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    242 A VISIT TO A. ROMAN VILLA

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    XXXVII.—A VISIT TO A HOMAJST VILLA IN TH...

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    It -was at the season wlien hundreds and...

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    Teli. Tliy Tale, Old Year, Tell Thy Tale...

    Many a loving glance , Many a fond word spoken

    Tender friendships formed , , Old ones still unbroken .

    Such thy tale , old year ! Quit us not in sadness ;

    DBut in hearts most tried , iLeave some thoughts of gladness !

    G . M . A . G .

    242 A Visit To A. Roman Villa

    242 A VISIT TO A . ROMAN VILLA

    Xxxvii.—A Visit To A Homajst Villa In Th...

    XXXVII—A VISIT TO A _HOMAJST VILLA IN THE . WEALD OF SUSSEX . _+

    It -Was At The Season Wlien Hundreds And...

    It -was at the season wlien hundreds and thousands of the Queen ' s good subjects pour out of hot smoky London every week , hardly

    knowing in which direction to bend their steps , in search , not perhaps like Dr . Syntax , of the picturesque , but of what is of more vital

    importance—namely , of fresh air , and relaxation from toil and care . I have done so myself , often and often , with more or less success

    as to obtaining the first named object , and getting rid of the others . John Selden says , " The main thing is to know where to search ; " a

    remark which applies to many cases besides the one to which he lied it . But to the point—and I will try to stick to itthough

    disposition I app might as well and confess that with , once the for best all , possible that I am intention of a very of rambling , jogging

    steadily along , the high road , my wits are for ever going a woolgathering down any green lane or lonely sheep path which offers

    itself . In one of my rambles through West Sussex , in which , making

    quiet Little Hampton my head-quarters , I visited Petworth _, Parham and ArundelI was about to return to my dingy lodgings in Cecil

    , Street , in the Strand , when by accident I heard that there was a Roman villa in the neighborhood well worth seeing , and at a very

    come-at-able distance . Yes ; come-at-able , I use the word advisedly , for why should not humble , unknown I , coin ( or join ) words as well

    as sities the ? gr " eat Accessible Mr . Carly distance le , with his / 7 you half suggest -English — , half to which -German I rep monstro lythat

    -, I prefer using English words to any other , and for these plain reasonsthat I know no other language but my own , and find it

    , quite sufficient for my purpose . " Reasonable distance / ' then , you would ! Nonsensea distance cannot be either reasonable or

    say , unreasonable , though it may be very inconvenient ; but here I am , rambling againin spite of all my resolutions to the contrary . We

    shall never get , to the Roman villa at this rate . On making farther inquiry , I found that the said Ronian villa ,

    or Roman pavement , as it is also called , is in the parish of Bignor ,

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Dec. 1, 1860, page 242, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01121860/page/26/