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1、FromLondontoLand'sEndFromLondontoLand'sEndByDanielDefoe1FromLondontoLand'sEndSir,Ifindsomuchlefttospeakof,andsomanythingstosayineverypartofEngland,thatmyjourneycannotbebarrenofintelligencewhichwaysoeverIturn;no,thoughIweretoobligemyselftosaynothingofanythingthathadbeens
2、pokenofbefore.Iintendedoncetohavegoneduewestthisjourney;butthenIshouldhavebeenobligedtocrowdmyobservationssoclose(tobringHamptonCourt,Windsor,Blenheim,Oxford,theBathandBristolallintooneletter;allthoseremarkableplaceslyinginaline,asitwere,inonepointofthecompass)astohavem
3、ademylettertoolong,ormyobservationstoolightandsuperficial,asothershavedonebeforeme.Thisletterwilldividetheweightytask,andconsequentlymakeitsitlighteronthememory,bepleasantertothereader,andmakemyprogressthemoreregular:IshallthereforetakeinHamptonCourtandWindsorinthisjour
4、ney;thefirstatmysettingout,andthelastatmyreturn,andtherestastheirsituationdemands.AsIcamedownfromKingston,inmylastcircuit,bythesouthbankoftheThames,ontheSurreysideoftheriver;soIgouptoHamptonCourtnowonthenorthbank,andontheMiddlesexside,whichImention,because,asthesidesoft
5、hecountryborderingontheriverlieparallel,sothebeautyofthecountry,thepleasantsituations,thegloryofinnumerablefinebuildings(noblemen'sandgentlemen'shouses,andcitizens'retreats),aresoequalamatchtowhatIhaddescribedontheothersidethatoneknowsnotwhichtogivethepreferenceto:butas
6、Imustspeakofthemagain,whenIcometowriteofthecountyofMiddlesex,whichIhavenowpurposelyomitted;soIpassthemoverhere,exceptthepalaceofHamptononly,whichImentionedin"Middlesex,"forthereasonsabove.HamptonCourtliesonthenorthbankoftheRiverThames,abouttwosmallmilesfromKingston,ando
7、ntheroadfromStainestoKingstonBridge;sothattheroadstraighteningtheparksalittle,theywereobligedtoparttheparks,andleavethePaddockandthegreatparkpartontheothersidetheroad--atestimonyofthatjustregardthatthekingsofEnglandalwayshad,andstillhave,tothecommongood,andtothe2FromLon
8、dontoLand'sEndserviceofthecountry,thattheywouldnotinterruptthecourseoftheroad,orcausethepoorpeopletogooutofthe
