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... Kirkcudbright . I drove slowly ; the air was sunny and clear , so that I could see , beyond the tossing hills of Kirkcudbright- shire , all bright green , the dark mountains of Gallo- way , which in that landscape had a menacing ...
... Kirkcudbright . I drove slowly ; the air was sunny and clear , so that I could see , beyond the tossing hills of Kirkcudbright- shire , all bright green , the dark mountains of Gallo- way , which in that landscape had a menacing ...
Page 72
... Kirkcudbright that I first came upon the vanguard of the long procession of English tourists who kept up with me during all my road to the north of Scotland . I have a great admiration for the English people , who are a most highly ...
... Kirkcudbright that I first came upon the vanguard of the long procession of English tourists who kept up with me during all my road to the north of Scotland . I have a great admiration for the English people , who are a most highly ...
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... Kirkcudbright to Girvan is so beautiful and varied that if I were to give all my impressions of it , this chapter would be mainly natural description , and natural description , though a pleasant art , has something of make - believe in ...
... Kirkcudbright to Girvan is so beautiful and varied that if I were to give all my impressions of it , this chapter would be mainly natural description , and natural description , though a pleasant art , has something of make - believe in ...
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