_:vb6984603 . _:vb6984604 "The reader cannot but judge of the irksomeness of this situation to a mind like mine, in being daily exposed to new hardships and impositions, after having seen many better days, and been as it were, in a state of freedom and plenty; added to which, every part of the world I had hitherto been in, seemed to me a paradise in comparison of the West Indies."@en . _:vb6984605 "\u201CEach household will have to have a tap with water running out of it all the year round,\u201D he said. \u201CAnd not only palm trees, but fruit trees too and flower gardens. It won\u2019t take so many years to turn Golema Mmidi into a paradise. [\u2026] \u201D"@en . _:vb6984603 "1610\u20131611 (date written), William Shakespeare, \u201CThe Tempest\u201D, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies\u00A0[\u2026] (First Folio), London: [\u2026] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, \u2192OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:"@en . . "3" . _:vb6984604 "1789, Olaudah Equiano, chapter 6, in The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano\u200E[1], volume 1, London: for the author, page 243:"@en . . _:vb6984601 . _:vb6984602 "an island paradise in the Caribbean"@en . _:vb6984603 "Let me live here ever;So rare a wonder\u2019d father and a wifeMakes this place Paradise."@en . _:vb6984601 "(figuratively) A very pleasant place, such as a place full of lush vegetation."@en . _:vb6984604 . _:vb6984605 . _:vb6984602 . _:vb6984605 "1968, Bessie Head, chapter 8, in When Rain Clouds Gather\u200E[1], New York: Simon & Schuster, published 1969, page 114:"@en .