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  • Oh, and Canterbury should certainly have a statue of Chaucer to greet travellers from every shire's end.

    Stations and poets: Poetry in Motion | Editorial 2010

  • Above all, it was the home of the Bodleian Library, which was not only the shire's soul, and one of the main reasons for resisting invasion, but was allowed six months 'credit by 84.

    between silk and cyanide Marks, Leo 1998

  • The drought of March hath pierced to the root, "when the soft wind" with his sweet breath inspired hath in every holt and heath the tender crops "; when the little birds make new songs, then" longen folk to go on pilgrimages, and palmers for to seeken strange lands, and especially from every shire's end of

    English Literature for Boys and Girls

  • But when Chaucer met her the house was ruling itself somewhere at the 'shire's ende'.

    Medieval People Eileen Edna Power 1914

  • The shire's emergency services co-ordinator, Phil Hay, said the fire bug was suspected of lighting fires in Badgingarra and Cataby.

    Coastal Advocate - Front Page 2010

  • The shire's emergency services co-ordinator, Phil Hay, said the fire bug was suspected of lighting fires in Badgingarra and Cataby.

    Coastal Advocate - Front Page 2010

  • The former Bellarine councillor was lured onto the former shire's historical records committee back in 1983.

    Star News Group 2010

  • The shire's emergency services co-ordinator, Phil Hay, said the fire bug was suspected of lighting fires in Badgingarra and Cataby.

    Coastal Advocate - Front Page 2010

  • However, Byron Shire Council's waste and recycling manager, Russell Chaplin, said the shire's waste now went into the Myocum landfill and that the council hadn't used Queensland tips since 2003.

    northernstar.com.au: The Northern Star 2010

  • The shire's small towns are missing out, with 60 regional families on waiting lists for family day care services.

    The Advertiser - Front Page 2010

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