Warwick Woodlands: Things as they Were There Twenty Years Ago

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Henry William Herbert. Warwick Woodlands: Things as they Were There Twenty Years Ago

Warwick Woodlands: Things as they Were There Twenty Years Ago

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MY FIRST VISIT, DAY THE FIRST

DAY THE THE SECOND

DAY THE THIRD

DAY THE FOURTH

DAY THE FIFTH

DAY THE SIXTH

DAY THE SEVENTH

THE WARWICK WOODLANDS: ON A SECOND VISIT

THE WAYSIDE INN

THE MORNING'S SPORT

THE WOODCOCK

THE SUPPER PARTY

THE OUTLYING STAG

SNIPE ON THE UPLAND

THE QUAIL

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Henry William Herbert

Published by Good Press, 2019

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An old-fashioned round table, covered with clean white linen of domestic manufacture, displayed the noble round of beef which we had brought up with us, flanked by a platter of magnificent potatoes, pouring forth volumes of dense steam through the cracks in their dusky skins; a lordly dish of butter, that might have pleased the appetite of Sisera; while eggs and ham, and pies of apple, mince-meat, cranberry, and custard, occupied every vacant space, save where two ponderous pitchers, mantling with ale and cider, and two respectable square bottles, labelled "Old Rum" and "Brandy-1817," relieved the prospect. Before we had sat down, Timothy entered, bearing a horse bucket filled to the brim with ice, from whence protruded the long necks and split corks of three champagne bottles.

"Now, Tim," said Archer, "get your own supper, when you've finished with the cattle; feed the dogs well to-night; and then to bed. And hark you, call me at five in the morning; we shall want you to carry the game-bag and the drinkables; take care of yourself, Tim, and good night!"

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