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The carriage delivered them to the steps opposite the water gate to Vauxhall Gardens, where a line of sculls jostled, bobbing on the river, the boatmen calling to potential customers.
A Wicked Gentleman Jane Feather 2007
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The carriage delivered them to the steps opposite the water gate to Vauxhall Gardens, where a line of sculls jostled, bobbing on the river, the boatmen calling to potential customers.
A Wicked Gentleman Jane Feather 2007
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There would be balls and routs and concerts and the theater and Vauxhall Gardens and Hyde Park.
Unforgiven Balogh, Mary 1998
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I told him that he must see Vauxhall Gardens, among other places, while he is in town.
The Obedient Bride Balogh, Mary 1989
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One could not be disappointed with Vauxhall Gardens, though, even if one approached by the less romantic route, Arabella discovered.
The Obedient Bride Balogh, Mary 1989
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When he reached Vauxhall Gardens, he could not immediately locate the right box.
The Obedient Bride Balogh, Mary 1989
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My sister was particularly insistent that we join her party to Vauxhall Gardens.
An Unacceptable Offer Balogh, Mary 1988
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He was the founder of Vauxhall Gardens, where, as Boswell puts it, you had a form of entertainment "peculiarly adapted to the taste of the English nation; there being a mixture of curious show -- gay exhibition -- music, vocal and instrumental, not too refined for the general ear, for all which only a shilling is paid; and, though last, not least, good eating and drinking for those who choose to purchase that regale."
Highways and Byways in Surrey Eric Parker 1912
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Visits were also paid to Vauxhall Gardens, where "the music is fairly good" and "coffee and milk cost nothing."
Joseph Haydn Hadden, J Cuthbert 1902
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Tower, and old castles turned into Vauxhall Gardens, and fairy glens into "happy day" Roshervilles.
The Little Manx Nation - 1891 Hall Caine 1892
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