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... trees a fine poetic sunlight faintly shimmers , whose dim and shadowy paths and singing brooks are strewn by the ruffling winds of autumn with a wealth of innumerable leaves , and over which there hovers an undefined mys- terious charm ...
... trees a fine poetic sunlight faintly shimmers , whose dim and shadowy paths and singing brooks are strewn by the ruffling winds of autumn with a wealth of innumerable leaves , and over which there hovers an undefined mys- terious charm ...
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... trees rear at intervals their smooth trunks , or gather together in close and murmurous conclave . The lower growth of gorse , and broom , and brush , and feathered fern roughen the hills , where the axe has bereft them of their forest ...
... trees rear at intervals their smooth trunks , or gather together in close and murmurous conclave . The lower growth of gorse , and broom , and brush , and feathered fern roughen the hills , where the axe has bereft them of their forest ...
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... trees ; and on the left , about five hundred paces from the gate , is a fountain which was once thought to possess miraculous powers of healing . of healing . " Fon- tis hujus aqua contra diversos dolores corporis est attributa : ibi ...
... trees ; and on the left , about five hundred paces from the gate , is a fountain which was once thought to possess miraculous powers of healing . of healing . " Fon- tis hujus aqua contra diversos dolores corporis est attributa : ibi ...
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... tree which grew beside his hut , anticipating the or- dinary season , put forth its leaves long before all the others ; shaded it during the summer with its abundant foliage ; and was the last , when winter came , to shed its leaves on ...
... tree which grew beside his hut , anticipating the or- dinary season , put forth its leaves long before all the others ; shaded it during the summer with its abundant foliage ; and was the last , when winter came , to shed its leaves on ...
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William Wetmore Story. A MIRACULOUS TREE . 31 sidered a miracle , so that a wall was built about the tree , and it was consecrated and held in highest reverence . This tree was in the year 1008 full - grown ; and in 1640 , when Diego de ...
William Wetmore Story. A MIRACULOUS TREE . 31 sidered a miracle , so that a wall was built about the tree , and it was consecrated and held in highest reverence . This tree was in the year 1008 full - grown ; and in 1640 , when Diego de ...
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