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• But he had seen Criffel across from Dumfries-shire, and the castle of Ellangowan is certainly described from the ruins of Caerlaverock, opposite New Abbey. —  Red Cap Tales Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North
• Save these, the landscape swept on unbroken, until it ended at the horizon in the high range of the D--shire hills Even to Captain Rothesay, this scene seemed strangely beautiful. —  Olive A Novel
• We cannot make them grow in S--shire; the Hall is perhaps too cold and bleak Ah, how I love a clear bracing air!" —  Olive A Novel
• And so she did, in words so rich and clear, that the blind mother often said she enjoyed such scenes infinitely more than when the whole wide earth lay open to her unregardful eyes I wonder," said Olive, "what part of S----shire we are in. —  Olive A Novel
• My father is the vicar of Stourley, in D--shire, and has such a small stipend that he could not afford to help him as much as was needed. —  Tom and Some Other Girls A Public School Story

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