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... park , when I was acquainted with it , and the sweetest place , I think , that I have seen in my life , either before or since , at home or abroad . " I will make no farther remarks on this de- scription . Any man might design and build ...
... park , when I was acquainted with it , and the sweetest place , I think , that I have seen in my life , either before or since , at home or abroad . " I will make no farther remarks on this de- scription . Any man might design and build ...
Page 39
... park to endow an hospital . Thus , says he , the proprietor would be led to meditate , as he saunters , on the dif- ferent stages of human life ; and both his expence and thoughts would march in a progression of patriotic acts and ...
... park to endow an hospital . Thus , says he , the proprietor would be led to meditate , as he saunters , on the dif- ferent stages of human life ; and both his expence and thoughts would march in a progression of patriotic acts and ...
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... park , has a noble air , and , Like footmen running before coaches To tell the inn what lord approaches , announces the habitation of some man of dis- tinction . In other places , the total banishment of all particular neatness ...
... park , has a noble air , and , Like footmen running before coaches To tell the inn what lord approaches , announces the habitation of some man of dis- tinction . In other places , the total banishment of all particular neatness ...
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