y near the smokeof London, and the Metropolitan boundary. Protected on its east side by the river, from which, owing toformidable defences, no trespasser can land, it is safeguarded else-where, and effectually concealed from vulgar curiosity, by broadintervening spaces of park-land, by its lovely… … ^ Q. t. o o SION grounds a cedar of Lebanon of such mighty girth that it almostlooks as if it might have been contemporary with it, if cedarshad been known in England when the Lord Protector madehis unfortunate building venture. But it is generally agreed thatEvelyn introduced the cedar to England.…
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