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... moor , Aunt Gommie said , when we got out of the train . Syd could not be patient at all ; he was worse than any of us . He kept on calling out , very loud , so that Aunt Gommie might hear , The train will be off in half a jiff ! We ...
... moor , Aunt Gommie said , when we got out of the train . Syd could not be patient at all ; he was worse than any of us . He kept on calling out , very loud , so that Aunt Gommie might hear , The train will be off in half a jiff ! We ...
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... moor - the clear sweet twitter of the larks , which we could hear but not see , they were up so high - the still- ness , and the freshness , were all such a treat ! We kept on wishing for papa and mamma to share it . But they had ...
... moor - the clear sweet twitter of the larks , which we could hear but not see , they were up so high - the still- ness , and the freshness , were all such a treat ! We kept on wishing for papa and mamma to share it . But they had ...
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... moor , and came to a lane , with lovely shady hedges , full of ferns and flowers . This went down , down , down , sloping off the side of the moor , and then we got to a stile , and Aunt Gommie said there was a short cut through some ...
... moor , and came to a lane , with lovely shady hedges , full of ferns and flowers . This went down , down , down , sloping off the side of the moor , and then we got to a stile , and Aunt Gommie said there was a short cut through some ...
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... moor , so deep that you cannot see to the bottom of them . They are old mines , Aunt Gommie says ; and she had warned us to be very careful not to go near them . Syd was at one of his antics , jump- ing about over the tumps on the moor ...
... moor , so deep that you cannot see to the bottom of them . They are old mines , Aunt Gommie says ; and she had warned us to be very careful not to go near them . Syd was at one of his antics , jump- ing about over the tumps on the moor ...
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... moor and walk . ' I'll tell you what ! ' cried Syd at last ; ' I saw a steep green slope right down from the top of the Tor , near where we climbed up . Why shouldn't • we slide right down it , as people slide A MONTH AT THE GREAT STOWE ...
... moor and walk . ' I'll tell you what ! ' cried Syd at last ; ' I saw a steep green slope right down from the top of the Tor , near where we climbed up . Why shouldn't • we slide right down it , as people slide A MONTH AT THE GREAT STOWE ...
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