The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction - Volume 19, No. 542, April 14, 1832 by Various
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page 7 of 48 (14%)
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Immediately beneath you are the grounds of the Spa, every portion of which
can be distinctly traced from this spot: the lodge, lawn, refreshment-room, spring, and orchestra, as we have described them, and the paths winding among the woods till they disappear as it were in trackless solitude. Dr. Weatherhead's pamphlet treats copiously, but in a popular style, of the medicinal properties of the Spa. The terms for drinking the waters are furnished at the lodge, where the visiter may smile at the remedy being _set to music_, in the melodies of the Beulah Spring Quadrilles. It may prevent some disappointment by stating that the Grounds are not opened to the public on Sundays. [1] By accurate observation the height of the fog, relatively with the higher edifices, whose elevation is known, it has been ascertained that the fogs of London never rise more than from two hundred to two hundred and forty feet above the same level. [2] Who does not remember the traditionary notoriety of Margaret Finch? [3] The private property of the estate, and attached to the Spa. [4] We drank a half-pint tumbler of the water, which, as Dr. Weatherhead observes, is bitter without being disagreeable. Its flavour is that of Sulphate of Magnesia, or _Epsom Salts;_ and we should say that our _modicum_ might be imitated by dissolving a dram of the above ingredient in half-a-pint of pure water. |
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