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... charming old Midland gar- dener was fond of complaining to his employer , the Rector , that those ' two - legged birds ' had been at his fruit . The heavy sarcasm had reference to two boys who had raided plums and peaches on the wall ...
... charming old Midland gar- dener was fond of complaining to his employer , the Rector , that those ' two - legged birds ' had been at his fruit . The heavy sarcasm had reference to two boys who had raided plums and peaches on the wall ...
Page 70
... charming and go well with every rose , but I have white ones with Laurette Messimy , and yellow ones with Safrano , and a new red sort in the big centre bed of red roses . Round the semicircle on the south side of the little privet ...
... charming and go well with every rose , but I have white ones with Laurette Messimy , and yellow ones with Safrano , and a new red sort in the big centre bed of red roses . Round the semicircle on the south side of the little privet ...
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... charming it must be to walk in one's own garden , and sit on a bench in the open air with a fountain and a leaden statue and a rolling - stone and an arbour . A statue that would be tame in stone , or contemptible in marble , may well ...
... charming it must be to walk in one's own garden , and sit on a bench in the open air with a fountain and a leaden statue and a rolling - stone and an arbour . A statue that would be tame in stone , or contemptible in marble , may well ...
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