The valley of the Maude; or, 'On dits' [sic].1862 |
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... im- mense length by the moisture from the river , and nearly met in an arch across it , stood here and there on the grassy slopes . " Miniature VOL . I. B 36 Miniature falls , interrupted by others grander and more picturesqué The ...
... im- mense length by the moisture from the river , and nearly met in an arch across it , stood here and there on the grassy slopes . " Miniature VOL . I. B 36 Miniature falls , interrupted by others grander and more picturesqué The ...
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... stood since we have had an oracle of the rock through the agency of such a being , I think the mystery of the talking oak may be solved in the same way . ' ' It must have been a very wise Pixy who talked so much rhyme and reason too . I ...
... stood since we have had an oracle of the rock through the agency of such a being , I think the mystery of the talking oak may be solved in the same way . ' ' It must have been a very wise Pixy who talked so much rhyme and reason too . I ...
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... stood . Behind the bridge , the trees that bordered the stream on either hand , rising on the sides of the hills , separated a little , and the gorge widened . The whole glory of the golden summer's sky , in which the sun was now ...
... stood . Behind the bridge , the trees that bordered the stream on either hand , rising on the sides of the hills , separated a little , and the gorge widened . The whole glory of the golden summer's sky , in which the sun was now ...
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... stood at a distance of about half a mile from Mauden Hall . It had been intended for a dowager - house for the widows of the squires . Sometimes it was occupied by the vicar of Mauden , when he happened to possess fortune enough to keep ...
... stood at a distance of about half a mile from Mauden Hall . It had been intended for a dowager - house for the widows of the squires . Sometimes it was occupied by the vicar of Mauden , when he happened to possess fortune enough to keep ...
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... stood in that precise place ? and why , if the stranger could have been aware of the circumstance , should he have taken the trouble to conceal his features on purpose ? The second stranger was apparently about thirty ; he looked like a ...
... stood in that precise place ? and why , if the stranger could have been aware of the circumstance , should he have taken the trouble to conceal his features on purpose ? The second stranger was apparently about thirty ; he looked like a ...
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