The Sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, Esq, Volume 1John Murray, 1834 - 316 pages |
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Washington Irving. Class 4 No. 161 LITERARY PRESENTS , CONSISTING OF STANDARD WORKS , THE GREATER. BRUCE . No./ Bruce Castle Library .
Washington Irving. Class 4 No. 161 LITERARY PRESENTS , CONSISTING OF STANDARD WORKS , THE GREATER. BRUCE . No./ Bruce Castle Library .
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... castle - to meditate on the falling tower - to escape , in short , from the common - place realities of the present , and lose myself among the shadowy grandeurs of the past . I had , besides all this , an earnest desire to see the ...
... castle - to meditate on the falling tower - to escape , in short , from the common - place realities of the present , and lose myself among the shadowy grandeurs of the past . I had , besides all this , an earnest desire to see the ...
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... castles , villas , farm - houses , cottages ; he must wander through parks and gardens ; along hedges and green lanes ; he must loiter about country churches ; attend wakes and fairs , and other rural festivals ; and cope with the ...
... castles , villas , farm - houses , cottages ; he must wander through parks and gardens ; along hedges and green lanes ; he must loiter about country churches ; attend wakes and fairs , and other rural festivals ; and cope with the ...
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... castles and palaces , and embroidered with parks and gardens . It does not abound in grand and sublime prospects , but rather in little home scenes of rural repose and sheltered quiet . Every antique farm - house and H 3 IN ENGLAND . 101.
... castles and palaces , and embroidered with parks and gardens . It does not abound in grand and sublime prospects , but rather in little home scenes of rural repose and sheltered quiet . Every antique farm - house and H 3 IN ENGLAND . 101.
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... castles yield to the adventurous knight - errant . I found myself in a spacious chamber , surrounded with great cases of venerable books . Above the cases , and just under the cornice , were arranged a great number of quaint black ...
... castles yield to the adventurous knight - errant . I found myself in a spacious chamber , surrounded with great cases of venerable books . Above the cases , and just under the cornice , were arranged a great number of quaint black ...
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