Ailieford, by the author of 'John Drayton'. |
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... window , and the hedge of lilacs round the enclosure , which has much more wealth in potatoes and cab- bages than in flowers ; and some jargonel pear- trees , wonderful in their generation , and berry- bushes , famous and well ...
... window , and the hedge of lilacs round the enclosure , which has much more wealth in potatoes and cab- bages than in flowers ; and some jargonel pear- trees , wonderful in their generation , and berry- bushes , famous and well ...
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... windows staring out like blank idiot eyes upon a prospect which I , for my own part , have seldom seen equalled . For Edinburgh , with its couched lion , with its castle , and spires , and pillars , and wimple 4 AILIEFORD .
... windows staring out like blank idiot eyes upon a prospect which I , for my own part , have seldom seen equalled . For Edinburgh , with its couched lion , with its castle , and spires , and pillars , and wimple 4 AILIEFORD .
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... windows , over many a slope of fertile land , lying close at our door ; and when we ran with resounding feet down the brae with its avenue of trees , past Ailieford house , to reach the high - road , the Firth burst upon us the noble ...
... windows , over many a slope of fertile land , lying close at our door ; and when we ran with resounding feet down the brae with its avenue of trees , past Ailieford house , to reach the high - road , the Firth burst upon us the noble ...
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... window , and gleaming wherever it had a chance to gleam -the great brown chest which stood against the wall - the ... windows with tolerably deep recesses , where my mother sat at work in summer , and a shelf near the fire - place full ...
... window , and gleaming wherever it had a chance to gleam -the great brown chest which stood against the wall - the ... windows with tolerably deep recesses , where my mother sat at work in summer , and a shelf near the fire - place full ...
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... cottar tenements out of its own unassisted till . We used to linger about the window after Andrew's advent , and watch the customers on these brilliant Saturday nights . The young ladies who came to leave an order , the 12 AILIEFORD .
... cottar tenements out of its own unassisted till . We used to linger about the window after Andrew's advent , and watch the customers on these brilliant Saturday nights . The young ladies who came to leave an order , the 12 AILIEFORD .
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