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large/4813/old_coast_road_1402_librivox_64kb_mp3/oldcoastroad_02_edwards_64kb
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Yes  this is Milton; this is modern Milton. YES THIS IS MILTON THIS IS MODERN MILTON
 be fashionable, of historic houses, and of charming walks and drives and views. Many of the old families who have given the town its prestige still live in their ancestral manors, and many of the families who have moved there in recent years are of such sort as will heighten the fame of the famous town. As the stranger passes through Milton he is captivated by glimpses of ancient homesteads, settling behind their white Colonial fences topped with white Colonial urns, half hidden by their antique trees with an air of comfortable ease; of new houses, elegant and yet informal; of cottages with low roofs; of well-bred children playing on the wide, green lawns under the supervision of white-uniformed nurses; of old hedges, old walls, old trees; new roads, old drives, new gardens, and old gardens--everything well placed, well tended, everything presenting that indescribable atmosphere of well-established prosperity that scorns show; of breeding that neither parades nor conceals its quality. TES TOO ARISTOCRATIC TO BE FASHIONABLE OF HISTORIC HOMES AND OF CHARMING WALKS AND DRIVES AND VIEWS MANY OF THE OLD FAMILIES WHO HAVE GIVEN THE TOWN ITS PRESTIGE STILL LIVE IN THEIR ANCESTRAL MANORS AND MANY OF THE FAMILIES WHO HAVE MOVED THERE IN RECENT YEARS ARE OF SUCH A SORT AS WILL HEIGHTEN THE FAME OF THE FAMOUS TOWN AS THE STRANGER PASSES THROUGH MILTON HE IS CAPTIVATED BY GLIMPSES OF ANCIENT HOMESTEADS SETTLING BEHIND THEIR WHITE COLONIAL FENCES TOPPED WITH WHITE COLONIAL URNS HALF HIDDEN BY THEIR ANTIQUE TREES WITH AN AIR OF COMFORTABLE EASE OF NEW HOUSES ELEGANT AND YET INFORMAL OF COTTAGES WITH LOW ROOFS OF WELL BRED CHILDREN PLAYING ON THE WIDE GREEN LAWNS UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF WHITE UNIFORMED NURSES OF OLD HEDGES OLD WALLS OLD TREES NEW ROADS OLD DRIVES NEW GARDENS AND OLD GARDENS EVERYTHING WELL PLACED WELL TENDED EVERYTHING PRESENTING THAT INDESCRIBABLE ATMOSPHERE OF WELL ESTABLISHED PROSPERITY THAT SCORNS SHOW OF BREEDING THAT NEITHER PARADES NOR CONCEALS ITS QUALITY
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