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" a gnarled thorn,
Bent by the sea blast,—"
The strong winds from the south-west occasion almost all the trees, which on these hills are exposed to it, to grow the other way.
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" how wide the view!"
So extensive are some of the views from these hills, that only the want of power in the human eye to travel so far, prevents London itself being discerned. Description falls so infinitely short of the reality, that only here and there, distinct features can be given.
