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... entered the long dark shadow it threw over the wood at its foot . It was gloomy and chill - the faint lingering of day was hidden by the trees , and the moon seemed to have set again 14 COMMON - PLACE BOOK OF PROSE .
... entered the long dark shadow it threw over the wood at its foot . It was gloomy and chill - the faint lingering of day was hidden by the trees , and the moon seemed to have set again 14 COMMON - PLACE BOOK OF PROSE .
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... trees , and showed nothing distinctly - all was silent and motionless - not a breeze , not a sound , not a cloud - the earth was dim and undistinguish- able , the heavens were filled with a calm light COMMON - PLACE BOOK OF PROSE . 15.
... trees , and showed nothing distinctly - all was silent and motionless - not a breeze , not a sound , not a cloud - the earth was dim and undistinguish- able , the heavens were filled with a calm light COMMON - PLACE BOOK OF PROSE . 15.
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... trees ; beyond was the gentle slope of green hills parted only by hawthorn hedges ; and still further on , the home of my Gertrude , can- opied by tall ancient elms , and gleaming in the yellow light of the setting sun . If I had had no ...
... trees ; beyond was the gentle slope of green hills parted only by hawthorn hedges ; and still further on , the home of my Gertrude , can- opied by tall ancient elms , and gleaming in the yellow light of the setting sun . If I had had no ...
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... trees of the tenderer kind had been nip- ped by the frosts into brilliant dyes of orange , purple , and scarlet ... tree to tree , capri- There was cious from the very abundance around them . 48 COMMON - PLACE BOOK OF PROSE .
... trees of the tenderer kind had been nip- ped by the frosts into brilliant dyes of orange , purple , and scarlet ... tree to tree , capri- There was cious from the very abundance around them . 48 COMMON - PLACE BOOK OF PROSE .
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... trees ; some gathered into baskets and bar- rels for the market ; others heaped up in rich piles for the cider - press . Farther on he beheld great fields of Indian corn , with its golden ears peeping from their leafy coverts , and ...
... trees ; some gathered into baskets and bar- rels for the market ; others heaped up in rich piles for the cider - press . Farther on he beheld great fields of Indian corn , with its golden ears peeping from their leafy coverts , and ...
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