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... Milton praised and sir William Temple censured , on the same foundations , in a poem called The rise and progress of the present taste in plant- ing , printed in 1767 . how tasteless is his account of what he pro- nounced 27.
... Milton praised and sir William Temple censured , on the same foundations , in a poem called The rise and progress of the present taste in plant- ing , printed in 1767 . how tasteless is his account of what he pro- nounced 27.
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... Temple was an excellent man ; Milton , a genius of the first order . We cannot wonder that sir William declares in favour of parterres , fountains and statues , as necessary to break the sameness of large grass- plats , which he thinks ...
... Temple was an excellent man ; Milton , a genius of the first order . We cannot wonder that sir William declares in favour of parterres , fountains and statues , as necessary to break the sameness of large grass- plats , which he thinks ...
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... Temple to think in that manner . How many Frenchmen are there who have seen our gardens , and still prefer natural flights of steps and shady cloisters covered with lead ! Le Nôtre , the architect of the groves and grottos at Versailles ...
... Temple to think in that manner . How many Frenchmen are there who have seen our gardens , and still prefer natural flights of steps and shady cloisters covered with lead ! Le Nôtre , the architect of the groves and grottos at Versailles ...
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