_ The late Mr George; Robins, the famous auctioneer, after exhausting the language of praise in extolling a certain gentleman’s park which had fallen under his hammer, said he was bound, as an honest man, not to conceal the only drawbacks to the property, which were—the litter made by the rose leaves, and the perpetual din kept up by the nightingales.
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Evening Star, Issue 3908, 2 September 1875, Page 3
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60Untitled Evening Star, Issue 3908, 2 September 1875, Page 3
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