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... most delightful works in the English language , –a work which will be read as
long as that language lasts , and which is equally remarkable for its extreme
accuracy , its pleasing style , and the agreeable and varied information it contains
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... most delightful works in the English language , –a work which will be read as
long as that language lasts , and which is equally remarkable for its extreme
accuracy , its pleasing style , and the agreeable and varied information it contains
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You must afford us good engravings to your work , and carry about an artist to the
remarkable places . In many respects you will easily beat Plot : he is too
credulous sometimes trifling , and sometimes superstitious ; and at all times
ready to ...
You must afford us good engravings to your work , and carry about an artist to the
remarkable places . In many respects you will easily beat Plot : he is too
credulous sometimes trifling , and sometimes superstitious ; and at all times
ready to ...
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The cart - way of the village divides , in a remarkable are certainly more elegant
and graceful : the former , I think , has been termed by Gilpin , the “ Venus ” of
British trees . The plane and horse - chestnut wili outvie it in a dense and deep
rich ...
The cart - way of the village divides , in a remarkable are certainly more elegant
and graceful : the former , I think , has been termed by Gilpin , the “ Venus ” of
British trees . The plane and horse - chestnut wili outvie it in a dense and deep
rich ...
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This breaks out of some high grounds adjoining to Nore Hill , a noble chalk
promontory , remarkable for sending forth two streams into two different seas .
The one to the south becomes a branch of the Arun , running to Arundel , and so
falling ...
This breaks out of some high grounds adjoining to Nore Hill , a noble chalk
promontory , remarkable for sending forth two streams into two different seas .
The one to the south becomes a branch of the Arun , running to Arundel , and so
falling ...
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As the parish still inclines down towards Wolmer Forest , at the juncture of the
clays and sand , the soil becomes a wet , sandy loam , remarkable for timber ,
and infamous for roads . The oaks of Temple and Blackmoor stand high in the ...
As the parish still inclines down towards Wolmer Forest , at the juncture of the
clays and sand , the soil becomes a wet , sandy loam , remarkable for timber ,
and infamous for roads . The oaks of Temple and Blackmoor stand high in the ...
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