The Quarterly Review, Volumes 241-242William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1924 - English literature |
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... close upon a thousand years of residence , if not in very truth a native , for there appears to be no record of his coming whatsoever . Nowadays , perhaps , we do not fully appreciate the common pheasant , who inclines more nearly to ...
... close upon a thousand years of residence , if not in very truth a native , for there appears to be no record of his coming whatsoever . Nowadays , perhaps , we do not fully appreciate the common pheasant , who inclines more nearly to ...
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... close upon the ground , trusting to absolute stillness for self - preservation . It will not stir a feather no matter how near an enemy may come , and may be caught with- out difficulty if one has any idea of its whereabouts . Upon one ...
... close upon the ground , trusting to absolute stillness for self - preservation . It will not stir a feather no matter how near an enemy may come , and may be caught with- out difficulty if one has any idea of its whereabouts . Upon one ...
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... close relationship . Their farming , on which all depended for daily food , was their common enter- prise . Each individual took the produce of his own holding , but the whole body of partners cultivated the plough - land collectively ...
... close relationship . Their farming , on which all depended for daily food , was their common enter- prise . Each individual took the produce of his own holding , but the whole body of partners cultivated the plough - land collectively ...
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... close , the demand grew more urgent under the pressur of a great war and fear of famine . Meanwhile , new agricultural resources had accumulated . The natio had the means of doubling , or even trebling , its home grown supply of food ...
... close , the demand grew more urgent under the pressur of a great war and fear of famine . Meanwhile , new agricultural resources had accumulated . The natio had the means of doubling , or even trebling , its home grown supply of food ...
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... close of the French war , agricultur entered on a period of solid prosperity greater than i enjoyed before or since . Popular gibes at the nev standard of living among farmers are illustrated by some lines , which Mr Humphreys quotes ...
... close of the French war , agricultur entered on a period of solid prosperity greater than i enjoyed before or since . Popular gibes at the nev standard of living among farmers are illustrated by some lines , which Mr Humphreys quotes ...
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