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One of the first things a Foula man makes clear to you is that he and his fellow - islanders are of Norse extraction . “ We are not Scotch , ” said one , emphatically . “ Our forefathers were the old Vikings who came over from Norroway ...
One of the first things a Foula man makes clear to you is that he and his fellow - islanders are of Norse extraction . “ We are not Scotch , ” said one , emphatically . “ Our forefathers were the old Vikings who came over from Norroway ...
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Should they swarm in sunshine and on a hedge in full leafage , that is a particularly fortunate thing . Also if they swarm promptly and ... But this really arises from the unconquerable dislike some people have to all creeping things .
Should they swarm in sunshine and on a hedge in full leafage , that is a particularly fortunate thing . Also if they swarm promptly and ... But this really arises from the unconquerable dislike some people have to all creeping things .
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But she liked other things too : fine friends , and ancestors , and names like De Lyon , and Tudor houses looking over parks ; and a picturesque mother sitting in an oriel window , robed in point - lace , or driving in a carriage ...
But she liked other things too : fine friends , and ancestors , and names like De Lyon , and Tudor houses looking over parks ; and a picturesque mother sitting in an oriel window , robed in point - lace , or driving in a carriage ...
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Augury Insect By F G WALTERS | 73 |
Century A of English China By GERALDINE LESLIE | 104 |
Cumberland Parish A By T H B GRAHAM M | 139 |
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