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... Italy , they are only splendid improprieties . The most judiciously , indeed most fortunately placed grotto is that at Stourhead , where the river bursts from the urn of its god , and passes on its course through the cave . But it is ...
... Italy , they are only splendid improprieties . The most judiciously , indeed most fortunately placed grotto is that at Stourhead , where the river bursts from the urn of its god , and passes on its course through the cave . But it is ...
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... Italy , they are only splendid improprieties . The most judiciously , indeed most fortunately placed grotto is that at Stourhead , where the river bursts from the urn of its god , and passes on its course through the cave . But it is ...
... Italy , they are only splendid improprieties . The most judiciously , indeed most fortunately placed grotto is that at Stourhead , where the river bursts from the urn of its god , and passes on its course through the cave . But it is ...
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... Italy the nobility do not reside much , and make small expence , at their villas . I should think the little princes of Germany , who spare no profusion on their palaces and country - houses , most likely to be our imitators ...
... Italy the nobility do not reside much , and make small expence , at their villas . I should think the little princes of Germany , who spare no profusion on their palaces and country - houses , most likely to be our imitators ...
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