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... distance the country is dotted with the small whitewashed cottages of the hill- farmers , and the downs covered with their hardy sheep and rough black cattle . In some sequestered valley , a mountain tarn or small lake presents itself ...
... distance the country is dotted with the small whitewashed cottages of the hill- farmers , and the downs covered with their hardy sheep and rough black cattle . In some sequestered valley , a mountain tarn or small lake presents itself ...
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... , be 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.
... , be 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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Edward Jesse. heard in the distance on the top of some spreading oak , and the Swallow taking its persevering and elegant flight , now aloft and then skimming over the surface of the meadow , are to be seen and heard in this country only ...
Edward Jesse. heard in the distance on the top of some spreading oak , and the Swallow taking its persevering and elegant flight , now aloft and then skimming over the surface of the meadow , are to be seen and heard in this country only ...
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... distance , and put into a walled garden , where it was discovered by the old birds early the next morning , and was ... distances , where they had evidently gone in search of food during the breeding season , I have never yet observed ...
... distance , and put into a walled garden , where it was discovered by the old birds early the next morning , and was ... distances , where they had evidently gone in search of food during the breeding season , I have never yet observed ...
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... distance beyond the top of the Long Walk . He immediately made prize of it , and was conveying it homewards , when the cries of their young were heard by the old birds . Notwithstanding the presence and noise of so many boys , they did ...
... distance beyond the top of the Long Walk . He immediately made prize of it , and was conveying it homewards , when the cries of their young were heard by the old birds . Notwithstanding the presence and noise of so many boys , they did ...
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