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The mellow bells, soaring and singing in tower and steeple, told of time's flight through an eternity of peace; and Great Tom, tolling his nightly hundred-and-one, called home only the rooks from off Christ Church Meadow.
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― Gaudy Night
― Gaudy Night
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Most people are conscious of the fact that in looking back upon their past lives, especially upon the days of their childhood, it is the sunshine that abides with them and not the shadow. In all the memories, let us say of a garden in which we played as children, the says are hot and bright, the flowers always blooming.
So it is with Oxford. Heaven knows the place is often enough shrouded in cold, wet mist: for weeks together the streets are muddy beyond all other streets: at the beginning of e
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― Oxford Beautiful England Series
― Oxford Beautiful England Series
This group, which will commence meeting in October 2013, is for Oxford-based persons who want to…more
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Read a great book lately? Want to discuss it with other patrons of our library? This is place to…more
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A place to discuss all the unique aspects of Deaf culture as highlighted in the thriller Silent …more
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