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... reached the fields which bordered on the common . The common was separated from the enclosures by a kind of turfen wall , nearly four feet high , and surmounted by furze bushes placed all along it , and kept in their place by the weight ...
... reached the fields which bordered on the common . The common was separated from the enclosures by a kind of turfen wall , nearly four feet high , and surmounted by furze bushes placed all along it , and kept in their place by the weight ...
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... reaching a sufficient height in the air , to emit the buzzing or bleating sound . The other flew a little distance , and dropped again to the ground . Bob was watching this one . As soon as he saw it alight , he said to his companion ...
... reaching a sufficient height in the air , to emit the buzzing or bleating sound . The other flew a little distance , and dropped again to the ground . Bob was watching this one . As soon as he saw it alight , he said to his companion ...
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... reached the point which Bob had proposed as the limit of their walk . This was the highest point of the common , and indeed in the whole district for many miles round . It was called Hagley Beacon , and they had often heard , not only ...
... reached the point which Bob had proposed as the limit of their walk . This was the highest point of the common , and indeed in the whole district for many miles round . It was called Hagley Beacon , and they had often heard , not only ...
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... reaching to the bottom , where the water was eighteen inches deep . The gamekeeper told them some of these nests were so strongly built as to support a man sitting down upon them . Here again they secured the eggs they wished to have ...
... reaching to the bottom , where the water was eighteen inches deep . The gamekeeper told them some of these nests were so strongly built as to support a man sitting down upon them . Here again they secured the eggs they wished to have ...
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... a memorial of this , his first bird's - nest reached by climbing ; but how to bring away the eggs , -that was the question . To put them in his pockets he knew would JAY'S EGGS . 57 ensure a disagreeable smash . His 56 WALK THE SECOND .
... a memorial of this , his first bird's - nest reached by climbing ; but how to bring away the eggs , -that was the question . To put them in his pockets he knew would JAY'S EGGS . 57 ensure a disagreeable smash . His 56 WALK THE SECOND .
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