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... look nearer at the flower - beds , which lie in a rambling cluster , you remember , under the lip of the steep bank of grass . Their coiling serpentine forms are all con- fused in the darkness , but I can easily thread the narrow grassy ...
... look nearer at the flower - beds , which lie in a rambling cluster , you remember , under the lip of the steep bank of grass . Their coiling serpentine forms are all con- fused in the darkness , but I can easily thread the narrow grassy ...
Page 91
... look cleaner and fatter than they look here . ' ( William Cobbett . Rural Rides . 1830 ) ' Under the wall was a large patch recently dug , be- side the patch a grass path , and on the path a wheel- barrow . A man was busy putting in ...
... look cleaner and fatter than they look here . ' ( William Cobbett . Rural Rides . 1830 ) ' Under the wall was a large patch recently dug , be- side the patch a grass path , and on the path a wheel- barrow . A man was busy putting in ...
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... look of the crops , of a plentiful harvest , of a good vintage , and you will find that he cares only for fruit and understands not a single word that you say ; then turn to figs and melons ; tell him that this year the pear - trees are ...
... look of the crops , of a plentiful harvest , of a good vintage , and you will find that he cares only for fruit and understands not a single word that you say ; then turn to figs and melons ; tell him that this year the pear - trees are ...
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