Commonplace Book

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The Kymin pleasure grounds provide beautiful views over the Welsh countryside—and a rest on the Offa’s Dyke Path. SIAN ELLIS[/caption]

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‘Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse, too.’
—William Cowper

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‘He that but looketh on a plate of ham and eggs to lust after it, hath already committed breakfast with it in his heart.’
— C.S. Lewis

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‘Whan that Aprill with his shoures soote The droghte of March hath perced to the roote…’
— Geoffrey Chaucer

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‘We have a system of government with the engine of a lawnmower and the brakes of a Rolls-Royce.’
— Jonathan Lynn