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... called for , has induced me , in putting forth the present edition , to add very considerably to that portion of it which comprized facts and circumstances in Natural History , omitting the Tales of Country Life . This I have done ...
... called for , has induced me , in putting forth the present edition , to add very considerably to that portion of it which comprized facts and circumstances in Natural History , omitting the Tales of Country Life . This I have done ...
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... called roads , or the rudeness of the pack - horse bridges , which are narrow and pre- cipitous , with low parapets , many of them broken down . Over these however , the Welsh farmer trots his safe - footed pony as he goes or returns ...
... called roads , or the rudeness of the pack - horse bridges , which are narrow and pre- cipitous , with low parapets , many of them broken down . Over these however , the Welsh farmer trots his safe - footed pony as he goes or returns ...
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... called exclusively English . The verdure of the grass , the variety of flowers , the song of the Lark on high , and of the Nightingale in the tangled hedge , the Thrush heard in the distance on the top of some spreading.
... called exclusively English . The verdure of the grass , the variety of flowers , the song of the Lark on high , and of the Nightingale in the tangled hedge , the Thrush heard in the distance on the top of some spreading.
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... called beau- tiful ; surely , however , those who have seen our common willow , unpollarded and unlopped , as nature intended it to be , must confess that it is not only a beautiful and graceful tree , but also a picturesque one . Even ...
... called beau- tiful ; surely , however , those who have seen our common willow , unpollarded and unlopped , as nature intended it to be , must confess that it is not only a beautiful and graceful tree , but also a picturesque one . Even ...
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... called , are supposed formerly to have covered a great part of the county of Essex . Nothing can be more agreeable than wandering amongst the pollarded hornbeams , and over the green lawns of these Forests ; but hollies and fern are ...
... called , are supposed formerly to have covered a great part of the county of Essex . Nothing can be more agreeable than wandering amongst the pollarded hornbeams , and over the green lawns of these Forests ; but hollies and fern are ...
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