Grain and Chaff from an English Manor by Arthur H. Savory
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XIX. METEOROLOGY--ETON AND HARROW AT LORD'S--"RUS IN
URBE"............................................... 230 XX. CHANGING COURSE OF STREAMS--DEWPONDS--A WET HARVEST--WEATHER PHENOMENA--WILL-O'-THE- WISP--VARIOUS....................................... 239 XXI. BIRDS: PEACOCKS--A WHITE PHEASANT--ROOKS' ARITHMETIC.. 253 XXII. PETS: SUSIE--COCKY--TRUMP--CHIPS--WENDY--TAFFY........ 264 XXIII. BUTTERFLIES--MOTHS--WASPS............................. 271 XXIV. CYCLING--PAGEANTS OF THE ROADS--ROADSIDE CREATURES--HARMONIOUS BUILDING--COLLECTING OLD FURNITURE AND CHINA................................. 278 XXV. DIALECT--LOCAL PHRASEOLOGY IN SHAKESPEARE--NAMES --STUPID PLACES..................................... 288 XXVI. Is ALDINGTON THE ROMAN ANTONA?........................ 294 INDEX....................................................... 306 "Ah, what a life were this! how sweet! how lovely! Gives not the hawthorn-bush a sweeter shade To shepherds looking on their silly sheep, |
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