CHAPTER I
IN THE BEGINNING
Had I a plantation of this Isle, my lord—
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I' the Commonwealth I would by contrariesExecute all things; for no kind of trafficWould I admit . . . riches, povertyAnd use of service, none.
SHAKESPEARE
How quaint seems the demand for details of life on this Isle of Scent and Silence! Lolling in shade and quietude, was I guilty of indiscretion when I babbled of my serene affairs, and is the penalty so...
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