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Page 38
... Chinese , and by calling our taste in gardening le goût Anglo - Chinois . I think I have shown that this is a blunder , and that the Chinese have passed to one extremity of absurdity , as the French and all antiquity had advanced to the ...
... Chinese , and by calling our taste in gardening le goût Anglo - Chinois . I think I have shown that this is a blunder , and that the Chinese have passed to one extremity of absurdity , as the French and all antiquity had advanced to the ...
Page 60
... Chinese pagoda , that surprise the stranger , soon lose their charms to their sur- feited master . The lake that floats the valley is still more lifeless , and its lord seldom enjoys his expence but when he shows it to a visitor . But ...
... Chinese pagoda , that surprise the stranger , soon lose their charms to their sur- feited master . The lake that floats the valley is still more lifeless , and its lord seldom enjoys his expence but when he shows it to a visitor . But ...
Page 65
... Chinese . We have dis- covered the point of perfection . We have given the true model of gardening to the world ; let other countries mimic or corrupt our taste ; but let it reign here on its verdant throne , original by its elegant ...
... Chinese . We have dis- covered the point of perfection . We have given the true model of gardening to the world ; let other countries mimic or corrupt our taste ; but let it reign here on its verdant throne , original by its elegant ...
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