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And that , it appeared , was how those two ancient firearms came to hang in an Oxfordshire farmhouse . Although a soldier's diary of some old indeterminate French war had cluded me , the surprising introduc- tion to a highwayman's hide ...
And that , it appeared , was how those two ancient firearms came to hang in an Oxfordshire farmhouse . Although a soldier's diary of some old indeterminate French war had cluded me , the surprising introduc- tion to a highwayman's hide ...
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There were two of them , both startled , but not by us - by a foal that had appeared on the edge of a grove of eucalyptus . The foal was jet black and beautiful , its neck arched high , its long legs gangling .
There were two of them , both startled , but not by us - by a foal that had appeared on the edge of a grove of eucalyptus . The foal was jet black and beautiful , its neck arched high , its long legs gangling .
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nets appeared like a white tablecloth on the sloping top of Stac Lee . In 1957 the St Kilda archipelago became the property of the National Trust for Scotland under the will of the fifth Marquess of Bute , and in that same year it was ...
nets appeared like a white tablecloth on the sloping top of Stac Lee . In 1957 the St Kilda archipelago became the property of the National Trust for Scotland under the will of the fifth Marquess of Bute , and in that same year it was ...
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