Many mornings, David Derickson, the captain of Lincoln's cavalry guard, had to pry the president out of the cottage library to get him to go to work.

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But my best memories of the cottage are of the screened-in porch out back, reading in a chaise longue, listening to an afternoon rain shower and, one evening, the insistent call of a whip-poor-will.

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But its image as a cosseted cottage industry is out of date.

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Mrs Sealey told the court they had been taking photos of Mrs Yates' "picturesque" Riverside Cottage while out walking on 2 January.

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Even when one of the otters he looked after bit off part of a finger on each hand. he didn't blame the animal at all, just his own stupidity in reaching out to the otter while holding a cardigan full of the scent of a visitor to the cottage.

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Given Fulham's impressive home record in Europe this season - they are unbeaten and have won five out of six matches - you fancied their chances of overturning a 2-1 scoreline at Craven Cottage.

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The council carried out tests on all the frozen processed beef products it provides to schools following the discovery of horse DNA in the cottage pies.

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