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... established , to the exclusion of nature and prospect , * pomp and solitude combined to call for something that might enrich and enliven the insipid and unan- imated partition . Fountains , first invented for * It was not uncommon ...
... established , to the exclusion of nature and prospect , * pomp and solitude combined to call for something that might enrich and enliven the insipid and unan- imated partition . Fountains , first invented for * It was not uncommon ...
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... established by its ancestors , more perfect perfection was still sought ; and improvements had gone on , till London & Wise had stocked our gardens with giants , animals , monsters , * coats of arms and commend the place , and to ...
... established by its ancestors , more perfect perfection was still sought ; and improvements had gone on , till London & Wise had stocked our gardens with giants , animals , monsters , * coats of arms and commend the place , and to ...
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... established artists . Gar- dening and architecture owe as much to the nobility and to men of fortune as to the pro- fessors . I need but name general Conway's rustic bridge at Park - place , of which every stone was placed by his own ...
... established artists . Gar- dening and architecture owe as much to the nobility and to men of fortune as to the pro- fessors . I need but name general Conway's rustic bridge at Park - place , of which every stone was placed by his own ...
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