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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... matter , particularly from thick oaks . Once on the ground , even if screened by brushwood , an old cock would run fast and far at the sound of a footstep , but high amongst the thick foliage where no eye could detect him , or no dog ...
... matter , particularly from thick oaks . Once on the ground , even if screened by brushwood , an old cock would run fast and far at the sound of a footstep , but high amongst the thick foliage where no eye could detect him , or no dog ...
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... matter of seconds only , but when I looked again the chicks were nowhere to be seen . There was a faint rustling on all sides , curiously difficult to locate , a suggestion of movement under the dry fronds where the wind - ripples ...
... matter of seconds only , but when I looked again the chicks were nowhere to be seen . There was a faint rustling on all sides , curiously difficult to locate , a suggestion of movement under the dry fronds where the wind - ripples ...
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... matter ended . But not 80 where ' professional sportsmen ' of my informant's type were concerned . His business was to get game for market by fair means or foul , and failing the gun , there were other ways . According to this man ...
... matter ended . But not 80 where ' professional sportsmen ' of my informant's type were concerned . His business was to get game for market by fair means or foul , and failing the gun , there were other ways . According to this man ...
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... matter of some seven hundred yards - they circled high over a wood beyond , then , seeing no better resting - place , swung in again , and winding down ' the spiral staircase of the winds , ' re - alighted on the water at the farther ...
... matter of some seven hundred yards - they circled high over a wood beyond , then , seeing no better resting - place , swung in again , and winding down ' the spiral staircase of the winds , ' re - alighted on the water at the farther ...
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... matter of fact , there is a good deal to be said for the attitude of the politicians to the wits . The spirit of comedy spares neither enemy nor friend , and , indeed , owes no fealty to any party but the party of reason . you can ...
... matter of fact , there is a good deal to be said for the attitude of the politicians to the wits . The spirit of comedy spares neither enemy nor friend , and , indeed , owes no fealty to any party but the party of reason . you can ...
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