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... expence , which is very great in finishing and supporting the terrass - walks , in levelling the parterres , and in the stone - stairs that are necessary from one to the other . " The perfectest figure of a garden I ever saw , either at ...
... expence , which is very great in finishing and supporting the terrass - walks , in levelling the parterres , and in the stone - stairs that are necessary from one to the other . " The perfectest figure of a garden I ever saw , either at ...
Page 60
... expence but when he shows it to a visitor . But the ornament whose merit soonest fades , is the hermitage , or scene adapted to contemplation . It is almost comic to set aside a quarter of one's garden to be melancholy in . Prospect ...
... expence but when he shows it to a visitor . But the ornament whose merit soonest fades , is the hermitage , or scene adapted to contemplation . It is almost comic to set aside a quarter of one's garden to be melancholy in . Prospect ...
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... expence is only suited to the opulence of a free country , where emula- tion reigns among many independent particu- lars . The keeping of our grounds is an obstacle , as well as the cost of the first formation . A flat country , like ...
... expence is only suited to the opulence of a free country , where emula- tion reigns among many independent particu- lars . The keeping of our grounds is an obstacle , as well as the cost of the first formation . A flat country , like ...
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