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English
1336
The butter had certainly been laid on thick at Lyng: the old gray house, hidden under a shoulder of the downs, had almost all the finer marks of commerce with a protracted past. THE BUTTER HAD CERTAINLY BEEN LAID ON THICK AT LYING THE OLD HOUSE HIDDEN UNDER A SHOULDER OF THE DOWNS HAD ALMOST ALL THE FINER MARKS OF COMMERCE WITH THE PROTRACTED PAST
 themselves only to harmonious activities. She had her vision of painting and gardening against a background of gray walls, he dreamed of the production of his long-planned book on the "Economic Basis of Culture"; and with such absorbing work ahead no existence could be too sequestered; they could not get far enough from the world, or plunge deep enough into the past. Dorsetshire had attracted them from the first by a semblance of remoteness out of all proportion to its geographical position. But to the Boynes it was one of the ever-recurring wonders of the whole incredibly compressed island -- a nest of counties, as they put it -- that for the production of its effects so little of a given quality went so far: that so few miles made a distance, and so short a distance a difference. "It's that," Ned had once enthusiastically explained, "that gives such depth to their effects, such relief to their least contrasts. They've been able to lay the butter so thick on every exquisite mouthful. SS BUT THEY MEANT TO GIVE THEMSELVES ONLY TO HARMONIOUS ACTIVITIES SHE HAD HER VISION OF PAINTING AND GARDENING AGAINST A BACKGROUND OF GREY WALLS HE DREAMED OF THE PRODUCTION OF HIS LONG PLANNED BOOK ON THE QUOTE ECONOMIC BASIS OF CULTURE QUOTE AND WITH SUCH ABSORBING WORK AHEAD NO EXISTENCE COULD BE TOO SEQUESTERED THEY COULD NOT GET FAR ENOUGH FROM THE WORLD OR PLUNGE DEEP ENOUGH INTO THE PAST DORSETSHIRE HAD ATTRACTED THEM FROM THE FIRST BY AN AIR OF REMOTENESS OUT OF ALL PROPORTION WITH ITS GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION BUT TO THE BOYS IT WAS ONE OF THE EVER RECURRING WONDERS OF THE WHOLE INCREDIBLY COMPRESSED ISLAND A NEST OF COUNTIES AS THEY PUT IT THAT FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ITS EFFECTS SO LITTLE OF A GIVEN DISTANCE WENT SO FAR THAT SO FEW MILES MADE A DISTANCE AND SO SHORT A DISTANCE A DIFFERENCE IT'S THAT NED HAD ONCE ENTHUSIASTICALLY EXPLAINED THAT GIVES SUCH DEPTH TO THEIR EFFECTS SUCH RELIEF TO THEIR CONTRASTS THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO LAY THE BUTTER SO THICK ON EVERY DELICIOUS MOUTHFUL
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