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... golden star burned . upon St. Giles Hill above the city to the least , and to the westward another burned on the farthest limit of the down . Scores of dancing lights gleamed from the many windows of the barracks that Sir Chris- topher ...
... golden star burned . upon St. Giles Hill above the city to the least , and to the westward another burned on the farthest limit of the down . Scores of dancing lights gleamed from the many windows of the barracks that Sir Chris- topher ...
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... , on the authority of the nursery rhyme ! and how many more will aver that hen robins have no red breasts , deceived perhaps by the brown plumage of the newly fledged ! Golden - crest darts about in 18 AN OLD WOMAN'S OUTLOOK.
... , on the authority of the nursery rhyme ! and how many more will aver that hen robins have no red breasts , deceived perhaps by the brown plumage of the newly fledged ! Golden - crest darts about in 18 AN OLD WOMAN'S OUTLOOK.
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Charlotte Mary Yonge. the newly fledged ! Golden - crest darts about in the quick - set hedge . He is permanent here , and does not go North for his beautiful nest . Gunnery , though somewhat checked , is too rife for curious birds ...
Charlotte Mary Yonge. the newly fledged ! Golden - crest darts about in the quick - set hedge . He is permanent here , and does not go North for his beautiful nest . Gunnery , though somewhat checked , is too rife for curious birds ...
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... golden crocus that opens in February , the brightest of flowers , as it holds up its deep vase to the sun , raising that most curious and beautiful stigma in the midst , while the first adventurous bees revel in its gorgeous depths ...
... golden crocus that opens in February , the brightest of flowers , as it holds up its deep vase to the sun , raising that most curious and beautiful stigma in the midst , while the first adventurous bees revel in its gorgeous depths ...
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... the woods there are sheets of bright green Dog's mercury ( Mercurialis perennis ) , golden rivers of King - cups ( Caltha palustris ) in every boggy place or ditch , and on the mossy banks , that exquisite thing the Wood APRIL 114 71.
... the woods there are sheets of bright green Dog's mercury ( Mercurialis perennis ) , golden rivers of King - cups ( Caltha palustris ) in every boggy place or ditch , and on the mossy banks , that exquisite thing the Wood APRIL 114 71.
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