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... soon found myself climbing the winding path which was cut through the beech - wood in the time of Gilbert White . A sweeter spot than the interior of this thick covert , with its craggy slopes , and ' graceful pendulous foliage , ' it ...
... soon found myself climbing the winding path which was cut through the beech - wood in the time of Gilbert White . A sweeter spot than the interior of this thick covert , with its craggy slopes , and ' graceful pendulous foliage , ' it ...
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... soon learnt , I think . There are in this county 253 parishes , most of which you should see . The Isle of Wight must also come into your plan . Time has not yet permitted me to go through half Priestley's Electrical Hist . ; but in vol ...
... soon learnt , I think . There are in this county 253 parishes , most of which you should see . The Isle of Wight must also come into your plan . Time has not yet permitted me to go through half Priestley's Electrical Hist . ; but in vol ...
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... Soon clad , the reaper , provident of want , Hies cheerful - hearted to the ripen'd field : Nor hastes alone : attendant by his side This and the following poem were published in the Gentleman's Magazine for 1783 , page 955 , as ...
... Soon clad , the reaper , provident of want , Hies cheerful - hearted to the ripen'd field : Nor hastes alone : attendant by his side This and the following poem were published in the Gentleman's Magazine for 1783 , page 955 , as ...
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... soon lost when planted above a substratum of red sandstone . In the Vale of the Annan , wherever the sloping banks have a substratum of this rock , or one composed of a sort of red sandstone , shingle , or gravel , the outward decay of ...
... soon lost when planted above a substratum of red sandstone . In the Vale of the Annan , wherever the sloping banks have a substratum of this rock , or one composed of a sort of red sandstone , shingle , or gravel , the outward decay of ...
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... soon as they were exposed to the rains and frost , they mouldered away . These seemed as if they were a very recent production . In the chalk - pit , at the north - west end of the Hanger , large nautili are some times observed . In the ...
... soon as they were exposed to the rains and frost , they mouldered away . These seemed as if they were a very recent production . In the chalk - pit , at the north - west end of the Hanger , large nautili are some times observed . In the ...
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