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There is something inexpressibly sad in the thought of the children who crossed the ocean with the Pilgrims and the fathers of Jamestown, New Amsterdam,…

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Half the interest of a garden is the constant exercise of the imagination.
Half the interest of a garden is the constant exercise of the imagination. You are always living three, or indeed six, months…
The grape Hyacinth is the favorite spring flower of my garden - but no! I though a minute ago the Scilla was!…
Every day may not be good... but there's something good in every day
The clock is running. Make the most of today. Time waits for no man. Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today…
We should have scant notion of the gardens of these New England colonists in the seventeenth century were it not for a…
Sunken gardens should be laid out under the supervision of an intelligent landscape architect; and even then should have a reason for…
We have very pretty Dutch gardens, so called, in America, but their chief claim to being Dutch is that they are set…
Salem houses present to you a serene and dignified front, gracious yet reserved, not thrusting forward their choicest treasures to the eyes…
There is something inexpressibly sad in the thought of the children who crossed the ocean with the Pilgrims and the fathers of…
It is heartrending to read the entries in many an old family Bible - the records of suffering, distress, and blasted hopes.
In the seventeenth century, the science of medicine had not wholly cut asunder from astrology and necromancy; and the trusting Christian still…

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Amsterdam has more than 150 canals and 1,250 bridges, but it never seems crowded, nor bent and bitter from fleecing the tourist. — Julie Burchill
And call me a pig, but isn't it brilliantly refreshing how early the Dutch eat dinner? When they're still laying out the… — Julie Burchill
I just got back from Switzerland, which I've never been to. I went to Switzerland and Amsterdam. — Linda Cardellini
My man slangs rocks like up the block, 143RD and Amsterdam by the smoke shop — Redman
Then came the second Amsterdam discovery, although the principle was known elsewhere. Bank deposits...did not need to be left idly in the… — John Kenneth Galbraith
We are men on a budget. I mean, why go all the way to Amsterdam when you can just go to Harry… — Anthony Langston
Quiet, moving, masterfully crafted. Such are the nine stories in Venus in the Afternoon. Tehila Lieberman writes with precision, restraint, with a… — Unknown Author
Amsterdam was a great surprise to me. I had always thought of Venice as the city of canals; it had never entered… — James Weldon Johnson
I know that I am very popular in Holland, in fact I have visited Amsterdam several times to publicize my books. I… — Jackie Collins
The Annex is an ideal place to hide in. It may be damp and lopsided, but there's probably not a more comfortable… — Anne Frank
I still have agents in France, Los Angeles and Amsterdam who call and suggest parts. I'd love to keep on doing both… — Sylvia Kristel
In Amsterdam, the river and canals have been central to city life for the last four centuries, — Janet Echelman

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