 I accepted the offer, and immediately found that they had been talking in terms of gardening, and that the kings and generals they had mentioned were only so many tulips, to which the gardeners, according to their usual custom, had given such high titles...  The British Essayists - Sivu 29muokkaaja - 1808Koko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | Joseph Addison - 1854 - 534 sivua
...he believed he could show me such a blow of tulips as was not to be matched in the whole country.' gardeners, according to their usual custom, had given...was very much pleased and astonished at the glorious show of these gay vegetables, that arose in great profusion on all the banks about us. Sometimes I... | |
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