Mountain, Meadow, & Mere: A Series of Outdoor Sketches of Sport, Scenery, Adventures, and Natural History ...Henry S. King & Company, 1873 - 226 páginas |
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... deep among the rushes . Strictly speaking , we had no right to wet a line there ; but , from visiting it often without interruption , we came to look upon the tarn as our exclusive property . What heavy burdens we oftentimes carried ...
... deep among the rushes . Strictly speaking , we had no right to wet a line there ; but , from visiting it often without interruption , we came to look upon the tarn as our exclusive property . What heavy burdens we oftentimes carried ...
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... deep in fern . The mere lies on the east of the town , and covers some 116 acres . Its name is derived , say some old chronicles , from its being Aels Mere , or the greatest mere ; others aver that it derives its name from the quantity ...
... deep in fern . The mere lies on the east of the town , and covers some 116 acres . Its name is derived , say some old chronicles , from its being Aels Mere , or the greatest mere ; others aver that it derives its name from the quantity ...
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... deep in structure , with the top contracted so as to form a purse - like receptacle for the eggs , which are thus prevented from rolling out when the reeds bend before the wind . It is slightly but strongly made , chiefly of coarse ...
... deep in structure , with the top contracted so as to form a purse - like receptacle for the eggs , which are thus prevented from rolling out when the reeds bend before the wind . It is slightly but strongly made , chiefly of coarse ...
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... free from the flowers save in the furrows ; and as we sped by , behind a fast horse , the alternate green of the corn and the scarlet flash of the radiating fur- rows , with the deep , dark green of the Scoulton Gullery 29.
... free from the flowers save in the furrows ; and as we sped by , behind a fast horse , the alternate green of the corn and the scarlet flash of the radiating fur- rows , with the deep , dark green of the Scoulton Gullery 29.
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... deep , dark green of the woods behind , and intensest summer blue above , afforded a rare con- trast of colour to the artistic eye . The mere , we found , lay in a sheltered spot , bordered , however , by the road on its most open side ...
... deep , dark green of the woods behind , and intensest summer blue above , afforded a rare con- trast of colour to the artistic eye . The mere , we found , lay in a sheltered spot , bordered , however , by the road on its most open side ...
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