An Old Shropshire Oak, Volume 3K. Paul, Trench, & Company, 1889 - Great Britain |
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... leaves . They had been together , he said , to Polmere , which lies between the Lea and Newnham , to hear the drumming of the bittern , and to watch the flight of the pewits ; and as they sat beneath his shade on their return he heard ...
... leaves . They had been together , he said , to Polmere , which lies between the Lea and Newnham , to hear the drumming of the bittern , and to watch the flight of the pewits ; and as they sat beneath his shade on their return he heard ...
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... leaves , and flowers resembling Roses ; set in a potte of Gold , which potte had three feete of artistic fashion ; of measure halfe a pinte . In the uppermost Rose was a faire Sapphire loupe pearced the bigness of an Acorne . This tree ...
... leaves , and flowers resembling Roses ; set in a potte of Gold , which potte had three feete of artistic fashion ; of measure halfe a pinte . In the uppermost Rose was a faire Sapphire loupe pearced the bigness of an Acorne . This tree ...
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... leaves , which was a prelude generally to no good news . His report was that the rector of Hanwood had been in Shrews- bury , according to his weekly visit there ( pretty much the custom still in the country round about ) , and came ...
... leaves , which was a prelude generally to no good news . His report was that the rector of Hanwood had been in Shrews- bury , according to his weekly visit there ( pretty much the custom still in the country round about ) , and came ...
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... leaves grow green , ' Twas a seemly sight to see , How Robin Hood himself had drest , And all his yeomanry . And so , at Hanwood , and at the Wakes at Pontesbury , the bow was sure to be in requisition , and the best archer was no mean ...
... leaves grow green , ' Twas a seemly sight to see , How Robin Hood himself had drest , And all his yeomanry . And so , at Hanwood , and at the Wakes at Pontesbury , the bow was sure to be in requisition , and the best archer was no mean ...
Page 107
... leaves shook afresh , and his boughs were agitated as though their sap were human marrow and feeling . The storm here alluded to was that of 1579 , which did great damage in Shrewsbury and was felt throughout the whole valley of the Rea ...
... leaves shook afresh , and his boughs were agitated as though their sap were human marrow and feeling . The storm here alluded to was that of 1579 , which did great damage in Shrewsbury and was felt throughout the whole valley of the Rea ...
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