soap . To the north - west , north ...
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... feet above the butt , where it measured near eight feet in diameter . * This elm I mention , to show to what a bulk planted elms may attain ; as this tree must certainly have been such , from its situation . In the centre of the village ...
... feet above the butt , where it measured near eight feet in diameter . * This elm I mention , to show to what a bulk planted elms may attain ; as this tree must certainly have been such , from its situation . In the centre of the village ...
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... feet of the surface , 16 yards in circumference , and close by the ground , 26 yards . Its height is about 80 feet , and its principal limb extends 16 yards from the boll . The Greendale oak , at a foot from the ground , is in ...
... feet of the surface , 16 yards in circumference , and close by the ground , 26 yards . Its height is about 80 feet , and its principal limb extends 16 yards from the boll . The Greendale oak , at a foot from the ground , is in ...
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