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... early life she must have been rather plain - looking , but now , with her bright , dark eyes and crown of snowy white hair , she is undenia- bly handsome . She is somewhat stout , but not too much so for her height , which is con ...
... early life she must have been rather plain - looking , but now , with her bright , dark eyes and crown of snowy white hair , she is undenia- bly handsome . She is somewhat stout , but not too much so for her height , which is con ...
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... hot in summer and too cold in winter . The early winter is far more often wet and misty here than frosty and snowy . Perhaps it is about one year in seven that is really severe , with snow enough to be a real 6 AN OLD WOMAN'S OUTLOOK.
... hot in summer and too cold in winter . The early winter is far more often wet and misty here than frosty and snowy . Perhaps it is about one year in seven that is really severe , with snow enough to be a real 6 AN OLD WOMAN'S OUTLOOK.
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... early without a leaf to shelter them . Look at these tails hanging in one , twos , and threes , so as to cover the hazel bushes with their own pale yellow tint . Each is a succession of scales , properly bracts , which roof in the tiny ...
... early without a leaf to shelter them . Look at these tails hanging in one , twos , and threes , so as to cover the hazel bushes with their own pale yellow tint . Each is a succession of scales , properly bracts , which roof in the tiny ...
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Charlotte Mary Yonge. the numerous perils of such early blossom- ing . The dust of the pollen on a sunny day comes powdering those who gather them . But where are the pistils , the future nuts ? Look below , close on the branches . See a ...
Charlotte Mary Yonge. the numerous perils of such early blossom- ing . The dust of the pollen on a sunny day comes powdering those who gather them . But where are the pistils , the future nuts ? Look below , close on the branches . See a ...
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... earliest flowers , they have a main stem underground , and only put up a short flower - stalk for the blossom . So it is with the Fair Maid of February , the snowdrop , whose bulb is an underground stem gathering nourishment for the ...
... earliest flowers , they have a main stem underground , and only put up a short flower - stalk for the blossom . So it is with the Fair Maid of February , the snowdrop , whose bulb is an underground stem gathering nourishment for the ...
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