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... passed into ano- ther large yard , three sides of which were composed of various buildings in good condition and of massive con- struction , most of them like the archway of very ancient date , or else constructed with the materials of ...
... passed into ano- ther large yard , three sides of which were composed of various buildings in good condition and of massive con- struction , most of them like the archway of very ancient date , or else constructed with the materials of ...
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... passed along one of the passages leading from the entrance - hall , sounds of a piano from an adjacent apartment loudly broke upon her ear . The music was bril- liantly executed , but occasionally there was that peculiar break - down ...
... passed along one of the passages leading from the entrance - hall , sounds of a piano from an adjacent apartment loudly broke upon her ear . The music was bril- liantly executed , but occasionally there was that peculiar break - down ...
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... passed into the hands of strangers . The management of a farm of this extent requires expe- rience , ability , and vigour . Nugent possessed these quali- fications ; but he had one fault , by no means a rare one , he was a little too ...
... passed into the hands of strangers . The management of a farm of this extent requires expe- rience , ability , and vigour . Nugent possessed these quali- fications ; but he had one fault , by no means a rare one , he was a little too ...
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... passing through a gate at the upper end , under some tall fir - trees , was soon upon a breezy down overlooking his whole farmstead to the left , and on the right giving a fine view of the broad , ever - changing sea . He pursued 26 ...
... passing through a gate at the upper end , under some tall fir - trees , was soon upon a breezy down overlooking his whole farmstead to the left , and on the right giving a fine view of the broad , ever - changing sea . He pursued 26 ...
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... passing between clumps of gorse glowing with yellow blossoms , stunted hollies green and hardy , and twisted thorn- bushes bent all awry , and throwing out in one direction their crooked branches as if to escape from the prevalent wind ...
... passing between clumps of gorse glowing with yellow blossoms , stunted hollies green and hardy , and twisted thorn- bushes bent all awry , and throwing out in one direction their crooked branches as if to escape from the prevalent wind ...
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