Passages from the auto-biography of a 'man of Kent' [R. Cowtan] ed. by Reginald Fitz-Roy Stanley1866 |
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... ground , but prints , in characters more or less lasting , a map of its march . Every act of the man inscribes itself in the me- mory of his fellows , and in his own manners and face . The air is full of sounds , the sky of tokens , the ...
... ground , but prints , in characters more or less lasting , a map of its march . Every act of the man inscribes itself in the me- mory of his fellows , and in his own manners and face . The air is full of sounds , the sky of tokens , the ...
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... an uninteresting place to me , and I have for many an hour looked on at the operations tak- ing place there . To see an ox led to the slaughter , and the noble beast felled to the ground by a single blow of 28 “ Old Tom . ” the pole - axe.
... an uninteresting place to me , and I have for many an hour looked on at the operations tak- ing place there . To see an ox led to the slaughter , and the noble beast felled to the ground by a single blow of 28 “ Old Tom . ” the pole - axe.
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... ground , and I have seen in my early days some good matches played there between the citizens of Canterbury and some crack players from London . I am happy to be able to record , for the information of such of my readers as may not be ...
... ground , and I have seen in my early days some good matches played there between the citizens of Canterbury and some crack players from London . I am happy to be able to record , for the information of such of my readers as may not be ...
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... cent dome , and golden cross , with the blue heavens as a back - ground . It is indeed a noble and enduring monu- ment to the great architect who conceived its vast and The Theatres . 77 beautiful design , and mapped out.
... cent dome , and golden cross , with the blue heavens as a back - ground . It is indeed a noble and enduring monu- ment to the great architect who conceived its vast and The Theatres . 77 beautiful design , and mapped out.
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... ground , By silent force of life unbound , Move upward from below . " * So silently were the great moral transformations going on in my heart and mind . I found then , as I do now , " that in me ( that is , in my flesh ) dwelleth no ...
... ground , By silent force of life unbound , Move upward from below . " * So silently were the great moral transformations going on in my heart and mind . I found then , as I do now , " that in me ( that is , in my flesh ) dwelleth no ...
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