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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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