Rutlandshire
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In 1598, a Rutlandshire clergyman-schoolteacher, Francis Meres, "specifically names twelve of his plays," compares them to the works of Horace, Homer, Sophocles.
From Time Magazine Archive
The fox runs best in what are called "The Shires"�Leicestershire, Rutlandshire and Northamptonshire, where gently rolling hills make it easy to stay with the hounds and the humid air makes for good scent.
From Time Magazine Archive
His father is the Marquess of Exeter; from him some day Lord Burghley will inherit enormous estates in Northamptonshire and Rutlandshire.
From Time Magazine Archive
One cannot say exactly in regard to Rutlandshire what an Englishman once said to the authorities of a pigmy Italian duchy, who ordered him to leave it in twenty-four hours.
From A Walk from London to John O'Groat's by Burritt, Elihu
The air became charged with Rutlandshire Morningtons, and our conversation showed signs of degenerating into a fantastic Burke's Auction Bridge.
From The Sixth Sense A Novel by McKenna, Stephen
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