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Old English homes : a summer's sketch-book (1876)

Thompson, Stephen, author, illustrator, Sampson Low, Marston, Low & Searle, publisher · London : Sampson Low, Marston, Low and Searle · leaf 188

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HAMPDEN HOUSE. N high ground among the quiet Chiltern hills stands an ancient mansion, half-hidden on its most picturesque side by some magnificent ce¬ dars of uncommon size and beauty, the growth of centuries. Standing amidst almost untrodden ways, quite apart from the main roads that cross…

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