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... town , whose main thoroughfare ran parallel with a small stream called the Bulborne , from which it was separated by swampy ground and watercress beds . Beyond the Bulborne the earth- works and moats of the castle remained intact ...
... town , whose main thoroughfare ran parallel with a small stream called the Bulborne , from which it was separated by swampy ground and watercress beds . Beyond the Bulborne the earth- works and moats of the castle remained intact ...
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... town on a business errand . other gentlemen of the county , at the Swan , " upon a committee to inspect and report the ruinous state of our bridge . " There was " a sumptuous dinner , " with a man cook and a bill of fare from London ...
... town on a business errand . other gentlemen of the county , at the Swan , " upon a committee to inspect and report the ruinous state of our bridge . " There was " a sumptuous dinner , " with a man cook and a bill of fare from London ...
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... towns , where sophistication was , at the moment , ripe unto rottenness . There was manifestly a need for a return ... town poet of the past to whom the dwellers in the country are nothing , " says Brooke , we have now the country poet ...
... towns , where sophistication was , at the moment , ripe unto rottenness . There was manifestly a need for a return ... town poet of the past to whom the dwellers in the country are nothing , " says Brooke , we have now the country poet ...
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FOREWORD II | 11 |
AN EXTRAMUNDANE AND HIS WORLD | 34 |
THE EVANGELICAL REVIVAL | 158 |
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