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... period the whole of our island was covered with forests or marshes ; and further , that this period was not much earlier than the first Roman invasion . It is true , the authority of Geoffrey of Monmouth , Bishop of St. Asaph in the ...
... period the whole of our island was covered with forests or marshes ; and further , that this period was not much earlier than the first Roman invasion . It is true , the authority of Geoffrey of Monmouth , Bishop of St. Asaph in the ...
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... period which with them is called an age - that is , thirty years complete . And they choose the sixth day , because they reckon the moon is then of a considerable strength when she is not as yet half full ; and they call the mistletoe ...
... period which with them is called an age - that is , thirty years complete . And they choose the sixth day , because they reckon the moon is then of a considerable strength when she is not as yet half full ; and they call the mistletoe ...
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... period , a large forest round London , " in which were woody groves ; in the covers whereof lurked bucks and does , wild boars and bulls ; " and these woods remained for centuries afterwards . Sir Henry Spelman , a cele- brated ...
... period , a large forest round London , " in which were woody groves ; in the covers whereof lurked bucks and does , wild boars and bulls ; " and these woods remained for centuries afterwards . Sir Henry Spelman , a cele- brated ...
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... period , was plentifully stocked with all kinds of timber - trees , espe- cially the oak . During the civil war which broke out in 1642 , and all the time of the inter - regnum , the royal forests , as well as the woods of the nobility ...
... period , was plentifully stocked with all kinds of timber - trees , espe- cially the oak . During the civil war which broke out in 1642 , and all the time of the inter - regnum , the royal forests , as well as the woods of the nobility ...
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... period assigned to it by tradition , namely , in the beginning of the fourteenth century ; and if so , this tree must be at least seven hundred years old . Its branches are said to have once covered a Scotch acre of ground ; but its ...
... period assigned to it by tradition , namely , in the beginning of the fourteenth century ; and if so , this tree must be at least seven hundred years old . Its branches are said to have once covered a Scotch acre of ground ; but its ...
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Page 99 - The gray trunks, and, as gamesome infants' eyes, With gentle meanings, and most innocent wiles, Fold their beams round the hearts of those that love, These twine their tendrils with the wedded boughs Uniting their close union ; the woven leaves Make net-work of the dark blue light of day, And the night's noontide clearness, mutable As shapes in the weird clouds.
Page 109 - See! from the brake the whirring pheasant springs, And mounts exulting on triumphant wings: Short is his joy; he feels the fiery wound, Flutters in blood, and panting beats the ground, Ah! what avail his glossy, varying dyes, 115 His purple crest, and scarlet-circled eyes, The vivid green his shining plumes unfold, His painted wings and breast that flames with gold ? Nor yet, when moist Arcturus clouds the sky The woods and fields their pleasing toils deny.
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Page 64 - With boughs that quaked at every breath Grey birch and aspen wept beneath ; Aloft, the ash and warrior oak Cast anchor in the rifted rock ; And, higher yet, the pine-tree hung His shattered trunk, and frequent flung, Where seemed the cliffs to meet on high, His boughs athwart the narrowed sky.