 I could not unravel, though with a very exact clue in my memory — I met two gamekeepers, and a thousand hares! In the days when all my soul was tuned to pleasure and vivacity (and you will think perhaps it is far from being out of tune yet) I hated...  The Gentleman's Magazine - Page 4771818Full view - About this book
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...pleasure! those groves, those allees, where I have passed so many charming moments, are now stripped up or overgrown— many fond paths I could not unravel, though with a very exact clew in my memory : I met two gamekeepers, and a thousand hares ! In the days when all my soul was... | |
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...pleasure ! those groves, those alUes, where I have passed so many charming moments, are now stripped up or overgrown — many fond paths I could not unravel,...far from being out of tune yet), I hated Houghton ; Houghton, I knew not what to call it, a monument of grandeur or ruin ! How I have wished this evening... | |
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...pleasure ! those groves, those allies, where I have passed so many charming moments, are now stripped up or overgrown — many fond paths I could not unravel,...far from being out of tune yet), I hated Houghton ; Houghton, I knew not what to call it, a monument of grandeur or ruin ! How I have wished this evening... | |
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...pleasure ! those groves, those allies, where I have passed so many charming moments, are now stripped up or overgrown — many fond paths I could not unravel,...far from being out of tune yet), I hated Houghton ; Houghton, I knew not what to call it, a monument of grandeur or ruin ! How I have wished this evening... | |
 | John Chambers - Norfolk (England) - 1829 - 654 pages
...where I have passed so many charming moments, are now stripped np or overgrown : many fond paths 1 could not unravel, though with a very exact clue in my memory. 1 met two gamekeepers and a thousand hares I In the days when nil my son I was inm-d to pleasure ami... | |
 | Horace Walpole (4th earl of Orford.) - 1837 - 484 pages
...pleasure ! those groves, those allees, where I have passed so many charming moments, are now stripped up or overgrown — many fond paths I could not unravel, though with a very exact clew in my memory : I met two gamekeepers, and a thousand hares ! In the days when all my soul was... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1837 - 490 pages
...pleasure ! those groves, those allees, where I have passed so many charming moments, are now stripped up or overgrown —many fond paths I could not unravel, though with a very exact clew in my memory : I met two gamekeepers, and a thousand hares ! In the days when all my soul was... | |
 | William Howitt - Country life - 1838 - 428 pages
...pleasure ! Those groves, those alleys, where I have passed so many charming moments, are now stripped up, or overgrown ; many fond paths I could not unravel,...when all my soul was tuned to pleasure and vivacity, I hated Houghton and its solitude ; yet I loved this garden ; as now, with many regrets, I love Houghton;... | |
 | Horace Walpole (4th earl of Orford.) - 1840 - 548 pages
...pleasure ! those groves, those aflees, where I have passed so many charming moments, are now stripped up or overgrown — many fond paths I could not unravel, though with a very exact clew in my memory: I met two gamekeepers, and a thousand hares ! In the days when all my soul was tuned... | |
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