Landscapes, churches, and moralities, by the author of 'Recreations of a country parson'.Longmans Green, 1874 - 320 pages |
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... woods and hedges are still green as at midsummer ; but the pervading golden gleam is everywhere . For this pleasant tract is on the verge of the Highlands . Stepping westward three or four miles , you would find yourself in the region ...
... woods and hedges are still green as at midsummer ; but the pervading golden gleam is everywhere . For this pleasant tract is on the verge of the Highlands . Stepping westward three or four miles , you would find yourself in the region ...
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... wooden stile . An English country lane is strange to me , for I do not live in England : and I have few opportu- nities of sitting on wooden stiles . In front are two green fields their grass of a very deep green colour , golden ...
... wooden stile . An English country lane is strange to me , for I do not live in England : and I have few opportu- nities of sitting on wooden stiles . In front are two green fields their grass of a very deep green colour , golden ...
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... wooden stile . I am not likely to sit upon it any Parting , let me give a friendly pat to the rough post at one side of it , much decayed . I dare say that post is as old as I am . Yet I never saw it before . But there are things in ...
... wooden stile . I am not likely to sit upon it any Parting , let me give a friendly pat to the rough post at one side of it , much decayed . I dare say that post is as old as I am . Yet I never saw it before . But there are things in ...
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... wood which gives glory to the choir of Winchester , and throws into relief against itself the white robes of choristers and clergy . But who shall dare to carp , or even faintly praise , in the presence of this majestic house of God ...
... wood which gives glory to the choir of Winchester , and throws into relief against itself the white robes of choristers and clergy . But who shall dare to carp , or even faintly praise , in the presence of this majestic house of God ...
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... wood , leaded , which added more than another hundred feet to their height . Let us enter straight- way always see the interior of a cathedral first . Broad , light nave , timber - roofed ; respectable tran- sept ; beautiful choir ...
... wood , leaded , which added more than another hundred feet to their height . Let us enter straight- way always see the interior of a cathedral first . Broad , light nave , timber - roofed ; respectable tran- sept ; beautiful choir ...
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