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... from Christchurch come in the warm weather for sea - air and bathing . It began to rain . hard , and the rest of the journey , some seven or eight miles , was disagreeable enough ; but it was the III . ] Christchurch . 23 end , and that.
... from Christchurch come in the warm weather for sea - air and bathing . It began to rain . hard , and the rest of the journey , some seven or eight miles , was disagreeable enough ; but it was the III . ] Christchurch . 23 end , and that.
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... warm in winter . Whilst the house is new nothing can be nicer ; but , in a few years , the hot winds dry up the clay so much , that it becomes quite pulverized ; and a lady who lives in one of these houses told me , that during a high ...
... warm in winter . Whilst the house is new nothing can be nicer ; but , in a few years , the hot winds dry up the clay so much , that it becomes quite pulverized ; and a lady who lives in one of these houses told me , that during a high ...
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... warm . We are glad of a fire at breakfast , which is tolerably early , but we let it out and never think of relighting it until dark . Above all , it is calm ; I congratulate myself daily on the stillness of the atmosphere , but Flaughs ...
... warm . We are glad of a fire at breakfast , which is tolerably early , but we let it out and never think of relighting it until dark . Above all , it is calm ; I congratulate myself daily on the stillness of the atmosphere , but Flaughs ...
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... warm water ( you see I know all about it in theory ) , when a sudden panic seized me , and I was afraid to draw the cork of the large cham- pagne bottle full of yeast , which appeared to be very much " up . " In this dilemma I went for ...
... warm water ( you see I know all about it in theory ) , when a sudden panic seized me , and I was afraid to draw the cork of the large cham- pagne bottle full of yeast , which appeared to be very much " up . " In this dilemma I went for ...
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... warm a situation , for when I went early the next morning to look at it , I found a very dry and crusty mass . Still , nothing daunted , I persevered in the attempt , added more flour and water , and finally made it up into loaves ...
... warm a situation , for when I went early the next morning to look at it , I found a very dry and crusty mass . Still , nothing daunted , I persevered in the attempt , added more flour and water , and finally made it up into loaves ...
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