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... Paradise with which the gods ordain'd To grace Alcinous and his happy land ? POPE Why , divested of harmonious Greek & bewitch- ing poetry , it was a small orchard and vineyard , with some beds of herbs and two fountains that watered ...
... Paradise with which the gods ordain'd To grace Alcinous and his happy land ? POPE Why , divested of harmonious Greek & bewitch- ing poetry , it was a small orchard and vineyard , with some beds of herbs and two fountains that watered ...
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... Paradise , which not nice art In beds and curious knots , but nature boon Pour'd forth profuse on hill and dale and plain , Both where the morning sun first warmly smote The open field , and where the unpierc'd shade Imbrown'd the noon ...
... Paradise , which not nice art In beds and curious knots , but nature boon Pour'd forth profuse on hill and dale and plain , Both where the morning sun first warmly smote The open field , and where the unpierc'd shade Imbrown'd the noon ...
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... and had judgment to distinguish between the want of invention and the beauties of po- etry . Compare his Paradise with Homer's gar- den , both ascribed to a celestial design . For sir William , it is just to observe , that his 28.
... and had judgment to distinguish between the want of invention and the beauties of po- etry . Compare his Paradise with Homer's gar- den , both ascribed to a celestial design . For sir William , it is just to observe , that his 28.
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acres admired æra Alcinous ancient Anecdotes of Painting architecture artists basons beauty beech bestowed Bibliographical Note bridge cascades censure Chinese pagoda Christopher Hussey Claud Claud Lorrain cloisters dening designed distant edition enclosure expence fantastic farther fashions ferme ornée firs forest fountains French GARDEN AT STOURTON grace grotto groves Hampton-court hedges HOARE'S GARDEN HORACE WALPOLE ideas improvements invention Ionic order ished Kent Kent's labyrinth landscape lawn lord magnificent marble MODERN GARDENING nature Observations on modern orchard ornament painter Painting in England palace Paradise park parterre perfect Philip Southcote piazza Navona picture pines planted Pliny portico prospect quincunx reign river river Derwent royal rude savage garden scene seat seen shade sharawadgis shrubs sir William Temple solitude spot square steps Stourhead Strawberry Hill STRAWBERRY-HILL style of gardening summer-houses sunk fence surprise symmetry terrass-walk terrasses trees verdant villa vineyard W. S. LEWIS walks walls Walpole's WILLTON WILTSHIRE woods