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" Year. When I considered the Fragrancy of the Walks and Bowers, with the Choirs of Birds that sung upon the Trees, and the loose Tribe of People that walked under their Shades, I could not but look upon the Place as a kind of Mahometan Paradise. "
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction - Page 138
1830
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The London Quarterly Review, Volume 86

1850 - 346 pages
...Spring Garden, which is exquisitely pleasant at this time of the year. When I considered the fragrancy of the walks and bowers, with the choirs of birds...sung upon the trees, and the loose tribe of people . . . . In short, the whole air of our party was sufficient, as you will easily imagine, to lake up...
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On the Stage: Studies of Theatrical History and the Actor's Art, Volume 2

Dutton Cook - Acting - 1883 - 374 pages
...spectator, considering the fragrancy of the walks and flowers, with the choirs of birds that sung under the trees, and the loose tribe of people that walked under their shades, could not but look on the place as " a kind of Mahometan Paradise." Sir Roger was reminded of a little...
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Readings from the Spectator. With notes

Joseph Addison - 1884 - 200 pages
...Spring Garden, which is exquisitely pleasant at this time of year. When I considered the fragrance of the walks and bowers, with the choirs of birds...their shades, I could not but look upon the place as a kind of Mahometan paradise. Sir Roger told me it put him in mind of a little coppice by his house in...
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The Dawn of the XIXth Century in England: A Social Sketch of the Times, Volume 2

John Ashton - Great Britain - 1886 - 344 pages
...pleasant at this time of the year. When I considered the fragrancy of the walks and bowers, with the choir of birds that sung upon the trees, and the loose tribe...their shades, I could not but look upon the place as a kind of Mahometan paradise. Sir Roger told me it put him in mind of a little coppice by his house in...
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The English Essayists: A Comprehensive Selection from the Works of the Great ...

Robert Cochrane - Authors, English - 1887 - 572 pages
...Spring Garden, which is exquisitely pleasant at this time of year. When I considered the fragrancy h : the 7 kind of Mohammedan paradise. Sir Roger told me, it put him in mind of a little coppice by his house...
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Sir Roger de Coverley: Essays from the "Spectator."

Joseph Addison - 1887 - 216 pages
...the year. When I considered the fragrancy of the walks and bowers, with the choirs of birds that sang upon the trees, and the loose tribe of people that...their shades, I could not but look upon the place as a kind of Mahometan paradise. Sir Eoger told me it put him in mind of a little coppice by his house in...
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Sir Roger de Coverley Papers: From the Spectator

Joseph Addison - 1890 - 220 pages
...Spring-garden, which is exquisitely pleasant at this time of the year. When I considered the fragrancy of the walks and bowers, with the choirs of birds,...their shades, I could not but look upon the place as a kind of Mahometan "Paradise. Sir Roger told me it put him in mind of a little coppice by his house...
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A Book about London: The Streets of London. An Alphabetical Index to the ...

William Henry Davenport Adams - Literary landmarks - 1890 - 240 pages
...seem to him, considering " the fragraucy of the walks and bowers, with the choirs of birds that sang upon the trees, and the loose tribe of people that walked under their shades," "a kind of Mahometan Paradise." Sir Roger is falling into a fit of musing, when a mask comes behind...
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All the Year Round

1891 - 780 pages
...excites the pain and indignation of the worthy knight, brings us to the gardens, and bids us notice "the choirs of birds that sung upon the trees and the loose tribe of people that walked under their shade." The nightingales, however, seem hardly to have realised the descriptions of the advertisements;...
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Select Essays of Addison: Together with Macaulay's Essay on Addison's Life ...

Joseph Addison - 1892 - 358 pages
...the year. When I considered the fragrancy of the walks and bowers, with the choirs of birds that sang upon the trees, and the loose tribe of people that...their shades, I could not but look upon the place as a kind of Mahometan paradise. Sir lioger told me it put him in mind of a little coppice by his house...
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