Fairbourne

A silver ring, or varvel, was fitted to one leg, and on it was engraved the name of her favourite, copied from some old tale, "Fairbourne," with the legend attached, "I live in my lady's grace."

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And then there's the Fairbourne railway, dropping passengers at the sand spit overlooking one of the most ravishing views in Wales – out over the Mawddach estuary to its encircling mountains.

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There are not more than a million birds about; and I'll be bound Fairbourne is one of them!

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Fairbourne having been known to direct his flight up the river, we

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Page 129 and recruited himself from the severe toil in which he had been engaged, he took Fairbourne from one of the crowd, to whom the charge of the bird had been committed, and we mounted our horses amidst the congratulations of the whole hamlet for the salutary discipline which Ned had inflicted upon his splenetic antagonist.

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Fairbourne, however, was distrustful, and retreated to the boughs.

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Fairbourne was carried to his perch, and regaled with a meal; and the composure of the family being restored, after the conclusion of this important affair, we sat down to talk upon other matters.

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Fairbourne excited the curiosity of the inhabitants of the porch; and Ned, who seemed to be well acquainted with the persons about him, answered their many questions with his customary good-humour.

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As soon as all was still, to our infinite joy, Fairbourne in proper identity descended from his leafy bower and perched upon the top of the cage.

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Bel was busy with Fairbourne, and looked uncommonly fresh and gay.

Swallow Barn, or A Sojourn in the Old Dominion. In Two Volumes. Vol. II. 1832