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Page 54
... Park and the other parks of London were the proper places to frequent , for exercise and amusement rather than the more exclusive scenes of leisure . But the pursuit of learning assisted the tendency . Plato's house and garden adjoined the ...
... Park and the other parks of London were the proper places to frequent , for exercise and amusement rather than the more exclusive scenes of leisure . But the pursuit of learning assisted the tendency . Plato's house and garden adjoined the ...
Page 98
... park - like estates attached to the palaces ranging over the gentle undulations dignified with the title of her hills ' . These parks were large enough for carriageways , enabling their owners to drive to points where a view of the ...
... park - like estates attached to the palaces ranging over the gentle undulations dignified with the title of her hills ' . These parks were large enough for carriageways , enabling their owners to drive to points where a view of the ...
Page 313
... Park [ he says ] is for games ; St. James's Park for water - fowl ; the Green Park for repose ; Hyde Park for fashion and horsemanship ; Kensington Gardens for children and toy boats ; and Regent's Park for botany and wild beasts . You ...
... Park [ he says ] is for games ; St. James's Park for water - fowl ; the Green Park for repose ; Hyde Park for fashion and horsemanship ; Kensington Gardens for children and toy boats ; and Regent's Park for botany and wild beasts . You ...
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