 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
 | Albert Forbes Sieveking - Gardening - 1899 - 478 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... | |
 | Albert Forbes Sieveking - Gardening - 1899 - 502 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... | |
 | Albert Forbes Sieveking - Gardening - 1899 - 488 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... | |
 | William Alfred Dutt - England - 1901 - 448 pages
...When I had drank tea, I strolled into the garden ; they told me it was now called a J>leasure-ground. In the days when all my soul was tuned to pleasure and vivacity, I hated Houghton and its solitude ; Houghton, I know not what to call it, a monument of grandeur or... | |
 | Horace Walpole - Landscape gardening - 1904 - 144 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, though with a very exact clue in my memory. In the days when all my soul was tuned to pleasure and vivacity, I hated Houghton and its solitude;... | |
 | William James Dawson, Coningsby Dawson - Letter-writing - 1908 - 308 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 tuned... | |
 | Horace Walpole - Authors, English - 1914 - 428 pages
...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, 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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