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I was immediately packed in a basket , and carried , slung by the servant's side ,
to their place of abode . rode very hard for forty miles , and as I had never been
on horseback before , I found myself somewhat giddy with my airy jaunt .
I was immediately packed in a basket , and carried , slung by the servant's side ,
to their place of abode . rode very hard for forty miles , and as I had never been
on horseback before , I found myself somewhat giddy with my airy jaunt .
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... + Emerging gently from the leafy dell , * * A kind of arbour on the side of a hill .
† A grotesque building , contrived by a young gentleman , who used on occasion
to appear in the character of a hermit . By fancy plann'd ; as once th ' inventive ...
... + Emerging gently from the leafy dell , * * A kind of arbour on the side of a hill .
† A grotesque building , contrived by a young gentleman , who used on occasion
to appear in the character of a hermit . By fancy plann'd ; as once th ' inventive ...
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WAKED by the gentle gleamings of the morn , Soon clad , the reaper , provident
of want , Hies cheerful - hearted to the ripen'd field : Nor hastes alone : attendant
by his side * This and the following poem were published in the Gentleman's ...
WAKED by the gentle gleamings of the morn , Soon clad , the reaper , provident
of want , Hies cheerful - hearted to the ripen'd field : Nor hastes alone : attendant
by his side * This and the following poem were published in the Gentleman's ...
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And , first , I must mention , as a great curiosity , a specimen that was ploughed
up in the chalky fields , near the side of the Down , and given to me for the
singularity of its appearance , which , to an incurious eye , seems like a petrified
fish of ...
And , first , I must mention , as a great curiosity , a specimen that was ploughed
up in the chalky fields , near the side of the Down , and given to me for the
singularity of its appearance , which , to an incurious eye , seems like a petrified
fish of ...
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For , to say nothing of the farther side , with which I am not so well acquainted ,
the bounds on this side , in old times , came into Binswood , and extended to the
ditch of Ward - le - ham Park , in which stands the curious mount , called King ...
For , to say nothing of the farther side , with which I am not so well acquainted ,
the bounds on this side , in old times , came into Binswood , and extended to the
ditch of Ward - le - ham Park , in which stands the curious mount , called King ...
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