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... called by way of distinction the Cheviot , and which is 2,658 feet above the level of the sea , there are extensive tracts of heath . The Cheviot hills are depastured by numerous flocks of the valuable and peculiar breed of sheep called ...
... called by way of distinction the Cheviot , and which is 2,658 feet above the level of the sea , there are extensive tracts of heath . The Cheviot hills are depastured by numerous flocks of the valuable and peculiar breed of sheep called ...
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... called the Forest , embracing an extent of about 54,000 acres , belongs to the Crown , as parcel of the Duchy of Cornwall ; and on this and some other of the best parts of the moor , considerable improvements have been made ...
... called the Forest , embracing an extent of about 54,000 acres , belongs to the Crown , as parcel of the Duchy of Cornwall ; and on this and some other of the best parts of the moor , considerable improvements have been made ...
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... called the Hogsback ; but as it penetrates deeper into the county , its breadth becomes more considerable . Its southern side is generally pretty abrupt , its northern gently sloping . The third and most important range , supposed to ...
... called the Hogsback ; but as it penetrates deeper into the county , its breadth becomes more considerable . Its southern side is generally pretty abrupt , its northern gently sloping . The third and most important range , supposed to ...
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... called from the dwarf oaks with which it is covered ) , the moorlands are rough , barren , and bare ; consisting of an immense number of rude heaps of gravel , confusedly thrown together into sudden swells , and deep , narrow glens ...
... called from the dwarf oaks with which it is covered ) , the moorlands are rough , barren , and bare ; consisting of an immense number of rude heaps of gravel , confusedly thrown together into sudden swells , and deep , narrow glens ...
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... called it Coit andred , the mighty wood ; and the Saxons , the Wyeld , or Weald , that is , the wild forest or chase . It continued for a lengthened period to be an immense forest , occupied only by herds of deer and hogs belonging to ...
... called it Coit andred , the mighty wood ; and the Saxons , the Wyeld , or Weald , that is , the wild forest or chase . It continued for a lengthened period to be an immense forest , occupied only by herds of deer and hogs belonging to ...
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Page 651 - Committee of the House of Commons, appointed to inquire into the Bankrupt Laws ; and i This and the two preceding motions were lost by large majorities.
Page 262 - But o'er the twilight groves and dusky caves, Long-sounding aisles and intermingled graves, Black Melancholy sits, and round her throws A death-like silence, and a dread repose: Her gloomy presence saddens all the scene, Shades every flower, and darkens every green, Deepens the murmur of the falling floods, And breathes a browner horror on the woods.
Page 110 - from the cedar of Lebanon, to the hyssop that springeth out of the wall ;" that is, from the greatest to the least.
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Page 120 - ... very severe weather. When it is necessary to kill any, they are always shot ; if the keeper only wounds the beast, he must take care to keep behind some tree, or his life would be in danger from. the furious attacks of the animal ; which will never desist till a period is put to its life.
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