Accordingly they were multiplied without end, so that they were to be
seen before all their remarkable monuments.

P. T. W.

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THE SKETCH-BOOK.

NO. XLII.


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WHITSUN-EVE.

_By Miss Mitford._


The pride of my heart and the delight of my eyes is my garden. Our
house, which is in dimensions very much like a bird-cage, and might,
with almost equal convenience, be laid on a shelf, or hung up in a tree,
would be utterly unbearable in warm weather, were it not that we have a
retreat out of doors,--and a very pleasant retreat it is. To make my
readers fully comprehend it, I must describe our whole territories.

Fancy a small plot of ground, with a pretty low irregular cottage at one