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The valley of the river Dee or Deva, in Cheshire, celebrated for its pastures and dairy produce.
“He chose a farm in Deva’s vale,
Where his long alleys peeped upon the main.”
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Thomson: Castle of Indolence, canto ii.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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