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Page 96
... means of claiming the surrounding fields or groves or what not as theirs , such gardeners make their small gardens into large ones ; but the claims cannot be accepted . ' I am one , you must know , who am looked upon as a humorist in ...
... means of claiming the surrounding fields or groves or what not as theirs , such gardeners make their small gardens into large ones ; but the claims cannot be accepted . ' I am one , you must know , who am looked upon as a humorist in ...
Page 106
... mean by ' flower ' just perfection . It is in short the handiest of metaphors . We can think of nothing which excels ... means a collector of flowers , not a quoter of passages ) need not suffer from a plethora of citations . Shenstone ...
... mean by ' flower ' just perfection . It is in short the handiest of metaphors . We can think of nothing which excels ... means a collector of flowers , not a quoter of passages ) need not suffer from a plethora of citations . Shenstone ...
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... means adopted have been successful to a degree calculated to amaze any one who studies the history of cultivated plants with attention . The methods which led to these results have not always been deliberately adopted , nor have they ...
... means adopted have been successful to a degree calculated to amaze any one who studies the history of cultivated plants with attention . The methods which led to these results have not always been deliberately adopted , nor have they ...
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