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" ... was always melancholy, save when Dean Swift was there, and then she seemed happy. The garden was to an uncommon degree crowded with laurels. The old man said that when Miss Vanhomrigh expected the Dean, she always planted, with her own hand, a laurel... "
The Beauties of Ireland: Being Original Delineations, Topographical ... - Page 74
by James Norris Brewer - 1826
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The Works of Jonathan Swift: Memoirs of Jonathan Swift, D. D

Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott - 1814 - 686 pages
...with laurels. The old man said, that when Mrs Vanhomrigh expected the Dean she always planted, with her own hand, a laurel or two against his arrival....according to the old man's information, been trained into a close arbour. There were two seats and a rude table within the bower, the opening of which commanded...
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Memoirs of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin, Volume 1

Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott - 1826 - 334 pages
...expected the Dean, she always planted, with her own hand, a laurel or two against his arrival. He showed her favourite seat, still called Vanessa's Bower....according to the old man's information, been trained into a close arbour. There were two seats and a rude table within the bower, the opening of which commanded...
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The miscellaneous prose works of sir Walter Scott, Volume 2

sir Walter Scott (bart [prose, collected]) - 1827 - 560 pages
...with laurels. The old man said, that when Miss Vanhomrigh expected the Dean, she always planted, with her own hand, a laurel or two against his arrival....according to the old man's information, been trained into a close arbour. There were two seats and a rude table within the bower, the opening of which commanded...
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Life of Swift. Appendix: Anecdotes of the family of Swift, a fragment ...

Walter Scott - 1827 - 550 pages
...with laurels. The old man said, that when Miss Vanhomrigh expected the Dean, she always planted, with her own hand, a laurel or two against his arrival....formerly, according to the old man's information, heen trained into a close arhour. There were two seats and a rude tahle within the hower, the opening...
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Life of Jonathan Swift

Walter Scott - 1829 - 380 pages
...expected the Dean, she always planted, with her own hand, a laurel or two against his arrival. He showed her favourite seat, still called Vanessa's Bower....according to the old man's information, been trained in into a close arbour. There were two seats and a rude table within the bower, the opening of which...
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The Miscellaneous Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart: Life of Jonathan Swift

Walter Scott - 1829 - 388 pages
...expected the Dean, she always planted, with her own hand, a laurel or two against his arrival. He showed her favourite seat, still called Vanessa's Bower....laurels, indicate the spot. They had formerly, according to'the old man's information, been trained in into a close arbour. There were two seats and a rude...
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The Miscellaneous Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 2

Walter Scott - 1834 - 532 pages
...expected the Dean, she always planted, with her own hand, a laurel or two against his arrival. He showed her favourite seat, still called Vanessa's Bower....according to the old man's information, been trained into a close arbour. There were two seats and a rude table within the bower, the opening of which commanded...
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The Romance of Biography: Or, Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets ...

Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - 1837 - 394 pages
...expected the Dean, she always planted with her own hand a laurel or two against his arrival. He showed her favourite seat, still called Vanessa's Bower....according to the old man's information, been trained into a close arbour. There were two seats and a rude table within the bower, the opening of which commanded...
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The Dublin University Magazine: A Literary and Political Journal, Volume 15

1840 - 824 pages
...expected the Dean, she always planted, with her own hand, a laurel or two against his arrival. He showed her favourite seat, still called Vanessa's bower....indicate the spot. They had formerly, according to the information of the old man, been trained into a close arbour. There were two seats and a rude table...
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Eclectic Museum of Foreign Literature, Science and Art, Volume 3

John Holmes Agnew - 1843 - 614 pages
...the. always planted, with her own hand, a laurel or two against his arrival. He showed her favorite seat, still called Vanessa's Bower. Three or four...according to the old man's information, been trained into a close arbor. There were two seats and a nule table within the bower, the opening of which commanded...
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