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The Letters Of "Norah" On Her Tour Through Ireland By Margaret Dixon Mcdougall - Page 140 of 404 - First - Home

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They Get All It Promises Without Doing So." As We Drove Along I Heard His Justice, His Sense Of Right, His Praise, In Short, Repeated In Every Way Possible.

I have noticed about this lord that to mention his name to any one who knows him is quite enough to set them off in praise of him.

As he is not an immensely wealthy peer, but has been obliged to part with some of his property, it is the more glorious the enthusiastic good name he has won for himself.

We drove across a long stretch of gravel drive through scenery like fairyland. A fair sheet of water lay below the house, bordered by trees that seemed conscious of their owner's renown by the way they tossed their heads upward and spread their branches downward, as saying, "Look at us: everything here bears examination and demands admiration." Swans ruffled their snowy plumage and sailed with stately bendings of their white necks across the lake. Wild geese with the lameness of perfect confidence grouped themselves on the shore or played in the water. Coots swam about in their peculiar bobbing way, as if they were up to fun in some sly manner of their own. Across the lake were sloping hills rising gently from the water arrayed in the brightest of green. Grand stately trees stood with the regal repose of a grand dame, every fold of their leafy dress arranged with the skilful touch of that superb artist, Dame Nature.

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