Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 310W. Blackwood, 1971 - England |
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Page 104
... lived for centuries , cut off by the tide and the lonely flats , life becomes self - contained . That is why Foulness people are a highly individual breed . Hardy , self - reliant , strictly religious - it was a hot - bed of Calvinism ...
... lived for centuries , cut off by the tide and the lonely flats , life becomes self - contained . That is why Foulness people are a highly individual breed . Hardy , self - reliant , strictly religious - it was a hot - bed of Calvinism ...
Page 108
... lived in a house called the Dove Cote for forty years , and then removed to Smoky Hall and lived there thirty - eight more . She had a ready wit . When her tenth child was brought to the font for baptism , Parson Ellwood said , as usual ...
... lived in a house called the Dove Cote for forty years , and then removed to Smoky Hall and lived there thirty - eight more . She had a ready wit . When her tenth child was brought to the font for baptism , Parson Ellwood said , as usual ...
Page 384
... lived , or what it was really like to be a District Officer thirty years ago , will have to seek his information elsewhere . He will , however , find in these pages plenty of satirical comments on the white interlopers , and many a well ...
... lived , or what it was really like to be a District Officer thirty years ago , will have to seek his information elsewhere . He will , however , find in these pages plenty of satirical comments on the white interlopers , and many a well ...
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