Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 178W. Blackwood & Sons, 1905 - Scotland |
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... trees , and what not upon the escutcheons of distinguished men . The precocity and scope of Japanese civilisation is a trite subject : even in such super- fluities as heraldry they have caught the true spirit of ab- straction . They ...
... trees , and what not upon the escutcheons of distinguished men . The precocity and scope of Japanese civilisation is a trite subject : even in such super- fluities as heraldry they have caught the true spirit of ab- straction . They ...
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... trees , a garden lying in terraces to the south , rich in vegetables , fruit - trees , rare plants and shrubs , and gay with flowers , and beyond it a sandy bay on which the Atlantic , its force broken by the giant cliffs of Handa ...
... trees , a garden lying in terraces to the south , rich in vegetables , fruit - trees , rare plants and shrubs , and gay with flowers , and beyond it a sandy bay on which the Atlantic , its force broken by the giant cliffs of Handa ...
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... tree in full bloom and a walnut form the screen behind which my observations are conducted . They grow close to the ver ... trees is a prospect 1905. ] G The Dawn - Bird and other Friends . 51 THE DAWN-BIRD AND OTHER FRIENDS. ...
... tree in full bloom and a walnut form the screen behind which my observations are conducted . They grow close to the ver ... trees is a prospect 1905. ] G The Dawn - Bird and other Friends . 51 THE DAWN-BIRD AND OTHER FRIENDS. ...
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In the gap between the two trees is a prospect passing fair . Yet , though I look on it with delight in the morning ... tree forms , with all its brave foliage , but an ineffectual screen from the galling fire of the O'Hara voices ...
In the gap between the two trees is a prospect passing fair . Yet , though I look on it with delight in the morning ... tree forms , with all its brave foliage , but an ineffectual screen from the galling fire of the O'Hara voices ...
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... trees , and my walnut , with all its thick foliage , affords only cover from view ; and Johnnie , should the fancy take him , might use me as a nice fixed target . I must therefore keep on the right side of Johnnie . To Mrs O'Hara I ...
... trees , and my walnut , with all its thick foliage , affords only cover from view ; and Johnnie , should the fancy take him , might use me as a nice fixed target . I must therefore keep on the right side of Johnnie . To Mrs O'Hara I ...
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