The Delectable Duchy

The Delectable Duchy Stories, Studies, and Sketches (Classic Reprint)

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The father of one among the crew, and is waiting to take his son's hand again, after months of absence. Would this interest my friend, if 'i pointed it out to him? Or, if I walk with him by the path above the creek, what will he care to know that on this particular bank the violets always bloom earliest - that one of a line of yews that top the churchyard wall is remarkable because a pair of missel-thrushes have chosen it to build in for three successive years? The violets are gone. The empty nest has almost dissolved under the late heavy rains, and the yew is so like its fellows that I myself have no idea why the birds chose it. The longer I reflected the more certain I felt that my friend could find all he wanted in the guide books.

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Book information

ISBN: 9780483696631
Publisher: Fb&c Ltd
Imprint: Forgotten Books
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Language: English
Number of pages: 372
Weight: 649g
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Spine width: 22mm