Rural Sports, Volume 2Bunny & Gold, 1802 |
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... becomes navigable ) , a little below which it enters the wide plain formed by the Trent on the borders of Leicestershire , and about eight miles below Derby , loses itself in that great river . All the rivers of this county produce ...
... becomes navigable ) , a little below which it enters the wide plain formed by the Trent on the borders of Leicestershire , and about eight miles below Derby , loses itself in that great river . All the rivers of this county produce ...
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... becomes a placid stream soon after it leaves its native hills , and continues so as it flows by the remains of Strata Florida Abbey : as it approaches Newcastle , it gradually confines itself within steep banks fringed with wood ; soon ...
... becomes a placid stream soon after it leaves its native hills , and continues so as it flows by the remains of Strata Florida Abbey : as it approaches Newcastle , it gradually confines itself within steep banks fringed with wood ; soon ...
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... becomes a Salmon , in as short a time as a Gosling becomes a Goose . " All fishermen agree , that they never find any food in the stomach of the salmon , which is certainly a fish of prey , having teeth in his mouth as other fish of ...
... becomes a Salmon , in as short a time as a Gosling becomes a Goose . " All fishermen agree , that they never find any food in the stomach of the salmon , which is certainly a fish of prey , having teeth in his mouth as other fish of ...
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