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... architecture , and as works of grandeur in them- selves . Their decorations admit the utmost in- vention ; and when the waters are thrown up to different stages , and tumble over their border , nothing has a more imposing or a more ...
... architecture , and as works of grandeur in them- selves . Their decorations admit the utmost in- vention ; and when the waters are thrown up to different stages , and tumble over their border , nothing has a more imposing or a more ...
Page 57
... architecture , as in 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 ...
... architecture , as in 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 ...
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... architecture , * as if it was subject to the change of fashions like a head of hair . If we once lose sight of the propriety of landscape in our gardens , we shall wander into all the fantas- tic sharawadgis of the Chinese . We have dis ...
... architecture , * as if it was subject to the change of fashions like a head of hair . If we once lose sight of the propriety of landscape in our gardens , we shall wander into all the fantas- tic sharawadgis of the Chinese . We have dis ...
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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