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... taken up with descriptions of the vestiges of ancient art and industry , while natural observations have been too much neglected . But we agree with Mr. White .n his idea of parochial history , which , he thinks , ought to con- sist of ...
... taken up with descriptions of the vestiges of ancient art and industry , while natural observations have been too much neglected . But we agree with Mr. White .n his idea of parochial history , which , he thinks , ought to con- sist of ...
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... taken down . A squirrel had built her drey on the top of one of them , and had just brought forth some young . The axe was applied to the roots of the tree ; the cord swayed it backwards and forwards ; and at last it fell ; and the ...
... taken down . A squirrel had built her drey on the top of one of them , and had just brought forth some young . The axe was applied to the roots of the tree ; the cord swayed it backwards and forwards ; and at last it fell ; and the ...
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... taken in 1635 ) , grandfather , father , and self , enjoyed the head keepership of Wolmer Forest in succession , for more than an hundred years . This person assures me , that his father has often told him that Queen Anne , as she was ...
... taken in 1635 ) , grandfather , father , and self , enjoyed the head keepership of Wolmer Forest in succession , for more than an hundred years . This person assures me , that his father has often told him that Queen Anne , as she was ...
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... taken from the Tower of London , of turning all live stock on the forest , at proper seasons , bidentibus exceptis , " sheep excepted . " * The reason , I presume , why sheep are excluded is , because , being such close grazers , they ...
... taken from the Tower of London , of turning all live stock on the forest , at proper seasons , bidentibus exceptis , " sheep excepted . " * The reason , I presume , why sheep are excluded is , because , being such close grazers , they ...
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... taken it all away . One man , who keeps a team , has carried home for his share , forty stacks of wood . Forty - five of these people his lordship has served with actions . These trees , which were very sound , and in high perfection ...
... taken it all away . One man , who keeps a team , has carried home for his share , forty stacks of wood . Forty - five of these people his lordship has served with actions . These trees , which were very sound , and in high perfection ...
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