Other famous homes of Great Britain and their stories . OSTERLEY, FROM THE SHRUBBERY. 139 I40 ©Sterlet IParh confesses in his Memoirs, the combatants went on their wayrejoicing. If it was any satisfaction to them, they had at all eventsafforded much amusement to Lady Jerseys grandchildren,- whowere staying at Osterley, and were highly delighted at havingseen gentlemen shooting at each other in the Park. Lady Jerseywas not equally pleased, as she by no means approved suchdesecration of the peaceful shades of Osterley. Peaceful they certainly are. The Park is but nine miles fromHyde Park Corner,
Other famous homes of Great Britain and their stories . OSTERLEY, FROM THE SHRUBBERY. 139 I40 ©Sterlet IParh confesses in his Memoirs, the combatants went on their wayrejoicing. If it was any satisfaction to them, they had at all eventsafforded much amusement to Lady Jerseys grandchildren,- whowere staying at Osterley, and were highly delighted at havingseen gentlemen shooting at each other in the Park. Lady Jerseywas not equally pleased, as she by no means approved suchdesecration of the peaceful shades of Osterley. Peaceful they certainly are. The Park is but nine miles fromHyde Park Corner, and the District Railway has planted a stationjust outside its walls, but when one steps across the road andpasses through the lodge doors the roar and traffic of the Citymight be a hundred miles away. The tall elms fling theirshadows across the paths, the cattle graze tranquilly in the longgrass, the water-fowl splash and dive in the lakes, just as theymay have done when Sir Thomas Gresham disturbed them withhis oil- and-paper mills. Over all hangs the blue transparent haze kno
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