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https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.50017#0287
GARDEN CUTTINGS FROM
EVELYN’S DIARY
Wotton, the mansion house of my father, left him
by my grandfather, (now my eldest brother’s) is
situated in the most Southern part of the Shire, and
tho’ in a vally, yet really upon part of Lyth Hill, one
of the most eminent (993 feet) in England for the
prodigious prospect to be seen from its summit, tho’
by few observed. From it may be discern’d 12 or 13
Counties, with part of the Sea on the Coast of Sussex,
in a serene day ; the house large and ancient, suitable
to those hospitable times, and so sweetly environed
with those delicious streams and venerable woods,'as
in the judgement of Strangers as well as Englishmen
it may be compared to one of the most pleasant Seates
in the Nation, and most tempting for a great person
and a wanton purse to render it conspicuous : it has
rising grounds, meadows, woods, and water, in
abundance.
The distance from London little more than 20
miles (nearly 26 miles) and yet so securely placed as
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EVELYN’S DIARY
Wotton, the mansion house of my father, left him
by my grandfather, (now my eldest brother’s) is
situated in the most Southern part of the Shire, and
tho’ in a vally, yet really upon part of Lyth Hill, one
of the most eminent (993 feet) in England for the
prodigious prospect to be seen from its summit, tho’
by few observed. From it may be discern’d 12 or 13
Counties, with part of the Sea on the Coast of Sussex,
in a serene day ; the house large and ancient, suitable
to those hospitable times, and so sweetly environed
with those delicious streams and venerable woods,'as
in the judgement of Strangers as well as Englishmen
it may be compared to one of the most pleasant Seates
in the Nation, and most tempting for a great person
and a wanton purse to render it conspicuous : it has
rising grounds, meadows, woods, and water, in
abundance.
The distance from London little more than 20
miles (nearly 26 miles) and yet so securely placed as
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