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Page 35
... Kent and a few others were not quite so timid , or we might still be going up and down stairs in the open air . It is true , we have heard much lately , as sir William Temple did , of irregularity and imi- tations of nature in the ...
... Kent and a few others were not quite so timid , or we might still be going up and down stairs in the open air . It is true , we have heard much lately , as sir William Temple did , of irregularity and imi- tations of nature in the ...
Page 53
... Kent's last designs were in a higher style , as his ideas opened on success . The north terrass at Claremont was much su- perior to the rest of the garden . A return of some particular thoughts was com- mon to him with other painters ...
... Kent's last designs were in a higher style , as his ideas opened on success . The north terrass at Claremont was much su- perior to the rest of the garden . A return of some particular thoughts was com- mon to him with other painters ...
Page 54
... Kent , like other reformers , knew not how to stop at the just limits . He had followed nature , and imitated her so happily , that he began to think all her works were equally proper for imi- tation . In Kensington - garden he planted ...
... Kent , like other reformers , knew not how to stop at the just limits . He had followed nature , and imitated her so happily , that he began to think all her works were equally proper for imi- tation . In Kensington - garden he planted ...
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