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... river's bounds The race was run on pasture grounds , Yet many a nag of blood and bone Was heard to cross it with a groan ; For blackthorns stiff the fields di- vide , With watery ditch on either side . By Lechlade's village fences rise ...
... river's bounds The race was run on pasture grounds , Yet many a nag of blood and bone Was heard to cross it with a groan ; For blackthorns stiff the fields di- vide , With watery ditch on either side . By Lechlade's village fences rise ...
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... river ; she employs every possible means to keep her person dry , espe- cially her sides , her belly , legs , and feet , and for this purpose she licks herself dry all over and clean previous to going to form . During wet wea- ther she ...
... river ; she employs every possible means to keep her person dry , espe- cially her sides , her belly , legs , and feet , and for this purpose she licks herself dry all over and clean previous to going to form . During wet wea- ther she ...
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... river , the skating on the duck - pond , the shooting near the Willow - walk , the fights with the skies , i . e . black- guards , and above all , the jolly " tucks - in " at the establishments of the purveyors of edibles and buvables ...
... river , the skating on the duck - pond , the shooting near the Willow - walk , the fights with the skies , i . e . black- guards , and above all , the jolly " tucks - in " at the establishments of the purveyors of edibles and buvables ...
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... river at the weirs , the fisherman can take his twelve - pound pike , or the squire bag his six brace of birds , to say nothing of snipe and water- rail . The wild duck brings up her young in the marsh ; the long- legged watchful heron ...
... river at the weirs , the fisherman can take his twelve - pound pike , or the squire bag his six brace of birds , to say nothing of snipe and water- rail . The wild duck brings up her young in the marsh ; the long- legged watchful heron ...
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... Thames : - " The river calmly swells and flows ; The charms of this enchanted ground , And all its various turns disclose Some fresher beauty varying round . The sternest heart its wish might bound , On earth LITERATURE . 143.
... Thames : - " The river calmly swells and flows ; The charms of this enchanted ground , And all its various turns disclose Some fresher beauty varying round . The sternest heart its wish might bound , On earth LITERATURE . 143.
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