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    320 RAMBLES NORTHWARD.

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    drive enoug s h in in all all directions this to satisf , so y that the he visitor streams need , there seldom to fish are take in walks the deer , same to , stalk road

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    witk wonder and emotion ourselves ; and lo I wkat us a living dust breatkin and g bones reality witk , a presence not one spark like tkat of vitality of a dear to friend quicken , comes tke imag out ina dry

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    as I distract myself in the vain attempt to give life and warmtk to

    320 Rambles Northward.

    320 RAMBLES NORTHWARD .

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Jan. 1, 1860, page 320, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01011860/page/32/