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… promenades, especially for women. 4 Throughout the eighteenth century, visitors, especially foreign ones, were impressed by the park’s beauty and size, and commented on its popularity as a sociable public space. One visitor remarked … (La Combe 85-86). 2 . Ann Saunders, The Art and Architecture of London: An Illustrated Guide (London: Phaidon Press, [1984]; 2nd ed., 1988), p. 139. 3 . E. Beresford Chancellor, The West End of Yesterday and Today: Being Studies in … Imagining Early Modern London: Perceptions of the City from Stowe to Strype 1598-1720 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001, p. 185-213), p. 189-90. 5 . Pierre-Jean Grosley, Londres, 3 vols. (Neuchâtel, 1774), vol. 1, p. 114. St …
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